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azlen

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Has anyone found a way to have dynamic text reflow when zooming (double tap or pinch/zoom) in any browser on this tablet. I'm use to that with my previous tablet running CM 7 and using Dolphin HD. Tried stock browser, ICS browser +, and Dolphin and don't seem to be able to get it to work.
 
I'm trying google chrome and some websites work with a double tap but not all. Some work with pinch. I use Dolphin on my phone so I'm also used to it.

That said, most of the time I don't find I need it as much as I thought I would.
 
I use Dolphin HD. On my phone, I can zoom in and then double tap to make the text reflow. However, with Dolphin HD on my tablet, it doesn't reflow the text. Instead, it zooms out to fit the text column in the window. I'd love to hear about a solution, too.
 
Ok, you should note that the web site design has a lot of influence over this. CSS (style sheet) rigid control over some web sites (a developer deficiency) can prevent certain web sites from behaving as you would like when zoomed. The fix is to either completely disable style sheets (possible in Firefox) or to use a browser plugin that allows you to override certain style sheet and other formatting attributes used by the site developer. Some will allow you to pick and choose which attributes to honor and which to ignore.

There are a lot of poorly developed corporate web sites out there that demonstrate many developers clearly are unaware of W3C standards. CSS has compounded the problem.
 
doc1964 said:
Opera browser works on galaxy s2 so might be worth a try. Good luck
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The Opera web browser has excellent support for control over page style (CSS style sheet). Element control still requires a plugin, however, Opera has some limited element control also.
 
ColtsWalker said:
Ok, you should note that the web site design has a lot of influence over this. CSS (style sheet) rigid control over some web sites (a developer deficiency) can prevent certain web sites from behaving as you would like when zoomed. The fix is to either completely disable style sheets (possible in Firefox) or to use a browser plugin that allows you to override certain style sheet and other formatting attributes used by the site developer. Some will allow you to pick and choose which attributes to honor and which to ignore.

There are a lot of poorly developed corporate web sites out there that demonstrate many developers clearly are unaware of W3C standards. CSS has compounded the problem.
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But the fact that the browsers all work fine doing this on most smartphones, it seems annoying that they don't on the tablet.
 
buffettgirl said:
But the fact that the browsers all work fine doing this on most smartphones, it seems annoying that they don't on the tablet.
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Certain strictly CSS coded web pages exhibit the same behavior on the android phone. To say "all work fine", as in all inclusive, is absolutist rhetoric.

After reading the thread author's post again, it seems as though certain Android screen gestures are handled differently on that tablet. An app is going to behave a specific programmed way to input received without regards to operating platform. From the app's point of view, different input is received - command via touch gesture, which is perhaps a setting within the tablet. None the less, there will always be certain web sites that will not text wrap as desired on a CSS compliant browser.

I think resolution for the author will result in determining why the browser app on his tablet is "hearing" a different instruction to the same screen touch gesture that results in the desired behavior on his phone.
 
Thanks for all the inputs. I have tried Opera browser and it does, in fact, do the text reflow. I have contacted Dolphin and requested that they look into this deficiency. Have not heard anything so far.
 
I don't think that the problem with browsers not reflowing the text isn't a problem with the Website. It"s something else. This forum site is a good example. When using Dolphin HD with my Samsung Infuse, I could pinch to zoom and then double tap. That kept the text the same size but the text reflowed so that no side to side scrolling was necessary. However, even though I'on the same site and using the same browser, the double tap does not work on either the Galaxy Tab 10.1 or the Galaxy S3. On those devices, double tapping reduces the zoom level to make the entire width of the display page.
 
I have recently tried Boat browser on my samsung galaxy tab2 and my s2 and the text reflow works well with this also. Seems a really good browser and i am now using it in preference to opera.
 
Text reflow in dolphin hd browser work with galaxy tab 2 7.0 - you must also install dolphin jetpack addon from p;lay store. I dunno why GT2 is the only tab that doesnt work. GS2 running ics 4.0.3,GT plus ruinning honeycomb and G Note running ics 4.0.4 dont need dolphin jetpack to get text reflow going.
 
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