Re:Zawinski: iPad just-slightly insufficiently futurey
by thought_alarm on Thursday September 02, 2010 @10:47PM
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The keyboard is fine.
The problem is the complete lack of copyediting shortcuts. There are no keys for moving the cursor, or selecting next. There isn't even a forward-delete key.
When I write long text and long emails I will invariably need to go back and copyedit my work, and iOS gives me very little to make that job easier. (Android is even worse.)
It bugs me so much I actually drew up a prototype iPad keyboard [1].
3 years in with iOS and I'm still far more comfortable and productive writing long text on my Blackberry than on an iPhone or iPad.
The problem is the complete lack of copyediting shortcuts. There are no keys for moving the cursor, or selecting next. There isn't even a forward-delete key.
When I write long text and long emails I will invariably need to go back and copyedit my work, and iOS gives me very little to make that job easier. (Android is even worse.)
It bugs me so much I actually drew up a prototype iPad keyboard [1].
3 years in with iOS and I'm still far more comfortable and productive writing long text on my Blackberry than on an iPhone or iPad.
[1] http://a.imageshack.us/img16/425/ipadarrowkeys.png