New to WP8, a few questions

[Thomas Petersen]

Recently got a Lumia 822 but having some problems finding certain settings and making it work properly.

1. How do I post on this forum for one, when I click the input box the keyboard appears then disappears instantly.
2. How do I make folders so I don't have to keep scrolling through all my apps to get to the ones that happen to start with a w or something, same goes for the home screen, the more apps I get the longer it takes to get to the bottom of the screen.
3. How do I enable it so when I click the back arrow in the browser it will take me back one page instead of back to the home screen or a previous app?
4. How do I enable the back cam in Skype?
5. Is there a way to get the address bar in the browser up top instead of below so I don't click the bottom buttons instead of the browser bar?

These are my main gripes for now, hope you guys can help!

 

[manicottiK]

2. How do I make folders...

You don't. When you get to 45 apps, the apps will be grouped by initial (like in the People hub). Tap a letter to see the whole alphabet, then tap "W" to get there. Remember, you only need to pin the apps that are most used or important to you. I have many apps, only a subset warrant the prime real estate of the Start screen. (Typically, an app needs to have a live tile or be one that I use often (like Inrix Traffic) to get to the Start screen.

3. How do I enable it so when I click the back arrow in the browser it will take me back one page instead of back to the home screen or a previous app?

The back key takes you back to the last place that you were on the phone, not the last place that the app was. This is consistent through the entire OS and all apps. It just feels weird in a browser because we're used to them having internal back keys. The alternative to getting to previous pages that you used during a previous browsing session is to tap the "..." at the lower right, tap "recent", and tap the page you want to visit.

5. Is there a way to get the address bar in the browser up top...

No. It was up top in 7.0 (with a command bar at the bottom); they were combined in 7.5 to both give more screen space to the content and to make the address bar easier to reach, however, we lost button in the deal. I'd prefer to see three or four buttons in the address bar with the url field being very small; tapping the url field would expand it to fill up the app bar (pushing the buttons aside) until the user completes typing or taps outside of it.

 

[Thomas Petersen]

Well that kinda sucks, I am literally a lot slower now than I was on my old phone, not used to a lot of scrolling and button mashing, thanks though.

I'll say this though, a lot of stuff is much easier than it was on my Galaxy Nexus. I like the messaging integration with Facebook, the camera and functions, the seemingly faster speed of the OS.

I really hope the Skype thing not staying active in the background is a bug though, it literally worked until the day after the return period ended lol.

And I love the battery time on the stock battery, it gets me through a full day with all my important apps running, my Nexus would be dead 3 hours after taking it off the charger just being idle, I had to put it on airplane mode between breaks.