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Re:Text editing on mobile isn’t ok by satvikpendem on Sunday September 24, 2023 @04:05PM (#37636645)
> Edit: I just discovered now that if you long-press on the text to place the cursor, you get a little magnified view and it does let you place the cursor in the middle of a word. So that's probably the most efficient method currently available.

I chuckled a little at this as this is one of the oldest features of iOS, probably even from back in the pre-iPhone 4 days.

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Re:Text editing on mobile isn’t ok by Nition on Sunday September 24, 2023 @04:08PM (#37636666)
:(

In my defence apparently it was removed in iOS 13 and only recently came back.

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Re:Text editing on mobile isn’t ok by jahewson on Sunday September 24, 2023 @04:17PM (#37636719)
It was still there but it required a force click anywhere on the keyboard.
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Re:Text editing on mobile isn’t ok by atq2119 on Monday September 25, 2023 @06:59AM (#37641870)
It's just another example of how mobile UIs are bad due to their form factor: they lack discoverability.
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Re:Text editing on mobile isn’t ok by otp209 on Sunday September 24, 2023 @05:23PM (#37637340)
> I chuckled a little at this as this is one of the oldest features of iOS

Reminiscent of how I feel whenever I copy and paste something on Android

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Re:Text editing on mobile isn’t ok by kagevf on Sunday September 24, 2023 @08:30PM (#37638461)
> probably even from back in the pre-iPhone 4 days.

The first iPhone I got was a 3GS and it had the feature. The person at the apple store helpfully demonstrated it to me when I went to pick it up.

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