scottjenson

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by scottjenson 8mo ago
I'm the author of the paper. The prototype was never released by Google unfortunately. The implentation we used was a bit hacky, using a visual effects layer over the text editing layer. It was tricky to keep them in sync. A more robus
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by scottjenson 9mo ago
I post nearly everyone on my blog jenson.org
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by scottjenson 9mo ago
I've given dozens of talks, but this one seems to have struck a chord, as it's my most popular video in quite a while. It's got over 14k views in less than a day. I'm excited so many people are interested in desktop UX!
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by scottjenson 2y ago
This needs more discussion. Too many don't understand Apple's privacy stance, which has some reasonable elements, is being used to massively foot drag on everyone else trying to build an open web ecosystem.
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by scottjenson 3y ago
Passive agressive? (I'm the author) I did research to find a better solution. I did and discovered a wide range of market forces (e.g. people don't like to change) that will make it difficult to ship. But the last thing I intended
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by scottjenson 3y ago
That's a fair point, thank you for bringing that up (I'm the author) While these are certainly helpful, the fact that almost no one knows about this proves they aren't really working all that well. Discovery is a key issue th
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by scottjenson 3y ago
This is exactly the point I tried to make in the paper. Teens are using the phone and that's fine, but if you watch them, it's horribly inefficient. I'm not saying stop using the phone, I'm saying your kid can be far mor
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by scottjenson 3y ago
I'm the author of the paper. That first one though you called out is VERY interesting (the others seem quite close to what is already done today) We tried pause-to-select and it user tested very poorly as users were thrown into selecti
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by scottjenson 3y ago
oooh, interesting! I'll check it out, thanks!
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by scottjenson 3y ago
This is a lovely thing to read on a Sunday morning, thank you!
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by scottjenson 3y ago
I'm the author. I agree, this could be a good way to do it. It's what I meant by a "slow burn" in the post. For example, just start with improvements to tapping and dragging, then add a better magnifier, etc. Just gettin
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by scottjenson 3y ago
I'm the author. I've been trying...
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by scottjenson 3y ago
I'm the author. As the code is owned by Google, I'm a bit constrained in sharing it. I've got permission to talk about the work and show it, but that's about it.
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by scottjenson 3y ago
Deleting an 'x' was MEANT to be hard (and not typical) the whole point was to see how easy it was to target. As to your "it does seem obvious that people don’t care that much about the text-editing experience" You are ex
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by scottjenson 3y ago
I am aware ;-) It's certainly helpful. My point is that it's not nearly enough. The goal of this post was to make it clear that the entire model of mobile editing is flawed and it's helpful to rethink it. However, I'm al
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by scottjenson 3y ago
That seems like a simple idea to test in a keyboard (well the loupe might be hard) but moving the cursor and using SHIFT to select are fairly easy. Who's working on an Android keyboard here? ;-)
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by scottjenson 3y ago
You actually can paste between words but it's hidden (like most things with mobile text editing) You need to place the text cursor between the words carefully, tap the 'teardrop' on the text handle, and that will bring up the
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by scottjenson 3y ago
I got that a lot as well, people claiming that kids were writing entire papers on their phone, therefore it must be fine. Just because some people can run a marathon, doesn't mean everyone does.
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by scottjenson 3y ago
Describes the problems with mobile text editing, why it needs to be fixed, and a prototype of an potential solution.
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The Invisible problem: why mobile text editing is worse than you think(jenson.org)
7 points by scottjenson 3y ago|6 comments
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by scottjenson 15y ago
I think I'm paying a price for having a linkbait title. I don't honestly think this is a web vs native issue at all. I think that native has had too much power and that apps 'must die' as they suck up all the oxygen. It blinds people from s