Auto-wrap text in some WAP-based browser sites 7
Before mobile phones had web browsers that could display websites in a similar fashion to a desktop computer, many mobile websites were built for WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) browsers that were mainly text-based sites with minimal amounts of graphics. Some of these sites are still around and typically do not look very good when viewing on webOS's webkit browser. However, while it's not clear if this is a feature or a bug, there is a way to cause some of these sites to wrap their text based on the resolution of your device. Using http://m.dailyrecord.com as an example, you can see that when the page first loads, the text is really small and hard to read without zooming in. However, if you press and hold on any link (this is important, you must find a web link), the page will re-wrap to read better. You may still need to do a quick double-tap to zoom in, but this should make reading on these sites a more enjoyable experience. Unfortunately, you will have to redo this press-and-hold on a link on every page, and this is not guaranteed to work on every WAP site there is, but at least it's something.




























7 Comments
I have definitely experienced this and was unaware of this fix, so nice tip!
wow... definitely didn't know about this! Good find (to whoever found it)! Feature or bug eh? Hmmm...
you're welcome! i found this a while ago and forgot about it, but thought it would make a good tip!
Thanks for the tip! I was disappointed with CellFire since I moved from my Treo 700p to a Pre Plus. But this trick at least saves me from having to do the pinch-zoom process. Now I can move around one-handed again. (Maybe someone can make an app for that site....or convert the iPhone one.)
This is a feature that was very nice when I had my Evo. I hope it becomes standard on the webos 2.0 browser at some point.
Nice tip - works as advertised. Sweet!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! That has been one of my biggest pet peeves for the longest time.