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A phone and a computer are used in very different ways. Even now, I probably use copy/paste once a week on my iPhone, and at least once an hour on my laptop, of

A phone and a computer are used in very different ways. Even now, I probably use copy/paste once a week on my iPhone, and at least once an hour on my laptop, often more.

jimmaswell 6y ago
I do it multiple times a day on my Android. I've even taken to using ctrl-c/x/v in Hacker's Keyboard because it's faster.
waheoo 6y ago
I use copy and paste on my phone constantly. I would guess the reason you dont do it much on iphone is the lack of multitasking support. Android alt tabbing has always been a basic part of life and now split screening is a thing too. You lot getting widgets soon, maybe you'll get alt tab next year?
- vxNsr 6y ago
  What’s alt+tab without a physical keyboard?
  - Izkata 6y ago
    An easily-understandable reference for non-Android users. One of Android's buttons (the square) goes to the app switcher, it functions as alt+tab on its own.
    - vxNsr 6y ago
      we have that on iOS though, it's the swipe up and/or to the right gesture. It's honestly the fastest way to switch between apps on any device I've ever used. the android dedicated button feels clunky in comparison. I understand it's a "hidden gesture" and thus all the UX complaints apply, but from pure observation most android users use the app switcher about as often as PC users use alt+tab... basically not as many as you think. Most mobile phone users who are even slight technophobes will switch apps the old way from the home screen or app drawer. at least with the iPhone the "going home" behavior can accidentally surface the app switcher which after enough exposure might train such users to use it. Idk, I kinda hate all the UX paradigms that android introduced, it often felt like they ignored much of what xerox parc taught as objectively good UX and tried to go it on their own, only to have to relearn all the same mistakes that Mac and Windows learned over the last 3 decades.
- servercobra 6y ago
  I use Android and iOS constantly (mobile dev), and iOS's multitasking on the iPhone X is as easy as Android's (swipe the bottom of the phone, same action as double tapping the app switcher icon on Android). Same with split screen, I use the all the time on iPad.
fiddlerwoaroof 6y ago
The Apple “Universal Clipboard” as well as airdrop is another example of this: the ability to easily copy text and files from one device to another is game-changing compared to the infrastructure you need to run in other systems.
esperent 6y ago
I've used copy/paste on my phone at least ten times today, and it's barely lunchtime.

A phone and a computer are used in very different ways. Even now, I probably use copy/paste once a week on my iPhone, and at least once an hour on my laptop, often more.

jimmaswell 6y ago

I do it multiple times a day on my Android. I've even taken to using ctrl-c/x/v in Hacker's Keyboard because it's faster.

waheoo 6y ago

I use copy and paste on my phone constantly. I would guess the reason you dont do it much on iphone is the lack of multitasking support. Android alt tabbing has always been a basic part of life and now split screening is a thing too. You lot getting widgets soon, maybe you'll get alt tab next year?

vxNsr 6y ago
What’s alt+tab without a physical keyboard?
- Izkata 6y ago
  An easily-understandable reference for non-Android users. One of Android's buttons (the square) goes to the app switcher, it functions as alt+tab on its own.
  - vxNsr 6y ago
    we have that on iOS though, it's the swipe up and/or to the right gesture. It's honestly the fastest way to switch between apps on any device I've ever used. the android dedicated button feels clunky in comparison. I understand it's a "hidden gesture" and thus all the UX complaints apply, but from pure observation most android users use the app switcher about as often as PC users use alt+tab... basically not as many as you think. Most mobile phone users who are even slight technophobes will switch apps the old way from the home screen or app drawer. at least with the iPhone the "going home" behavior can accidentally surface the app switcher which after enough exposure might train such users to use it. Idk, I kinda hate all the UX paradigms that android introduced, it often felt like they ignored much of what xerox parc taught as objectively good UX and tried to go it on their own, only to have to relearn all the same mistakes that Mac and Windows learned over the last 3 decades.
servercobra 6y ago
I use Android and iOS constantly (mobile dev), and iOS's multitasking on the iPhone X is as easy as Android's (swipe the bottom of the phone, same action as double tapping the app switcher icon on Android). Same with split screen, I use the all the time on iPad.

fiddlerwoaroof 6y ago

The Apple “Universal Clipboard” as well as airdrop is another example of this: the ability to easily copy text and files from one device to another is game-changing compared to the infrastructure you need to run in other systems.

esperent 6y ago

I've used copy/paste on my phone at least ten times today, and it's barely lunchtime.