Some thoughts on browsing with "auto align" + AC forums

[tiki]

So I've been messing around with the "auto align" feature in the browser (its called something like that..maybe "auto arrange"?)

anyway i couldnt figure out what it did at first but now I see- its pretty cool actually- great for reading forums such as this.

It basically kinda Sidekick-style re-arranges the page layout so that the text will fit and word-wrap to the size of your zoom window.

So no horizontal scrolling need on AC Forums and the like.

BUT here's the catch..

you know those tiny ass page numbers on the bottom right of each thread?

Try to zoom in real close on those with the auto layout "on"

it will appear that you can zoom right in, but take your finger off the zoom button and it rearranges the page before your eyes and now you're not on the page numbers at all- you're somewhere else zoomed way in and totally lost.


Turn it "off" and you can zoom in on those tiny links like a WWI Flying Ace- BUT that awesome text layout is now gone and youre back to scrolling sideways to read threads..

Wish AC Forums would give us some jumbo "previous/next" buttons on the forum to make hitting those page changes a bit easier on a touchscreen..

[doomcomplex]

Or you could just use the trackball.

[tiki]

its a bit tedious with the trackball- i tried that for awhile and ended up just going for the tap.

now with the auto layout off, zooming in (just hold it down) and then tapping an enlarged number is a piece of cake.

but with it on, youre out of luck once you get in more than one level or so