Thunderbolt, Stock Browser - HTTP always in front??

[owwo]

So, I've got my TB and have installed an earlier version of Swype (Evo).

I love that swype works great, except for the auto space with the stock SMS (Handcent FTW).

I've tried Dolphin Mini/HD, FF and Miren. I gotta say that I'm loving Miren, but because Swype auto space doesn't work at all, I'm back to the stock browser.

One of the things I love is being able to just type in search words in the browser bar, but I have having to erase the "http://www." everytime in the stock browser.

For example, if I want to search for "amsterdam", I go to the top, touch the browser bar, and see that everything is highlighted...EXCEPT for the "http://www."

So I need to manually delete/clear out the "http://www.", then go back and swype "amsterdam" to search from the bar.

Is there anyway to have the stock browser take out the "http://www." on the Thunderbolt as a default?

p.s. does Miren support swype auto space...if so, how?

 

[machinestatic]

Hey - I just got a Thunderbolt last weekend, and I had the SAME exact questions at first. I read on the Internets that Swype didn't work correctly with the phone and I was bummed out. Then I found SlideIT and Ultra Keyboard, and they both offer the same exact "tracing" typing method. I tried them both, and they work great on the Thunderbolt. So give them a shot. (Ultra Keyboard also supports skins for Better Keyboard and Smart Keyboard, like the Tron Legacy theme... ooooh.)

AND as for your main question in the thread, again, I had the same question. I hated the stock browser for this reason and tried Dolphin, Xscope, Opera and Skyfire, to see if their search functions were better. But it turns out ALL you have to do is press the "Search" (magnifying glass) button on the phone and it changes the address bar to a search field, in the stock browser. Genius!