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Has anyone noticed the swiping has been less sensitive after 2.2 (especially browsing the web)

tracerit

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May 7, 2010
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Orange County, CA
I've noticed that after 2.2, swiping to move around a website has been less sensitive. I was using Dolphin HD when i noticed it so i decided to try the regular stock browser and noticed the same thing. Usually I would want to swipe down a bit to read a paragraph but it seems i have to hold onto it longer and be less flicky with it.
 
This will happen on sites that have flash content since it is now loading more content than before and more to deal with once they are open. I've seen on non-flash sites that it is just as fast as before.

I'm probably one of the only ones who appreciates the slowdown. Sometimes I'd try to scroll down in a page and end up going way to far and having to scroll back up.

I think there is a way to set the browser to only open flash content on demand.
 
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I've noticed that after 2.2, swiping to move around a website has been less sensitive. I was using Dolphin HD when i noticed it so i decided to try the regular stock browser and noticed the same thing. Usually I would want to swipe down a bit to read a paragraph but it seems i have to hold onto it longer and be less flicky with it.

Do you have the flash plug-in set to "on demand?" Originally my browser seemed laggy and it was because little flash ads (like at the top of this forum) were running. Once I set it to on demand (where you click on the flash content to activate it) it sped right back up.

I can just flick my thumb across the screen and it will zoom all of the way to the end of the page.
 
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