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Re: Show HN: Weekend Project - SlideWriter for iPad

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Post by smoody »

looks nice. was it somewhat-inspired by the video going around that demonstrates faster cursor movements by sliding fingers over the keyboard?

after a selection is made, it might be nice to pop-up cut/copy/paste options automatically (unless it does that and i missed it).

when will it be available to the general public?

Re: Show HN: Weekend Project - SlideWriter for iPad

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Post by mtholking »

smoody wrote: post #2

looks nice. was it somewhat-inspired by the video going around that demonstrates faster cursor movements by sliding fingers over the keyboard? after a selection is made, it might be nice to pop-up cut/copy/paste options automatically (unless it does that and i missed it). when will it be available to the general public?

thanks. I was working on a similar app - but yes, it was influenced by that concept video.

good suggestion for the pop-up after a selection, I will add that in.

going to submit it to the App Store this week, I will follow up when it is available

Re: Show HN: Weekend Project - SlideWriter for iPad

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Post by Gring »

Great stuff!

How difficult would it be to have the sliding gestures on the keyboard itself? Keeping my fingers at the same place would make things even faster...

Also, have you tried experimenting with acceleration curves for moving the cursor - i.e. moving the finger slow would yield a 1:1 cursor movement, while moving the finger faster would move the cursor something more like 8 times faster than the finger. With the right acceleration curve, the two-finger gesture could be dropped, and you could be even faster.

I'd love to use this in the editor of my choice. Could you make this open source?

Re: Show HN: Weekend Project - SlideWriter for iPad

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Post by yuchi »

mtholking wrote: post #3
smoody wrote: post #2

looks nice. was it somewhat-inspired by the video going around that demonstrates faster cursor movements by sliding fingers over the keyboard? after a selection is made, it might be nice to pop-up cut/copy/paste options automatically (unless it does that and i missed it). when will it be available to the general public?

thanks. I was working on a similar app - but yes, it was influenced by that concept video. good suggestion for the pop-up after a selection, I will add that in. going to submit it to the App Store this week, I will follow up when it is available

IMHO you should credit the author of that video. While your work is amazing and you should be praised for your achievement, you should also make it clear about your inspiration.

Awesome job, I'll install it as soon as it hits the App Store

Re: Show HN: Weekend Project - SlideWriter for iPad

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Post by n9com »

oemera wrote: post #4

Awesome solution for something I never thought would be possible without a jailbreak! However the icon for the slide button could be better and simpler to understand. Maybe by showing a standard slider.

You do know that these features will only work within his app, not across all iOS apps right?

Re: Show HN: Weekend Project - SlideWriter for iPad

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Post by mtholking »

Gring wrote: post #5

Great stuff! How difficult would it be to have the sliding gestures on the keyboard itself? Keeping my fingers at the same place would make things even faster... Also, have you tried experimenting with acceleration curves for moving the cursor - i.e. moving the finger slow would yield a 1:1 cursor movement, while moving the finger faster would move the cursor something more like 8 times faster than the finger. With t…

thanks! I tried implementing an area to slide over the keyboard, but the touch events of the keys were always getting priority. I'll try out some different methods and see if I can get it to work in a way that will get approved by Apple.

I like the idea of the acceleration controlling cursor speed, I'll try it out and see how it feels.

After I get it to a place that feels good, I'll either release it as a component that can be dropped in, or open source it.

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