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TextEdit Icon Spotted on iOS 10 During WWDC 2016 Demo
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I was going to mention the same thing.
And aren't the iWork apps free? Other than barebones RTF and TXT format editing and removing all formatting I don't see why TextEdit would be a big deal.
I hope users aren't still editing HTML in text edit.
I think that if Apple put TextEdit on the App Store, then it would serve a purpose for those who have files on a Mac that are of some use.
But for the majority of users, including it as a stock app would only confuse them as Notes and Pages are useful enough. One upside however is that the app is bound to be very small in size, compared to Pages 500+mb.
But for the majority of users, including it as a stock app would only confuse them as Notes and Pages are useful enough. One upside however is that the app is bound to be very small in size, compared to Pages 500+mb.
Neither Pages nor Notes are designed to handle plaintext documents. Textedit is.
I suppose it is something thats more useful to web designers and programmers than your average user. But then again it would let you open more files from your desktop now that we have access to that through continuity.
And what an atrocious icon it got. So tired of that style.
I guess it's not as bad as Game Center or News
I guess it's not as bad as Game Center or News
It has been a while, but if I remember correctly, macs used to come with AppleWorks and SimpleText installed.
Just saying, it is not in heard of.
What's shown here is just the regular Springboard "app" that's already there in iOS 9 if you scroll to the far right in the task switcher view.
There's also a Game Center app and that's dead, so....
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Sad? No. Contrarian? You bet.
Textedit is basically a pointless app.
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Sad? No. Contrarian? You bet.
Textedit is basically a pointless app.
There are apps today that sync between platforms, and your can do it with iOS 9 using iCloud, but macOS Sierra and iOS 10 will make it easier.
When Apple movies to 4k downloads, I can see them using H.265 with iTunes. This may be later this year or 5 years from now.
I would be happy with this. I still use Text Edit on the Mac all the time. All of those documents are stored in iCloud these days. To have those available on iOS, like almost everything else, would be great.
I don't use Pages. Too much overhead. Hard to explain. There's a difference, and TextEdit is what I want.
I don't use Pages. Too much overhead. Hard to explain. There's a difference, and TextEdit is what I want.
I use TextEdit all the time and really like it. It's a little more than Notes, a little less than Pages, it's just right.
Be honest, it was the TextEdit news that has really pushed you over the edge though, right?
Be honest, it was the TextEdit news that has really pushed you over the edge though, right?
I have pages on my Macs too but I still find use for Sublime Text (which I use as an ascii editor rather than Text Edit).
Some people like the simplicity of just a text editor.
On my Macs I use no less than three apps for putting text into documents, and neither Notes nor Pages are on that list. Only reason I use Notes on my iPhone or iPad is because TextEdit isn't available. I wouldn't be caught dead using Pages for anything on any platform.
Now, I'm not so arrogant as to believe nobody else uses Notes or Pages in the world, or that they're "pointless" because I don't particularly like or need them. Would be cool if other people would accept that perhaps there are those of us in the world who like and need TextEdit, and maybe would like continuity features and the ability to open and edit such files on their mobile devices, even if they themselves don't have a use for it.
So, I would be thrilled if TextEdit finally made its way to iOS, and hopefully with a better icon. It should probably be an optional download as well.
Now, I'm not so arrogant as to believe nobody else uses Notes or Pages in the world, or that they're "pointless" because I don't particularly like or need them. Would be cool if other people would accept that perhaps there are those of us in the world who like and need TextEdit, and maybe would like continuity features and the ability to open and edit such files on their mobile devices, even if they themselves don't have a use for it.
So, I would be thrilled if TextEdit finally made its way to iOS, and hopefully with a better icon. It should probably be an optional download as well.
Not sad, it's more of a reflection of how gimmicky most of the new "features" are. Apple finds itself hard pressed to match Samsung and Google's innovation.
Samsung and Google are the industry leaders of gimmicks and half-baked imitation features. Guess again.
With TextEdit having iCloud storage of documents, I'm surprised they either haven't released an iOS version, or added a link to Pages on iOS to access these TextEdit documents stored in iCloud.