Help Selecting text using internet app

[tatham]

Seriously - if Android is going to be taken seriously, the small things need to work.

I chucked out my iPhone because I wanted to try Android. While I am generally happy with my Galaxy S2, something as small as the ability to select text on a web page using the Internet app is driving me crazy. It's crap - plain and simple - the way it currently works.

I tap and hold on text to bring up the selection tool so I can copy and paste, and instead the browser keeps asking me if I want to save the background image for the web page...! I mean, COME ON!

iPhone was simple for this - tap and hold and you are away.

ANy ideas for what I may be doing wrong would be gratefully accepted because I almost threw my Galaxy into the sea this morning and headed to the closest Apple store to get an iPhone 4.

 

[heshanj]

i assume ur using the stock web browser? many people complain about it. im not sure which one would suit ur needs best, and if these browsers support better copy/pasting text from webpages, but u could try installing a few other web browsers before u ditch the SGS2
dolphin HD and opera are the two most talked about browsers, from wat ive heard.. u could give em both a shot n see if they do wat u want em to. hope this helps

 

[heshanj]

however, i just gave a shot at wat u just said (i use the stock browser coz i dont browse much on my phone ) and it worked fine. long press, and the sliders appear, and i can select text and copy

 

[kebark]

This guide mainly talks about Opera but it does mention the default browser too

 

[Shotgun84]

I had similar problems when using the stock browser. I found that zooming right into the text before I long pressed helped.