In Google Maps on Android, I can double tap with my thumb and on the second tap, keep my thumb on the screen and then swipe up or down to zoom out and in.
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In Google Maps on Android, I can double tap with my thumb and on the second tap, keep my thumb on the screen and then swipe up or down to zoom out and in.
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I agree I love this feature. Although Apple Maps is definitely the biggest use case for me.
If Apple made a 4" iPhone, every keyboard could be used with just your thumb.
I can reach all the keys on my 6s+
I can't. Let's get a hand transplant and you can feel our normal handed inferiority complex.
I forget about third party keyboards because Apple implemented them so poorly in iOS 8 so I just gave up trying. So now I read they're still terrible in iOS 9? Would have thought they would be fixed by now. I thought iOS 9 was the big bug fixer. I'm not sure if I've ever seen any one core feature of an iOS update implemented so poorly and never fixed by Apple. They just really don't care, do they?
The kind of innovation Apple used to do.
But I really came here to say that I think another thing holding the 3rd party keyboards back is you can't use them w/ the screen locked. When I'm replying to a text for instance.
Had no idea. That's an awesome function.
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Think they finally got some developers developers developers de...I'll show myself out
That's a really clever idea... I'm looking forward to trying it out!
Glad to see it has a left-handed mode too.
Glad to see it has a left-handed mode too.
This is one of those "details" you would think Apple would've implemented along with larger screen phones. MS has been on a good run lately.
Bringing 3rd party keyboards? well that's interesting..... but how 'bout first fixing your 'same experience on every platform?'
where is power pivot in Excel? 64 bit excel? better ODBC connection and SQL editor? skype for business? even ms visio?
That keyboard will not persuade me to use more microsoft apps...on the contrary, if that's priority...
but how 'bout first fixing your 'same experience on every platform?'where is power pivot in Excel? 64 bit excel? better ODBC connection and SQL editor? skype for business? even ms visio?
That keyboard will not persuade me to use more microsoft apps...on the contrary, if that's priority...
Reminds me of the old Nokia 7610. But no ability to change hand preference back then, ha.
It's crazy how a grid of rectangles is so problematic to implement. I'm still not seeing any keyboards with dedicated keys for special characters for foreign languages. No matter what language you speak, you're still forced to use an english keyboard (I mean no accented letters such as ö ü í é á ő Ű ç etc...) for some reason, as other characters are hidden behind tap-and-hold popup menus. How are you meant to type when half of the characters require you to press and hold keys and fiddle with menus?
I'm sure the UI gods at Apple denied this one. Microsoft has become the court jester of the mobile world with odd devices and interfaces.
Nice find. Glad to see people are still trying. You are right that it is indeed super hard to reproduce. Hopefully they can nail it soon, because there are many people who do keyboards way better than Apple.
One handed would be nice. Until then, I assume you're aware of Apple's implementation of zoom in the Accessibility settings?
Well, I see more kernel panics these days than BSODs.
Anybody else experiencing similar issues after installing this?
I kid, I kid.
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