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Android is already much easier to select text with. The arrow under the text that you drag is just so much easier than the magnifying glass that is just cumbers
by Lockyy 14y ago
Android is already much easier to select text with. The arrow under the text that you drag is just so much easier than the magnifying glass that is just cumbersome and awkward to use.
- davidlumley 14y agoiOS allows you to select text using markers that are dragged as well:. The blue markers you see in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw2Y7FP8qko http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw2Y7FP8qko can be dragged to change the selection area. The magnifying glass is used to set the exact cursor position, and can be invaluable when trying to position the cursor between similar looking letters on a mobile device.
- youngtaff 14y agoText editing and selection on my iPad is a pretty shitty experience compared to my Android v2.3 phone... There's lots of web pages where it's impossible to select text (sometimes turning off JS helps) on the iPad but the phone does it fine. In some HTML text boxes it's just impossible to edit anything. Selecting characters within a word is painful, it's far easier on the phone as it has an optical cursor - later Android phones have dropped this so I wonder if they're painful too.