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I am really intruigued when people say they do most of their computer usage on an iPad. I get massively frustrated anytime I try to do almost anything other tha

I am really intruigued when people say they do most of their computer usage on an iPad. I get massively frustrated anytime I try to do almost anything other than consome on an iPad. As just one example trying to copy snd paste almost anything makes me want to tear my hair out it's so frustrsting. Moving the cursor or trying to fight with the os about what I really want to select as it keeps trying to expand my selection, or the fact tbat I can't copy the text of a link, only the link itself. That's just one of many frustrstions I run into anytime I try to use ios (or Android) for anything other than consuming and so I'd really like to know am I doing it wrong? Is there some magic to work around these issue? Do others just never need to do the things I need do regularly? It's so bad I recently bought a headmountable camera to document the frustrations in the hopes of generating some awareness of the issues because I'd love to be able to get by with just a tablet.

rasengan 10y ago
Definitely agree with you about selecting/copy paste.
spraak 10y ago
I definitely agree with your sentiment. I too get very frustrated with those things, and had a terrible time just formatting this comment! > or the fact tbat I can't copy the text of a link, only the link itself. I wanted to share a tip in regard to this: select some text before or after the link text, then use the markers to adjust/refine down to just the link text that you want.
andai 10y ago
Wow, that's great to hear about the head cam. Where are you putting these recordings?
legulere 10y ago
You can use two fingers over the keyboard for moving the cursor on an iPad (force touch on the keyboard with iphones)
- b15h0p 10y ago
  But you can not select text using that method, can you?
  - chrisked 10y ago
    On the iPhone with force touch you can. You have to press again then you can freely select. That's the only time I use force touch :)
nvarsj 10y ago
Yes, it's really strange! It's like these people have never used a keyboard efficiently in their life, so they are happy with a touch interface. It's the same with my phone, although I am pretty decent typing on it. But long comments and emails I find myself forced to get out the laptop. I sort of miss the Blackberries in this regard - I could comfortably get over 50wpm on the physical qwerty keyboards.
eeeeeeeeeeeee 10y ago
Same here. I bought an iPad a few generations ago and it was noticeably slower than even my iPhone. If your iPad is slower (even a little bit) than your iPhone, you will hate your iPad. Not to mention, anything involving multitasking or juggling several different things at once becomes a frustrating experience on the iPad. Anything I would have gotten done on my iPad, I could have just done on my iPhone. And if I can't use my iPhone for it, I would have used a real computer.
rcarmo 10y ago
I have absolutely zero issues of that nature on iOS - it can be a bit fiddly to get the hang of positioning the selection handles, and moving the cursor using the soft keyboard is a relatively recent feature, but it's _miles_ ahead of Android.

rasengan 10y ago

Definitely agree with you about selecting/copy paste.

spraak 10y ago

I definitely agree with your sentiment. I too get very frustrated with those things, and had a terrible time just formatting this comment! > or the fact tbat I can't copy the text of a link, only the link itself. I wanted to share a tip in regard to this: select some text before or after the link text, then use the markers to adjust/refine down to just the link text that you want.

andai 10y ago

Wow, that's great to hear about the head cam. Where are you putting these recordings?

legulere 10y ago

You can use two fingers over the keyboard for moving the cursor on an iPad (force touch on the keyboard with iphones)

b15h0p 10y ago
But you can not select text using that method, can you?
- chrisked 10y ago
  On the iPhone with force touch you can. You have to press again then you can freely select. That's the only time I use force touch :)

nvarsj 10y ago

Yes, it's really strange! It's like these people have never used a keyboard efficiently in their life, so they are happy with a touch interface. It's the same with my phone, although I am pretty decent typing on it. But long comments and emails I find myself forced to get out the laptop. I sort of miss the Blackberries in this regard - I could comfortably get over 50wpm on the physical qwerty keyboards.

eeeeeeeeeeeee 10y ago

Same here. I bought an iPad a few generations ago and it was noticeably slower than even my iPhone. If your iPad is slower (even a little bit) than your iPhone, you will hate your iPad. Not to mention, anything involving multitasking or juggling several different things at once becomes a frustrating experience on the iPad. Anything I would have gotten done on my iPad, I could have just done on my iPhone. And if I can't use my iPhone for it, I would have used a real computer.

rcarmo 10y ago

I have absolutely zero issues of that nature on iOS - it can be a bit fiddly to get the hang of positioning the selection handles, and moving the cursor using the soft keyboard is a relatively recent feature, but it's _miles_ ahead of Android.