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Posted by Brandon 8ch Thursday, Jul 15, 2010 678 days ago

Sweet. Thanks Crackberry ill get right on downloading :D

 
 
Posted by EliasZuniga Thursday, Jul 15, 2010 678 days ago

8900 on EDGE T-Mobile.

 
 
Posted by boomerbsg Thursday, Jul 15, 2010 678 days ago

Bolts really shaping up, for such a small increment number upgrade release, its awesome.

 
 
Posted by mas3222 Thursday, Jul 15, 2010 678 days ago

Definitely an improvement

 
 
Posted by WolfeOnIce Thursday, Jul 15, 2010 677 days ago

Is there a way to make this a Wifi-only browser? I have wifi checked, but unlike the native BB browser, it does not show wifi at the top when surfing. Id like to have 2 browsers on my phone, one for wifi only, one for mobile only. Is this possible?

 
 
Posted by joeldf Thursday, Jul 15, 2010 677 days ago

There are several things they need to do before I look at Bolt again.

1. Add the ability to change the overall font type.

2. Increase the size of the text in the address line - it's damn near impossible to read what you're typing using a Pearl.

3. Fix the bug that allows the shift key on Pearls to change the case of letters when inputting passwords. Right now, if there is an upper case letter in a password, hitting the shift key immediately inputs the pound symbol (#) instead of setting up the case change for the next letter. On Pearls, the pound symbol is usually only activated after hitting the "Alt" key because the # shares the upper half of the shift key. But for some reason, in Bolt - and only while inputting passwords - the # is input when hitting that key even without hitting the Alt key first, which is what you would normally have to do. The shift works as expected with any other type of input in Bolt.

 
 
Posted by bobbyrivers Thursday, Jul 15, 2010 677 days ago

I just upgraded, Thanks!

 
 
Posted by CarFan Thursday, Jul 15, 2010 677 days ago

@joeldf Good luck trying to get them to change font type or size. I've suggested that many times. They keep insisting problem can be solved by changing magnification in preferences. Wrong.

 
 
Posted by kwpd2652 Thursday, Jul 15, 2010 677 days ago

I really hope it got better!

 
 
Posted by TheMiz Thursday, Jul 15, 2010 677 days ago

Any way of changing the font size on that ?
no way can I read it.

 
 
Posted by waker Friday, Jul 16, 2010 677 days ago

yep under options.

 
 
Posted by breakmedown Friday, Jul 16, 2010 677 days ago

This is my first time on Bolt. I'm gonna have to say I'm undecided.

It looks funny. The fonts, the way it zooms, the way the letters are. Also, I don't like how I can't see if I'm on WiFi or EDGE. Can this be done, and I missed it?

I do, however, really like how the mouse snaps to the buttons and fields. I don't like how it's not exactly "free flowing" but I'm willing to give that up. I'm always missing my targets with the trackball. So that'll be a big help.

I'll keep on trying it out. We'll see how it fares in the long run. It doesn't seem all that much faster than the BB Browser over WiFi (I turned off my network, that's how I know it's on WiFi)

 
 
Posted by Connor83 Friday, Jul 16, 2010 677 days ago

I just need a browser that supports good flash. So I can play facebook games (I know, it's sad. Lol) skyfire did it. I wish bolt could. I like bolt much better overall then I did skyfire on my wm phone.

 
 
Posted by MRWOLF6969 Friday, Jul 16, 2010 677 days ago

This update has increased the speed I am running almost as fast on cell as on wifi.

 
 
Posted by bessemercityburgess Friday, Jul 16, 2010 677 days ago

I'm one of those people that love bolt, prefer it over opera. I know there has always been a debate over which is better that's for the person to decide. That being said bolt it great for downloading "certain entertainment movies" that the sites can block the native browser and make u pay for a day pass lol like (Tube8) thanks for the minor update and thanks crackberry for letting people know. Finishing words if u do have bolt on ur phone and there is an update u will be flagged upon opening.

 
 
Posted by Joe257 Friday, Jul 16, 2010 677 days ago

Since RIM is so slow in fixing the BB browser, this gives ample room for Bitstream and Opera to step in. Not only have they done so with faster, more capable browsers, they support tabs, bookmarking is better, they do address completion, etc.

Even if BlackBerry 6 is released with the webkit browser, it will only be available on newer BlackBerrys. What about the millions with OS 4 & 5?

Opera appears to render pages faster than the older Bolt browser (v1.5), but Bolt does render much closer to the original than Opera. I haven't tried this new version of Bolt, but I will tonight! The new Bolt 2.1 browser claims to support flash and HTML 5. I think it's time we compare apples to apples and do a proper comparison between these two browsers.

I don't like the fact that neither support SurePress so I'm constantly selecting stuff on my Storm that I didn't mean to while moving about the screen. What would it hurt to support SurePress on the Storm, as an option? PLEASE!

Many thanks to both developers for offering users a better browsing experience. I'm not counting on BlackBerry 6 with webkit browser for the Storm or Storm 2, so there is plenty of space for Bolt & Opera to rule!

 
 
Posted by nyjetsfan25 Friday, Jul 16, 2010 677 days ago

Sure bolt is faster and crisper, but what's with the font? not only is it kinda small by default, and changing the magnification setting doesn't make things much better, but why does bolt use an ugly font that isn't very pleasant on the eyes? I think Opera's font is much more appealing and legible.

 
 
Posted by bessemercityburgess Friday, Jul 16, 2010 677 days ago

Has anyone not tried going into Bolt-  -prefrences-INSTALL FONT. Never done it but I'm fine with the way mine is. This may be what you guys are overlooking. Please don't bash me if I'm wrong like I said I haven't done it but this feature is there

 
 
Posted by bessemercityburgess Friday, Jul 16, 2010 676 days ago

Must have worked because no one ever commented back