Comments on: TiPb Q&A: MagicPad Explains Cut and Paste Proof of Concept

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:27:13 +0000

I think the best idea for Apple to implement cut-copy-paste functionality would be to take 1/3rd out of the space bar, make a new button which when held down brings up a menu (like the .com, .net, etc menu for the .com button. That way you don't use up valuable screen-space, but you still give users the ability to copy and paste.

By: mrHiDefinition

mrHiDefinition — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:41:02 +0000

This is pretty cool.

By: BriBerry

BriBerry — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:03:13 +0000

It looks like he double tapped to initiate the drag to select tool. Perhaps a single tap would generate the typical cursor drag that we are used to?

By: kilsey

kilsey — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:46:42 +0000

I think the money quote is:

We also hope that Apple will soon define and implement a user interface for the iPhone which will make the demand for our product evaporate.

Not something you hear every day.

II think there's a multi-touch solution. Use this magnification paradigm, but include an additional touch on the screen (a thumb or other finger holding the device will do) in order to trigger text select mode vs. spot select mode.

By: Dieter Bohn

Dieter Bohn — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:12:39 +0000

So they took away the ability to drag your finger to select a spot and replaced it with selecting text. I find it very hard to select a certain spot within a block of text by selecting -- especially, for example, on a long URL where I need to drag to some part of the URL that doesn't appear in the field.

Kudos to Magicpad for giving it a shot, but this definitely can't be a systemwide solution.