[Q] Question on Atrix issues...

[dcmccall]

Hi there guys,

I am new to Android and coming from a 3GS.

Really been looking forward to getting on Android and this was the phone I was waiting for.

There's a couple of issues I've noticed I'm really unsure about and seem odd.

- Scrolling (no live wallpaper) if I go to an email with a bunch of pictures, or an app such as tweetdeck, the scrolling on the Atrix is really poor. Not smooth, very blocky etc… I do the exact same thing on my 3GS and it's smooth as can be. Is this an Android issue? This seems really odd and annoying…

- Mobile browser rendering. For example I bring up Techcrunch, renders perfectly in my 3GS, in the Atrix the text is too small and poorly formatted (if I increase size it's too big), the page border goes off the screen etc.. I've tried Opera, not much better. Holding the same page side by side my 3GS is far more readable than my new Atrix. That is not making me happy…


Any ideas on this guys? I'll note I am new to Android so if you want to point me to a 'read this' for tips on Android that'd be understandable.

But I'm somewhat disappointed that for extremely common functions the usability *appears* to me (after 24hrs) inferior to my old iPhone…

Thanks for any pointers / insight…

 

[crawlgsx]

I am coming from an iPhone 4 so I completely hear what you are saying. I had tried many Android devices in the past and always ended up back on iOS due to how Fluid it was in comparison. The Atrix / 2.2 still have some areas like that but overall I feel it is pretty smooth. The browser definitely leaves something to be desired (no pinch to zoom? Really?) but I'm diggin it so far!

 

[dcmccall]

Good to hear at least it's not just me! I'm somewhat surprised given the OS is reasonably mature that they've not nailed this yet...

Will be interesting to hear any other's thoughts on this...

(I spent many years on Windows Mobile, and had a love hate relationship with it, maybe a bit unfair to say this soon, but starting to already see some parallels: great OS, super powerful and customizable but still not nailed on the usability front...)

 

[Immix]

I am coming from an iPhone 4 so I completely hear what you are saying. I had tried many Android devices in the past and always ended up back on iOS due to how Fluid it was in comparison. The Atrix / 2.2 still have some areas like that but overall I feel it is pretty smooth. The browser definitely leaves something to be desired (no pinch to zoom? Really?) but I'm diggin it so far!

There is no pinch to zoom in mobile view of webpages. So if you go to cnn.com, its mobile page, m.cnn.com will come up and there will be no pinch to zoom. But at the bottom of the mobile page if you click on full site, the full site will come up and there you can use pinch to zoom. Hope this helps.

 

[tbae2]

give dolphin browser a try, (will add pinch to zoom)

also try selecting "fit web page to screen" and that should take care of your issues as far as too wide goes. 2.3 is slated to release for this phone so patience maybe a virtue here.

 

[tbae2]

There is no pinch to zoom in mobile view of webpages. So if you go to cnn.com, its mobile page, m.cnn.com will come up and there will be no pinch to zoom. But at the bottom of the mobile page if you click on full site, the full site will come up and there you can use pinch to zoom. Hope this helps.

I was about to say, i just pinched to zoom just fine haha

 

[waltah!]

I am coming from an iPhone 4 so I completely hear what you are saying. I had tried many Android devices in the past and always ended up back on iOS due to how Fluid it was in comparison. The Atrix / 2.2 still have some areas like that but overall I feel it is pretty smooth. The browser definitely leaves something to be desired (no pinch to zoom? Really?) but I'm diggin it so far!

No pinch to zoom? You must be on a mobile site as they generally don't support pinch to zoom as they don't need it. Web sites certainly do pinch zoom very smoothly.

 

[crawlgsx]

There is no pinch to zoom in mobile view of webpages. So if you go to cnn.com, its mobile page, m.cnn.com will come up and there will be no pinch to zoom. But at the bottom of the mobile page if you click on full site, the full site will come up and there you can use pinch to zoom. Hope this helps.

I tried full sites and they still did not pich to zoom.

I have gone to Firefox mobile, really like it so far.

 

[novaIS350]

I tried full sites and they still did not pich to zoom.

I have gone to Firefox mobile, really like it so far.

You're kidding right? This phone has full multitouch support, including the webkit browser. Go into google maps and try multitouch/pinch zooming there, if it still doesnt work then your phone is broken.. .or you're just "holding it wrong"

 

[nitrog7]

I do notice quite a few apps do not fit the screen. Some, off the top of my head are OnStar and Groupon. The default browser seems to be off as well, if you go to Adobe.com, it comes out all screwed up.

For the time being, I'm using Mobile FireFox. Even though you cannot get the Flash Player Add-On for it yet, at least the pages look somewhat decent.

 

[jmbradd]

for the iOS users having trouble with the browser, I highly suggest dolphin. Pages render nicely for me, pinch to zoom and overall fluid. The stock browser is good but it can be better.

 

[co.ag.2005]

Hi there guys,

I am new to Android and coming from a 3GS.

Really been looking forward to getting on Android and this was the phone I was waiting for.

There's a couple of issues I've noticed I'm really unsure about and seem odd.

- Scrolling (no live wallpaper) if I go to an email with a bunch of pictures, or an app such as tweetdeck, the scrolling on the Atrix is really poor. Not smooth, very blocky etc… I do the exact same thing on my 3GS and it's smooth as can be. Is this an Android issue? This seems really odd and annoying…

- Mobile browser rendering. For example I bring up Techcrunch, renders perfectly in my 3GS, in the Atrix the text is too small and poorly formatted (if I increase size it's too big), the page border goes off the screen etc.. I've tried Opera, not much better. Holding the same page side by side my 3GS is far more readable than my new Atrix. That is not making me happy…


Any ideas on this guys? I'll note I am new to Android so if you want to point me to a 'read this' for tips on Android that'd be understandable.

But I'm somewhat disappointed that for extremely common functions the usability *appears* to me (after 24hrs) inferior to my old iPhone…

Thanks for any pointers / insight…

IMHO, these are issues of Android OS, not necessarily the phone (emphasis on IMHO). Keep in mind, I had an iPhone 3G for 1.5 years and then a Nexus One for almost a year. I now have the Motorola Atrix. The scrolling is better on the Atrix than the N1, but still not like my iPhone 3G was on iOS 3.0. All the same applies to the web browser too. I do use Dolphin HD Browser, but at full zoom on a standard (non-mobile) page, the text looks "pixelated" on this Atrix.

I still really like this phone!

 

[MatUK.8]

I am coming from an iPhone 4 so I completely hear what you are saying. I had tried many Android devices in the past and always ended up back on iOS due to how Fluid it was in comparison. The Atrix / 2.2 still have some areas like that but overall I feel it is pretty smooth. The browser definitely leaves something to be desired (no pinch to zoom? Really?) but I'm diggin it so far!

Get the HTC Inspire, smooth as butter. Looking like I made the right choice getting it instead of the Atrix, plus I saved $100.

 

[crawlgsx]

You're kidding right? This phone has full multitouch support, including the webkit browser. Go into google maps and try multitouch/pinch zooming there, if it still doesnt work then your phone is broken.. .or you're just "holding it wrong"

Pinch to zoom worked fine for me in everything EXCEPT the browser. I tried a bunch of different websites and attempted to go to full version although that failed a bunch of times. Firefox mobile works flawlessly so I'd say problem solved for me. I also get sync which is nice anyway.