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Interesting concept, but I don't think toolbar real estate is much of a concern on the iPad; if it was they could just automatically hide the toolbar altogether
by thought_alarm 16y ago
Interesting concept, but I don't think toolbar real estate is much of a concern on the iPad; if it was they could just automatically hide the toolbar altogether like on the iPhone.
And I like having the name and URL visible at all times, as well as my bookmarks. I don't think I've ever complained about having to reach all the way to the top of the screen to tap my Google Reader bookmark.
Address bar attached to keyboard is an nice idea, and something I've thought about myself. I find myself wishing there was an input mode that simply attached an textview onto the keyboard, especially in Safari.
I also wish the iPad keyboard had select all/cut/copy/paste keys, arrow keys, next/previous word, start/end of line, forward delete, delete word, etc. I love actually typing on the screen, but positioning the cursor and revising text can be a pain.
- bruceboughton 16y agoOne area of text input that really could do with improvement in Safari is input labels. Especially on the small factor iOS devices, the zoom level after activating a text box is necessarily so high that the input label often goes offscreen, particularly if the labels are (far) to the left of the input. When filling in a series of inputs you end up swiping back and forth between input and label. Since labels are often tied to input via ID or nesting, it should be possible in the majority of cases to show the label onscreen while navigating forms, overlaid near the input element. I would even have thought some simple heuristics could be used when the HTML does not markup the relationship explicitly.