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> Apple famously doesn't do any of this with your iPhone Maybe that's why 50% of iPhone users still don't know that they can use long press on they keyboard (o
by twen_ty 3y ago
> Apple famously doesn't do any of this with your iPhone
Maybe that's why 50% of iPhone users still don't know that they can use long press on they keyboard (or space bar) to gain cursor control - and this is just one example.
- logical_proof 3y agoiPhone user since switching from a Droid X. You just taught me something that I have been dying for… thank you and way to make your point.
- seanthemon 3y agoApple features famously taught in hacker news comments.
- pests 3y agoIf you press with a second finger anywhere on the keyboard after activating it will switch to selection mode.
- ericmcer 3y agoYou just changed my text messaging efficiency
- ibdf 3y agoWhat’s this black magic! Never knew it either.
- StockHuman 3y agoThis is featured the first time you ever bring up the software keyboard and then never again. You can see the behaviour by booting up a simulator. They do have an explainer, but it’s very easy to dismiss if you expected to just start typing.
- jallen_dot_dev 3y ago> This is featured the first time you ever bring up the software keyboard and then never again. In other words, a behavior that something like Driver.js can help you achieve.