[shaun76]

Yesterday I noticed the menu was starting to pop up slowly in the Zen theme. Today it was even slower. I pulled the battery, but no luck. Anybody else experiencing this?

Also, I am coming from a treo 650, and many WM5 phones. When you click the button to the right of the trackball, does it close the app or just minimize it? I feel like I might have a ton of things running causing the slow-down, but have no idea how to check for running apps.

[BlissX]

I don't think the phone is optimized to it's peak. I can vouch for sluggish performance.

And I don't get why BBMaps or GMaps takes FOREVER to load. Full signal and everything. JESUS it drives me insane.

[Eric5273]

Hit alt & the back arrow and it lets you switch between open apps just like hitting alt-tab on a PC. To close the programs, click on the menu key from within the program and choose exit, otherwise they stay open. That is probably what is slowing you down -- too many programs open.

[BlissX]

Originally Posted by Eric5273

Hit alt & the back arrow and it lets you switch between open apps just like hitting alt-tab on a PC. To close the programs, click on the menu key from within the program and choose exit, otherwise they stay open. That is probably what is slowing you down -- too many programs open.

Will take note. Most likely the cause. I always figured pressing the back key all the way to main menu would "close" the program. Guess not.

[JerryD]

Originally Posted by BlissX

Will take note. Most likely the cause. I always figured pressing the back key all the way to main menu would "close" the program. Guess not.

On an 8700c, where [Esc] is the button under the scroll wheel (not sure what the equivalent is on an 8100)...

If you hold down [Alt] and hit [Esc], you get a ribbon with icons for every app running (very much like you get when you hold down [Alt] and hit [Tab] in Windows). Using the scroll wheel to highlight an app switches to it when you let go of [Alt].

Some apps, like Berry411, load on startup, but exit when you hit [Esc].

Some apps, like BBWeather, go to the background when you hit [Esc] rather than exit. On that app, you have to click the wheel and select Exit to stop it from running.

Still other apps, like IM+, will ask whether you want the app to remain running or Close (exit) when hitting [Esc].

You just have to learn which does what!

[GrantMethePower]

The Alt + Esc is a great trick! Thank you!!

[Stinsonddog]

Originally Posted by GrantMethePower

The Alt + Esc is a great trick! Thank you!!

You can find other tips at my tips site. Look for the 7100 doc. Not all of them may work on the 8100. I am trying to get one so I can do a tips doc for it.