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I love the back button. After losing my uninsured galaxy note I'm stuck with iOS for a bit. I literally hate the way that I can click a link in an email then ha

by ljf 14y ago

I love the back button. After losing my uninsured galaxy note I'm stuck with iOS for a bit. I literally hate the way that I can click a link in an email then have a mammoth task to get back to the email app, then the correct account, then the correct email, then the correct part of the email to find the next link I've been sent so I can start this dance again. Roll on the launch of the note 2, back to a phone and OS that allows me to accurately place the cursor when I'm editting text!

dan1234 14y ago
Mammoth task? 1. Double press the home button 2. Select the Mail app from the tray That will take you back to the email you were looking at before you tapped the link.
- ljf 14y ago
  Cheers for that - I genuinely didn't know there was a quick way to do that - and it seems neither do any of my iPhone 4s using friends, as they were all as stuck as me - I look forward to speeding up my mornings now!
  - efraim 14y ago
    I think this is a prime example of why apple products are harder to use than they need to be because they refuse to evolve the hardware as the software evolve. They start out with very simple functionality that only need one button. Now, one button does different things depending on if you press, double press or press and hold it down. It's the same with their laptops, so many functions are hidden behind multi-fingered gestures on the touch pad or moving the pointer to some corner or the screen. It's not any easier than putting more buttons on the phone or making the options visible somehow.
prof_hobart 14y ago
It's not a full solution to your issue (and apologies if you are already aware of this), but a double tap on the home button brings up a list of recent tasks, and your email app should be the left-most one and you can just tap on that to get back to the mail that you were reading. On the comment about placing the cursor, I have the opposite - I rarely have an issue on my iPhone/iPad, but I cannot for the life of me get the cursor on my Galaxy SII to go to where I want it to.
- ljf 14y ago
  It is odd isn't it? Maybe our fingers learn different tools better? I LOVE the android keyboard, stock or the various add ons - but so many iOS friends just can't get to grips with it. But I storm along on my (now dead) Dell Streak and Note, and struggle to write anything on my iPod touch. I wonder if there should be a keyboard that works just like the iOS one for Android, for those trying to migrate ;)
  - prof_hobart 14y ago
    An Apple-alike one would be great. With the standard Samsung one I struggle to put two words together without a mistake, whereas with my iPhone I managed to type a 3 paragraph email while I was walking home last night and managed about two minor errors in the whole thing. Admittedly I do like the SwiftKey keyboard, and I keep meaning to buy it (my trial ran out and I've not got round to associating a credit card with my Google account). The single best thing about Android for me is that you can at least swap out most of the things that you don't like about the stock OS.

by ljf 14y ago

dan1234 14y ago

Mammoth task? 1. Double press the home button 2. Select the Mail app from the tray That will take you back to the email you were looking at before you tapped the link.

ljf 14y ago
Cheers for that - I genuinely didn't know there was a quick way to do that - and it seems neither do any of my iPhone 4s using friends, as they were all as stuck as me - I look forward to speeding up my mornings now!
- efraim 14y ago
  I think this is a prime example of why apple products are harder to use than they need to be because they refuse to evolve the hardware as the software evolve. They start out with very simple functionality that only need one button. Now, one button does different things depending on if you press, double press or press and hold it down. It's the same with their laptops, so many functions are hidden behind multi-fingered gestures on the touch pad or moving the pointer to some corner or the screen. It's not any easier than putting more buttons on the phone or making the options visible somehow.

prof_hobart 14y ago

It's not a full solution to your issue (and apologies if you are already aware of this), but a double tap on the home button brings up a list of recent tasks, and your email app should be the left-most one and you can just tap on that to get back to the mail that you were reading. On the comment about placing the cursor, I have the opposite - I rarely have an issue on my iPhone/iPad, but I cannot for the life of me get the cursor on my Galaxy SII to go to where I want it to.

ljf 14y ago
It is odd isn't it? Maybe our fingers learn different tools better? I LOVE the android keyboard, stock or the various add ons - but so many iOS friends just can't get to grips with it. But I storm along on my (now dead) Dell Streak and Note, and struggle to write anything on my iPod touch. I wonder if there should be a keyboard that works just like the iOS one for Android, for those trying to migrate ;)
- prof_hobart 14y ago
  An Apple-alike one would be great. With the standard Samsung one I struggle to put two words together without a mistake, whereas with my iPhone I managed to type a 3 paragraph email while I was walking home last night and managed about two minor errors in the whole thing. Admittedly I do like the SwiftKey keyboard, and I keep meaning to buy it (my trial ran out and I've not got round to associating a credit card with my Google account). The single best thing about Android for me is that you can at least swap out most of the things that you don't like about the stock OS.