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From: zoara on 7 Jun 2010 10:17 Ian Piper <ianpiper(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-05-31 23:58:15 +0100, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> said: > >> Flavio Matani <flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com> wrote: >>> jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >>>>>> cursor keys on the virtual keyboard. It would help immensely in >>>> certain >>>> situations. >>>>> I second this motion.... >>> Could either of you be a bit more specific? I can't really see where >> they'd be useful... >>> -z- > > When you are typing a url and you spot that you got one or two letters > wrong - cursor keys would zip you back along the text string more > easily than the finger/magnifying glass method. Ugh, forgot to respond to these. Aside from the mention of it being useful on forums (I forget who mentioned it and it's fallen off my feed) the consensus seems to be that cursor keys would be a better way of moving the cursor around than the current method. I agree, but I still don't think it's something that the iPad *needs*. The whole philosophy of the iPad is about stripping out the stuff that a few people want and leaving just the stuff that most people need. If you and I can manage without cursor keys (even if it's not optimal) then I think most people will not be bothered in the slightest. So it might be nice to have cursor keys but I think if it did, it would be drifting away from what an iPad actually *is*. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Jim on 7 Jun 2010 10:26 On 2010-06-07, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Ugh, forgot to respond to these. > > Aside from the mention of it being useful on forums (I forget who > mentioned it and it's fallen off my feed) the consensus seems to be that > cursor keys would be a better way of moving the cursor around than the > current method. > > I agree, but I still don't think it's something that the iPad *needs*. > The whole philosophy of the iPad is about stripping out the stuff that a > few people want and leaving just the stuff that most people need. If you > and I can manage without cursor keys (even if it's not optimal) then I > think most people will not be bothered in the slightest. > > So it might be nice to have cursor keys but I think if it did, it would > be drifting away from what an iPad actually *is*. I agree that they'd only be useful to a few people in a few places, for for those people in those places they'd be *bloody* useful. I wonder how hard it would be for apps to have a custom keyboard without having to write one from scratch? Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: Woody on 7 Jun 2010 11:26 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Ian Piper <ianpiper(a)mac.com> wrote: >> On 2010-05-31 23:58:15 +0100, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> said: >> >>> Flavio Matani <flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com> wrote: >>>> jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >>>>>>> cursor keys on the virtual keyboard. It would help immensely in >>>>> certain >>>>> situations. >>>>>> I second this motion.... >>>> Could either of you be a bit more specific? I can't really see > > > > where >>> they'd be useful... >>>> -z- >> >> When you are typing a url and you spot that you got one or two > > letters >> wrong - cursor keys would zip you back along the text string more >> easily than the finger/magnifying glass method. > > > Ugh, forgot to respond to these. > > Aside from the mention of it being useful on forums (I forget who > mentioned it and it's fallen off my feed) the consensus seems to be > that > cursor keys would be a better way of moving the cursor around than the > current method. No, the cursor keys would be a useful addition for a lot of situations. I wouldn't want to lose the tap cursor, so an "as well" not an instead. > I agree, but I still don't think it's something that the iPad *needs*. > The whole philosophy of the iPad is about stripping out the stuff that > a > few people want and leaving just the stuff that most people need. If > you > and I can manage without cursor keys (even if it's not optimal) then I > think most people will not be bothered in the slightest. > > So it might be nice to have cursor keys but I think if it did, it > would > be drifting away from what an iPad actually *is*. I really don't think so. They are just two other keys. As it is the keyboard on the iPad is great. I am a lot faster typing on this than my net book - a *lot* faster. If it is usefulness, I am betting a cursor key would be used more than a euro key, or a yen key. -- Woody
From: Jim on 7 Jun 2010 11:31 On 2010-06-07, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> So it might be nice to have cursor keys but I think if it did, it >> would >> be drifting away from what an iPad actually *is*. > > I really don't think so. They are just two other keys. As it is the > keyboard on the iPad is great. I am a lot faster typing on this than my > net book - a *lot* faster. Objection: four other keys. I'd want up and down as well as left and right. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: SM on 7 Jun 2010 11:51
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Objection: four other keys. I'd want up and down as well as left and right. Silly - just turn theiPad on its side and use the left right ones ;-) Stuart -- cut that out to reply |