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New gestures introduced in iOS 13: Copy: three-finger pinch Cut: three-finger double pinch Paste: three-finger pinch out (expand) Undo: three-finger sw

New gestures introduced in iOS 13: Copy: three-finger pinch Cut: three-finger double pinch Paste: three-finger pinch out (expand) Undo: three-finger swipe left (or three-finger double tap) Redo: three-finger swipe right Shortcut menu: three-finger single tap

dmitriid 7y ago
While doing all that they broke "slide finger across screen to move cursor easily"
- manicdee 7y ago
  Now that's press and hold on the keyboard to move the cursor without your finger being in the way so you can never figure out where the cursor is going to land in "teh".
  - dmitriid 7y ago
    You could always figure that out thanks to the maginfication you had. The took that away
    - manicdee 7y ago
      For me the magnifier didn’t help since the cursor would always move as I lifted my finger.
zik 7y ago
I would never guess any of those gestures. It's very much the opposite of intuitive.
veddox 7y ago
I was really excited to see multitasking coming with iPadOS 13. Unfortunately, it turns out to be absolutely horrible to use and insists on turning itself on with annoying regularity...
blackhaz 7y ago
This is fucking horrible. Worth an episode in Silicon Valley horrible. What I hate most about the new Apple devices is that I always do something that produces a gesture or a hidden function. Grab iPhone quickly by the sides - get a screenshot. Swipe with four fingers looking North shaking - get something else. Who the hell needs all this crap?
- saagarjha 7y ago
  > Grab iPhone quickly by the sides - get a screenshot. That’s not a gesture, that’s you pressing the side buttons.
- robertoandred 7y ago
  Or just use the long-press menu like you have been for ten years? Nothing changed.
- SebastianKra 7y ago
  I could make a similar comment about how keyboard shortcuts are "fucking horrible". > Who the hell needs all this crap? Who the hell needs keyboard shortcuts?
chrbarrol 7y ago
My first Apple product was a iPad Pro I got last year. I consider myself quite tech savvy, but the gestures was a huge pain-point when learning the device, to the point that it soured the whole experience for me: When trying to find the WiFi toggle button (which is accomplished by "pinching" the screen) I basically just tried every possible gesture until I found the right one (I know that some gesture opened it from watching others). By far the worst and most memorable UX problem of the year.
- umbos 7y ago
  Why wouldn't you just Google it? It would have taken you two seconds and then you'd have known all about control centre and how to access it. Besides, none of those gestures are actually necessary; you could have gone settings app > Wifi > turn wifi on/off.
  - hu3 7y ago
    > Why wouldn't you just Google it You shouldn't have to Google for basic functionality such as WiFi toggle button.
    - Zarath 7y ago
      Right, and you don't. Going to settings and toggling it is fairly obvious.
  - bouke 7y ago
    I think that after disabling WiFi, there's no Googling possible.
  - whywhywhywhy 7y ago
    > Why wouldn't you just Google it? What if the problem was how to turn it on?
- robertoandred 7y ago
  WiFi toggle is in the Settings app where it's always been. What's so confusing about that?
mc3 7y ago
Anything that needs 3 coordinated fingers is surely an accessibility hurdle.
hellofunk 7y ago
I have no idea what any of these gestures are and I’m using iOS 13, and I just tried a couple of them and doesn’t seem to do anything. How do you copy with a three finger pinch?!

dmitriid 7y ago

While doing all that they broke "slide finger across screen to move cursor easily"

manicdee 7y ago
Now that's press and hold on the keyboard to move the cursor without your finger being in the way so you can never figure out where the cursor is going to land in "teh".
- dmitriid 7y ago
  You could always figure that out thanks to the maginfication you had. The took that away
  - manicdee 7y ago
    For me the magnifier didn’t help since the cursor would always move as I lifted my finger.

zik 7y ago

I would never guess any of those gestures. It's very much the opposite of intuitive.

veddox 7y ago

I was really excited to see multitasking coming with iPadOS 13. Unfortunately, it turns out to be absolutely horrible to use and insists on turning itself on with annoying regularity...

blackhaz 7y ago

This is fucking horrible. Worth an episode in Silicon Valley horrible. What I hate most about the new Apple devices is that I always do something that produces a gesture or a hidden function. Grab iPhone quickly by the sides - get a screenshot. Swipe with four fingers looking North shaking - get something else. Who the hell needs all this crap?

saagarjha 7y ago
> Grab iPhone quickly by the sides - get a screenshot. That’s not a gesture, that’s you pressing the side buttons.
robertoandred 7y ago
Or just use the long-press menu like you have been for ten years? Nothing changed.
SebastianKra 7y ago
I could make a similar comment about how keyboard shortcuts are "fucking horrible". > Who the hell needs all this crap? Who the hell needs keyboard shortcuts?

chrbarrol 7y ago

My first Apple product was a iPad Pro I got last year. I consider myself quite tech savvy, but the gestures was a huge pain-point when learning the device, to the point that it soured the whole experience for me: When trying to find the WiFi toggle button (which is accomplished by "pinching" the screen) I basically just tried every possible gesture until I found the right one (I know that some gesture opened it from watching others). By far the worst and most memorable UX problem of the year.

umbos 7y ago
Why wouldn't you just Google it? It would have taken you two seconds and then you'd have known all about control centre and how to access it. Besides, none of those gestures are actually necessary; you could have gone settings app > Wifi > turn wifi on/off.
- hu3 7y ago
  > Why wouldn't you just Google it You shouldn't have to Google for basic functionality such as WiFi toggle button.
  - Zarath 7y ago
    Right, and you don't. Going to settings and toggling it is fairly obvious.
- bouke 7y ago
  I think that after disabling WiFi, there's no Googling possible.
- whywhywhywhy 7y ago
  > Why wouldn't you just Google it? What if the problem was how to turn it on?
robertoandred 7y ago
WiFi toggle is in the Settings app where it's always been. What's so confusing about that?

mc3 7y ago

Anything that needs 3 coordinated fingers is surely an accessibility hurdle.

hellofunk 7y ago

I have no idea what any of these gestures are and I’m using iOS 13, and I just tried a couple of them and doesn’t seem to do anything. How do you copy with a three finger pinch?!