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>iOS has terrible discoverability, I’ve used it since v1 and still don’t know how to do some things reliably. Lately some weird new copy and paste bar appears

>iOS has terrible discoverability, I’ve used it since v1 and still don’t know how to do some things reliably. Lately some weird new copy and paste bar appears, no idea how I’m triggering it. I mean if it works better than the OG awful copy paste menu I’d be all for it but how the heck is it even appearing. Don’t get me started on the camera app, can never figure out how to get the flash setting how I want it. It tries to be smart but stops me just setting it as I want. Need apple to trust me when I know long exposure won’t be enough

ghaff 4y ago
Every year or two, I figure I really should read up on what new features/changes Apple has added to iOS (or iPadOS) that I don't know about. (And, because I so rarely use, I still never know how to use the split screen stuff in iPadOS.)
- bitexploder 4y ago
  Split screen is easy. Tap drag from top middle down and to a side. App takes up less than all of screen if app supports it. Anchor it to a side. Tap another app. Done. Not intuitive at all, though.
  - ghaff 4y ago
    Right. That's sort of my point though. When I haven't used it in 4 months, I forget and can't figure it out without looking it up.
    - kjkjadksj 4y ago
      Its so stupid, because on a mac for touchpad gestures they have these nice demonstration videos built in. They have what could be a great model for this documentation already.
  - projektfu 4y ago
    iPad OS frequently pulls up a file list that I am not sure where it came from that is extremely hard to dismiss (no close box and obvious gestures are mockingly not effective). I eventually get rid of it and forget how. The whole process makes me feel like an 80 year old facing DOS.
kemayo 4y ago
> Lately some weird new copy and paste bar appears, no idea how I’m triggering it. iOS 13 added a whole set of gestures that all key off of three-fingered interactions with the screen. Just tapping with three fingers shows that bar, which is probably all you're managing to do accidentally. The rest: three-fingered pinch-closed to copy ("picking up"); three-fingered pinch-open to paste ("putting down"); three-finger swiping left/right for undo/redo... and three-finger double-tap for an undo shortcut. Totally agree this is undiscoverable, but it's also fairly well gated behind a single root gesture so once you understand the trigger it's memorable.
- whywhywhywhy 4y ago
  Wow thanks. Yeah no idea that was a thing. Think I remember seeing the bar during WWDC and assumed it replaced the existing one. A cheat sheet or a tutorial like the OG Mac mouse tutorial would go a long way.

ghaff 4y ago

Every year or two, I figure I really should read up on what new features/changes Apple has added to iOS (or iPadOS) that I don't know about. (And, because I so rarely use, I still never know how to use the split screen stuff in iPadOS.)

bitexploder 4y ago
Split screen is easy. Tap drag from top middle down and to a side. App takes up less than all of screen if app supports it. Anchor it to a side. Tap another app. Done. Not intuitive at all, though.
- ghaff 4y ago
  Right. That's sort of my point though. When I haven't used it in 4 months, I forget and can't figure it out without looking it up.
  - kjkjadksj 4y ago
    Its so stupid, because on a mac for touchpad gestures they have these nice demonstration videos built in. They have what could be a great model for this documentation already.
- projektfu 4y ago
  iPad OS frequently pulls up a file list that I am not sure where it came from that is extremely hard to dismiss (no close box and obvious gestures are mockingly not effective). I eventually get rid of it and forget how. The whole process makes me feel like an 80 year old facing DOS.

kemayo 4y ago

> Lately some weird new copy and paste bar appears, no idea how I’m triggering it. iOS 13 added a whole set of gestures that all key off of three-fingered interactions with the screen. Just tapping with three fingers shows that bar, which is probably all you're managing to do accidentally. The rest: three-fingered pinch-closed to copy ("picking up"); three-fingered pinch-open to paste ("putting down"); three-finger swiping left/right for undo/redo... and three-finger double-tap for an undo shortcut. Totally agree this is undiscoverable, but it's also fairly well gated behind a single root gesture so once you understand the trigger it's memorable.

whywhywhywhy 4y ago
Wow thanks. Yeah no idea that was a thing. Think I remember seeing the bar during WWDC and assumed it replaced the existing one. A cheat sheet or a tutorial like the OG Mac mouse tutorial would go a long way.