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Absolutely on point. I use my iPad in the mornings for HN. I've had cases of such nonsensical text auto-contortions when posting that I've been asked if I was
by robomartin 14y ago
Absolutely on point. I use my iPad in the mornings for HN. I've had cases of such nonsensical text auto-contortions when posting that I've been asked if I was a native English speaker. It's embarrassing.
For business communications I have to be super careful not to look like a total idiot. This, to the point that my signature on iOS devices says something like: "My apologies for spelling and other errors. This was typed on an iPhone, which is not an accurate typing device".
My other pet peeve is the lack of cursor keys. I absolutely detest having to touch the text for editing. It's horribly clumsy and, as far as I am concerned, a huge step backwards. Everything doesn't have to be touch.
I see us migrating to Windows 8 tablets. They are far more usable and practical, keyboards are welcome (and normal) and a huge variety of them will be available. Want a 17 inch tablet (yes!) no problem. And, of course, you can use standard Windows programs and write them without asking for permission.
The more I look at what MS has done the more I see the genius of it all. I was quite negative about W8 when I tried the preview but have warmed-up to the ecosystem now.
- lukifer 14y ago> I absolutely detest having to touch the text for editing. Their existing system is embarrassingly clumsy. I think a touch-based cursor selection could be implemented a lot better, particularly with regard to loupe placement and auto-scrolling the viewport. Moreover, they could have implemented "virtual arrow keys" using swipe gestures while in loupe mode. See, for instance, this alternative implementation of cursor management: http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/05/07/slidewriter-bringing-better-text-selection-to-ipad-video/ http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/05/07/slidewriter-bringing... It'd be one thing to damn them for poor iterations for these features. But they've made very few changes at all to these core components since iOS 2, and there's no evidence that they're even trying.
- robomartin 14y agoYes, that's one of the many interesting concepts out there.