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GraphiteGB wrote:So its not because im on 720p component its because im not currently running 1080p O well Have to pour coca cola down the back of the TV soon then... ( can't justify new TV just for web browser. lol)
Your poor TV! It's probably living in fear now that any day... And after all the loyal service it's given you 
Actually, given that there's plenty of room for the PS3's text entry dialog at 720p on Google (if you remove the grey pencil caption line and the editing area, i.e. as it appears on 1080p), I can't see why Sony chose to do this at 720p.
In fact, a better solution all round would be to adopt the 1080p's solution for all resolutions and simply scroll the window so the current line of text being edited can be seen at the same time as the text entry dialog. I simulated this at 1080p, by increasing a text area's rows to 100 and the browser currently scrolls the window so you can see the line you're editing (cursor location), i.e. this might be an entirely feasible change. A "hybrid" solution might also be worth considering, where you keep the existing setup for text boxes (single line), as forcing the window to scroll on Google (at 480p) might look a tad odd (even though this would mean you would lose features like automatic spell check).
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I'd be interrested to know why some PS3 owners don't like the browser user interface (UI) as it seems perfectly in keeping with the PS3.
Here's a summary of the interface, using actual PS3 controller, which hasn't changed in the new browser:
- Change page address by pressing Start and entering new address (hold down Square and L1 to delete existing address).
- To go "Back" to the previous page, press L1 (to go "Forward", press R1). To display full "History", press Triangle and select History from the menu.
- Bookmark page by pressing Select and pressing X. To load a bookmarked page, press Select and select bookmark from list.
- Move the cursor using left stick (nicely calibrated - doesn't move too fast or too slow).
- Scroll page using right stick (scroll speed is excellent).
- To zoom whole page (e.g. for readability), move cursor to blank area of page and press right stick (R3) (in some cases, you may need to hold down L2 to un-zoom page). To cancel zoom press R3 again.
- To zoom into a picture or video etc, position cursor on item and press right stick (R3) and adjust zoom with R2 / L2.
- Open link in new window by simply holding down X button on a link (great feature - unlike NetFront, this now works every time). To move between windows, press L2 / R2 in "un-zoomed" state.
- Display all open windows (max 6), by pressing left stick (L3). From here you can select a window (use left stick and press X). You can also "Open New Window" (home page or bookmark), "Close Window" and "Close All Other Windows", by pressing Triangle and selecting option from menu.
You can also use the PS3 remote with the browser (I use this 90% of the time), where instead of moving the cursor and scrolling the page with the left and right sticks, you use the cursor keys to move the cursor to a link, button etc, which will scroll the page where the element is off-screen. Even with the browser issues I've mentioned previously, which I hope Sony have high on their list of things to fix, this is still a great way to use the browser. It's not so good with Flash video players as you can't normally select full screen (PS3YouTube is an exception 
) or jump ahead in a video. To select full screen, how about long pressing X or Enter on the video?
So, once you get the hang of the UI, which seems reasonably intuitive and doesn't clutter up the screen, I can't see you'd have any issues (browser bugs asside). If you still don't like it, please give details.
How does it compare to Chrome in Google TV? Pages are displayed similar to the zoomed page state mentioned above (you can't zoom into a specific picture etc and zooming the page further is rather slow, unlike PS3). You move the cursor using the touchpad and can scroll the page using a double fingure gesture, both of which I found significantly less accurate than the PS3's sticks (e.g. I kept over scrolling). Alternatively, you can page up or down or move a line up or down by pressing the respective keys. To open a link in a new window you have to hold down Shift while clicking the link and you switch windows by pressing the menu button and selecting the Windows menu option. Incognito mode? Rubbish - very unreliable (lots of browser crashes and dropped windows). Overall? For basic browsing it's fine (your non-tech savvy grandma would love it ), but compared to the PS3's slick interface, it's boring (poor media support too).
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