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Re:iPhones and action discoverability by hs86 on Saturday September 24, 2022 @03:28PM (#32965806)
I moved to iOS over a year ago after using Android exclusively, and I agree that this was a discoverability downgrade. Editing text with various multi-finger gestures, shaking the device, or even putting the entire Photos app into a different mode to select multiple items are outright downgrades to what Android does.

The iPhone innovated finger-touch-based on-screen keyboards while everyone else was still typing with a stylus on a tiny keyboard, but since then, they seem to stagnate. iOS 16 just got haptic feedback on its keyboard in 2022(!), and I am still making more typing errors compared to Android with Gboard.

Re:iPhones and action discoverability by shepherdjerred on Saturday September 24, 2022 @04:26PM (#32966274)
> iOS 16 just got haptic feedback on its keyboard in 2022

Wow thanks for letting me know. I finally have haptics again after switching to an iPhone 6 years ago.

I totally agree with iOS having a worse typing experience. On Android with Gboard I could swipe/type extremely quickly with few errors. On iOS I make a mistake every few works, and the swipe accuracy is significantly worse.

I know that there is Gboard with iOS, but I've had a lot of trouble with custom keyboards on iOS, so I've given up.

Re:iPhones and action discoverability by skizm on Saturday September 24, 2022 @03:31PM (#32965839)
> Editing text with various multi-finger gestures

What multi-finger text editing gestures am I missing out on?

Re:iPhones and action discoverability by svendahlstrand on Saturday September 24, 2022 @04:01PM (#32966094)
Undo and redo:

Undo the last edit: Swipe left with three fingers, then tap Undo at the top of the screen.

Redo the last edit: Swipe right with three fingers, then tap Redo at the top of the screen.

https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/type-with-the-onscree...