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Hi all

I'm an N800 newbie - I've had it for about a month now. Generally, I find it to be a lot of fun. However, my main reason for buying it - for web browsing - drives my crazy. I hate the way the DPad navigates websites, and I've now reverted back to using my Nokia 6120c phone instead (even though it only has a 2 inch screen!)

I know this has been discussed somewhere previously, because I remember reading it, but I have just spent the last hour trying to find it without much luck. So sorry for reposting.

Anyway, I prefer to use the Dpad, because the stylus is difficult to use on a bus (too many bumps on the road!). However, the up/down clicks on the DPad follows links rather than scrolling up/down. I know you can hold the button down, but I find this difficult to control as it seems to get stuck sometimes and scrolls to the bottom of the page.

So I'm looking for either an alternate browser, or a solution to the DPad navigation problem. I found a possible solution here:

https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2423

But typing in the about:config line doesn't seem to change anything (although I get confirmation that the setting has changed). There is also a package on that site that can be installed - will that do what I'm wanting?

Any ideas?
Many thanks