I truly do not understand what the poster is mourning? I'm on iPhone 13 Pro Max using the latest iOS and this all seems to work as I expect...
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My favorite iPhone feature was removed, long live its subpar replacement
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Re: My favorite iPhone feature was removed, long live its subpar replacement
#232I read this wondering if it was going to be my favorite removed feature 3D Touch as well. Specifically for selecting text on the keyboard. I actually held off on buying a new phone for an extra couple years not to lose it.
However, I didn't know about the space bar alternative until after I upgraded. Honestly I don't even miss 3D touch after a little adjustment period. I forgot I don't have it. So the new alternative works great for me
Re: My favorite iPhone feature was removed, long live its subpar replacement
#233I had a feeling this was gonna be about 3D Touch just from seeing the title. It was definitely one of my favorite features, and Force Touch isn't a drop-in replacement. With 3D Touch anywhere on the keyboard, you could apply pressure to start moving the caret (text cursor) around, but what was even more useful was being able to apply a little bit more pressure to start selecting text with incredible precision . With…
Oh wow, I never knew this existed. It seems the selection can only grow and on both sides, which is the main problem. If they showed the cursor with a different color than the selected text, and if they shrink and grow the selection as you move, I think it could be pretty nice: select the starting point of the selection, and select only what’s in between the original cursor and the moving one. Alas it’s more like pai…
> It seems the selection can only grow and on both sides, which is the main problem.
I could have sworn it used to work like how you'd expect, where it's anchored from the place you started highlighting. I got my first iPhone, the 12 mini, when it came out. So end of 2020, and I thought that was how text selection worked when I first got it, then it seemed at some point, perhaps after an update it started working where it would only grow the selection and you couldn't unselect if you accidentally went too far. I thought they introduced a bug but it hasn't changed since then. I have no source for this, only my own memory, but maybe someone else can tell me I'm correct/incorrect about that?
The current implementation is way too hard to use. Especially if, for example, you're selecting something starting on the far right side of a line to the far left side of the same line. You have to thread the needle of the above and below lines like a game of Operation, because if you go too high or too low, you'll accidentally end up selecting that entire line.
Re: My favorite iPhone feature was removed, long live its subpar replacement
#234Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’ve been so sad since upgrading my 6s about the loss of 3D Touch. I didn’t know that you can hold on the space bar now!!! Thank you for making me love my 13 mini even more now :):)
It isn't the same though, since trying to move the cursor down moves your finger off the touch screen. You can only move it down one line at most, and not reliable.
It's speed sensitive. I just tested in the notes app and was able to move down 6 lines moving slowly or 10 lines moving quickly.
Re: My favorite iPhone feature was removed, long live its subpar replacement
#235Woah, that is cool, I had no idea. I will definitely be using this.
Re: My favorite iPhone feature was removed, long live its subpar replacement
#236Earlier quoted context omitted.
Oh wow, I never knew this existed. It seems the selection can only grow and on both sides, which is the main problem. If they showed the cursor with a different color than the selected text, and if they shrink and grow the selection as you move, I think it could be pretty nice: select the starting point of the selection, and select only what’s in between the original cursor and the moving one. Alas it’s more like pai…
> Oh wow, I never knew this existed. iOS UI in a nutshell.
I hear this complaint a lot, but what is the solution exactly? Cramming labeled buttons for every possible action onto every screen? There's not a lot of space to work with, and even less when the touch targets have to be large enough for a big fat thumb to press accurately/reliably.
You can do most of the things that most users need to do just knowing how to tap icons and swipe up to go home. I don't think it's such a big issue that there are some power user features that you either discover by messing around or word of mouth.
Re: My favorite iPhone feature was removed, long live its subpar replacement
#237Maybe I’m in the minority here but I really did not like the feature and many people I tried to explain the feature to were confused that it existed.. “no no don’t tap the screen, you need to PUSH on the screen to make it do the action”.. and I would get a look like “huh?? Push on the screen? Why what’s that gonna do..” people saying pushing hard on the screen is intuitive seemed to live in a different bubble of peop…
I initially liked it, but gradually grew to dislike it. Having to press hard on the screen of a hand-held device that would be quite expensive to repair if dropped is just not a good idea. I ended up reducing the force setting to the minimum, and still felt it wasn't practical.
I don't think it was likely to damage the display (though, yeah, it feels iffy), but there's just something about having to exert force when you're used to lightly tapping that just feels … burdensome. No less burdensome than its tap-and-hold replacement, so, I don't miss it.
Re: My favorite iPhone feature was removed, long live its subpar replacement
#238Earlier quoted context omitted.
My daily phone is a beat-up iPhone X that I bought new on release, making it almost 5 years old. It has a cracked screen (dead OLED is slowly spreading out from the top-right corner), shattered back glass, battery at 81% health, and the earpiece speaker doesn’t work properly so to make a call I have to use a headset or speaker mode. But 3D Touch still works perfectly!
My iPhone 12 mini is a bit over 1.5yrs old and has a 86% battery health. I hope this trend does not continue as fast or I guess I'll have to replace it sooner than later.
Just adding my +1 to this issue. iPhone 12 mini at 83% health is really low after such a short period of time.
Re: My favorite iPhone feature was removed, long live its subpar replacement
#239Maybe I’m in the minority here but I really did not like the feature and many people I tried to explain the feature to were confused that it existed.. “no no don’t tap the screen, you need to PUSH on the screen to make it do the action”.. and I would get a look like “huh?? Push on the screen? Why what’s that gonna do..” people saying pushing hard on the screen is intuitive seemed to live in a different bubble of peop…
so I'm relatively anti-phone and have been for a while. There was a period of time where I didn't have a smartphone for a few years. When I started using an iPhone again, I realized I couldn't figure out how the heck to delete apps. It was kind of infuriating. I eventually had to look it up online, but the answer wasn't the top one. After reading enough answers I realized the 3d touch was the reason, and that I was touching too lightly or too hard or whatever.
I was so out of the loop that I had no idea the feature existed. When I eventually looked it up, all I could think was "how the hell was I supposed to figure that out?".... maybe they explained it during one of those apple conferences everyone watches?
Re: My favorite iPhone feature was removed, long live its subpar replacement
#240Earlier quoted context omitted.
One way to do discoverability here is to make a suggestion if you notice the user hoping around between texts during typing.
Absolutely not. Machines and software that interrupt users are Kafkaesque torture devices. Hell is full of Clippies and microwaves that repeatedly beep for eternity.
There's got to be a tactful way to do this without interrupting users. If anyone's got some good examples I'd like to take a look.