Motorola browser scrolling problem – fix

There was a scrolling issue going around about some Motorola’s (E398 and V3 Razr, as far as I know) that wouldn’t be able to scroll some web pages with it’s builtin web browser.

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Some people would tell me they couldn’t scroll on some of my wap pages sometimes, and it’s not exactly easy to reproduce if you don’t have a Motorola to test with 🙂

So, I saw it came up on the hawhaw mailing list: groups.yahoo.com/group/hawhaw and decided to test it.

Here is what I found…

Thanks, looks like I’ve found something.

SUMMARY: Don’t use “position:relative;” in CSS for a mobile page for some Motorola’s.

See, wap.defza.com/test/1.php (and up to 7.php).

A motorola V3 Razr fails to scroll on every one except the 7.php one;

The difference: the main <div> looks like this on the broken ones:
<div style=”text-align:left; position:relative;”>
The one that works has
<div style=””> So, clearly it’s an issue with DIVs and STYLEs on some Motorola’s;

I tested more to see if it’s “text-align:” causing the issue or “position:”.
I used wap.defza.com/test/a.php (up to d.php) for this;

a.php and c.php are OK. b.php and d.php FAIL on the V3 Razr.

The difference:
b and d have “position:relative” in either the div class or the .body CSS.

So, the fix would be to NOT have “position:relative” as a style in a WAP page for some Motorola’s.

The value of text-align: does not affect this bug.

I see in the hawhaw.inc file it says:

// position:relative is needed to work-around MSIE’s Peekaboo bug …

What version of IE is this referring to?
I removed it from my hawhaw.inc and it seems fine in IE.

Glad this is hopefully solved 🙂

Cheers,

David

There is nothing the end-user can do about this issue, but if you do find a webpage that can’t scroll on your Motorola at least you know what to suggest as a fix to the website owner 🙂

Motorola, I hope you’ve fixed this bug already!

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MXit – “PC edition”- MPowerPlayer fix

MPowerPlayer information here -> mxit.defza.com/faqs/emulators-mpowerplayer.

UPDATE:

It has been fixed already!

I contacted MPowerPlayer, and it got fixed 🙂
So, everything back to normal, people 🙂
No changes needed. Just File->Exit and relaunch the player and it should update to the newest version.

Thanks so much — with that I was able to duplicate and fix the problem

Please update to the latest (1199) and you should be all set.

Thanks again,
– Michael

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Recently a bug crept into MPowerPlayer…

The problem is with the current version of MPowerplayer – if you say “Always” when it trys to connect with MXit, it can’t connect, MXit will say: “Re-connecting” and then Login / Registration failed: You could not be logged onto the MXit service. Please ensure that your GPRS service is set up and available.

So,
“This application is attempting to access the network. Do you want to allow this application to access the network.”

You must say “yes” everytime…

If you’ve already said “always”, well, I came up with a fix 😀

Well, if you want to know how to logout or use MPowerPlayer on one computer for different MXit users then…
Click here for more info!

At least this bug was good for something: It made me write up how to login with multiple accounts on MXit with MPowerPlayer!

Something I learnt recently: The noisiest wheel gets the most attention.

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MXit help!

Hello,
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People seem to look for help with MXit anywhere that there is a “Submit” button available.

Even the network providers get inandated with calls for help with MXit!

Here are your choices for help with MXit:

1) www.mxit.co.za/wap – This page has phone information, set up settings, MXit free download and more.

2) forum.mxit.co.za – The forum. Here you can ask anything you want. There is a great guy, Glenn, who is just waiting to help you!

Either way, you will get help setting up your mobile cellphone.

So, if you are having MXit problems, you know where to go 🙂

Good luck and enjoy…

Welcome to the evolution.

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Windows Vista Free Download

Well, what do you know, Microsoft released Vista Beta 2 to the public.

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Do YOU want to download 4 Gigs today?

YES, let me download Windows Vista

NO?
Well, you can order the CD too.

Heavy system requirements. 15Gig install. 1 Gig RAM. 1Ghz CPU. DX9 Graphics Card.

Ouch, someone buy me a PC!

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def ZA @ mxit

It is my pleasure to offer you a position as Student Developer in our dynamic team of IT specialists at Clockspeed Mobile. Your commencement date will be 6 June 2006 and the last day of employment will be 21st July 2006.

We look forward to your favourable response.

😀

Oh, yeah, thank you very much Clockspeed / MXit for the Vacation/Holiday Job!

I am very excited and honoured to be working with this great team!

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