> 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 imp

> 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.