Double-tap & hold?
I like it.
Will be nice when this (or something similar) finally makes it's way into the OS.
I like it.
Will be nice when this (or something similar) finally makes it's way into the OS.
What's so amazing about copy and paste? When would u honestly ever use it on your phone?
What's so amazing about copy and paste? When would u honestly ever use it on your phone?
What's so amazing about copy and paste? When would u honestly ever use it on your phone?
That's a lot of work for select. What's wrong with using two fingers?. It seems to me the simpler and more elegant solution would be to select the start location with the current magnification tool, and then add a second finger, for a two fingered drag to the end of the selection.
I disagree. What's so hard about double tap and hold?
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NO, Why double tap? A double tap is not needed!!!
Just select and hold. This will place the magnifying glass into selection mode and you move your finger to select the text you want. When you have selected it, then lift up your finger. ONLY ONE TAP!
It's more work, and it's not an intuitive process.
Whenever there are timed processes involved in UI, especially one that would be used so often, it both adds unnecessary complexity (and therefore time) to the process, and a greater margin for error. Can you imagine the frustration of not tapping with the correct timing (which is not so hard to imagine on any touch screen), and having the phone reset your taps so that it takes 5 minutes of frustration to (using the precision model) select your text.
Umm, okay so now how do you move your cursor to write new text or fix a word you misspelled when you just selected everything. How exactly did you move the cursor to find your starting point without selecting in the meantime?
The method you just described is the current way to find a spot to write new text, not select existing text.
People are drooling over this as if it was something never done before. Any smart phone from 8 years back has had this common and necessary feature.:
What's so amazing about copy and paste? When would u honestly ever use it on your phone?
These guys at magicpad are quite dumb (sorry.)
Now, Apple will now never implement it like they say. Because It cannot be pantented, once it has been published publicly.
They should have petented it before the video, then Apple might have bought off the patent.
Now it will be neither.
It's more work, and it's not an intuitive process.
Whenever there are timed processes involved in UI, especially one that would be used so often, it both adds unnecessary complexity (and therefore time) to the process, and a greater margin for error. Can you imagine the frustration of not tapping with the correct timing (which is not so hard to imagine on any touch screen), and having the phone reset your taps so that it takes 5 minutes of frustration to (using the precision model) select your text.
What's so amazing about copy and paste? When would u honestly ever use it on your phone?
Take off your blinders pls. Why can't you just say you're disappointed that you can't copy/paste yet? I want the feature as much as the next guy, but saying Apple doesn't take initiative is blatantly false.
Another issue, as mentioned is that the loupe only appears in text-entry boxes, so safari, sms, email, etc. are out. Apple would have to implement the selection process in *all* applications.
....i am not a patent connoisseur, but i was thinking about that to. is what you say true? it seems to make sense. i dont know anything about the legality of patents.