Comments on: Palm Pre Tip of the Day- Open Links in New Browser Window

By: Rafael

Rafael — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:09:20 +0000

I can’t get any of these to work on my palm 1.1.0 sprint 1.7. Very dissapointed.

By: Wayne Lindgren

Wayne Lindgren — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:52:39 +0000

Great tip-

Does anyone know if the Pre can be programed to shut off at a certain time and then turn back on at a pre determined time-I was able to program my BB to shut off at 7 pm and back on at 6 am and my alarm went off at 6:30 am like clockwork – and I could even program it to do m-f and not on weekends

It would be so nice to do that on the Pre save a ton of battery life-now I have to leave on all night so my alarm will go off–

anyone know a hack let me know

Thanks, Wayne

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:53:24 +0000

Bizarre. Orange+tapdoes NOT work on my Pre but Shift+SYM+tap does and so does Shift, tap space, tap link.

I am using 1.0.4 and I was clicking on links on CNN.

By: Akili

Akili — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:26:23 +0000

Space bar only also worked for me
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By: GroundLimit

GroundLimit — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:03:17 +0000

wow, how in the world did this topic end up with over 20+ replies?

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:57:55 +0000

No worries. I was just going to ask if that might be the case. Thanks for taking the trouble to shoot a video though. That’s going the extra mile.

By: PreBe

PreBe — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:53:25 +0000

Ppl should just test it on jk’s site to control the variables

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:49:09 +0000

Sorry…false alarm. The site I was testing it on was set to open links in a new window by default, so the space bar was having no effect whatsoever. Sorry again.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:49:01 +0000

Gotta be a different version of webOS. Mine is also 1.0.4 and I need the orange key.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:53:38 +0000

VERY odd. I watched the vid Craig, and have no doubt that it works for you. But no matter what I do, it doesn’t work for me. Can you check your webOS version? Mine is 1.0.4, build 129 in the Device Info area.

I could make a YouTube video of it not working if you don’t believe me.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:57:10 +0000

OK, here’s video proof that it works (at least for me) using only the space bar: http://is.gd/1sMeZ {YouTube}

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:22:40 +0000

I’m doing it again and again…I wait til a page is fully loaded, hold down the space bar, tap a link and the destination opens in a new card. Maybe my Pre is magical.

By: Manny

Manny — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:14:42 +0000

Hold Orange or Hold Shift + SYM together while tapping on link opens a new card when browsing.
or
Hold Orange or Hold Shift, tap Period or Space then tap link (while still holding Orange or Shift) opens a new card when browsing.

By: bluespapa

bluespapa — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:10:34 +0000

Yeah, that’s not working with mine either without Orange.

By: bluespapa

bluespapa — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:07:04 +0000

Not working on mine without another button, but I thought I had to hold the space down while doing it previously. Hold Orange, press and release space, tap link is a lot easier than hold Orange, hold Space, tap link.

Jeepers, I love this thing! Now all I need is about two hundred more pieces of software!

Very cool!

By: PreBe

PreBe — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:29:58 +0000

Gatta be orange