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Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android

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Re: Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android

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Post by LanceH »

shevy-java wrote: post #342
BinStorm wrote: post #115

I love the fervor with which this is written, but the threat is so weak I literally chuckled. Imagine your an exec or manager on the team for keyboard development. You read this, get to the end to discover the user is gonna switch devices for... 2 whole calander years? What's that amount to? Maybe 2 device upgrades on If your a die hard gotta have the newest latest model phone each year. Then what? you'll be back? Th…

I somewhat agree with this. There are probably not that many users who purchase(d) Apple hardware but will leave due to the keyboard. > The threat doesnt even carry the weight losing a user for a 2 year blip Agreed, but it may be different if there would be more people feeling in a similar way. > If meant to be whimsical sure nailed it. It's a bit strange though because there are many things one can critisize Apple f…

> My main gripe is still Steve Jobs underpaying developers via illegal agreements.

I'm blown away by Apple building their own stores in competition with the franchisees who carried them those lean years.

Re: Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android

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Post by hinkley »

BinStorm wrote: post #115

I love the fervor with which this is written, but the threat is so weak I literally chuckled. Imagine your an exec or manager on the team for keyboard development. You read this, get to the end to discover the user is gonna switch devices for... 2 whole calander years? What's that amount to? Maybe 2 device upgrades on If your a die hard gotta have the newest latest model phone each year. Then what? you'll be back? Th…

I’m a long term AAPL shareholder and even I see a bit of the hegemonic vibes.

Little people can’t get the attention of large organizations without literally setting themselves on fire. Voting with your feet isn’t going to affect a trillion dollar company at all. Unless maybe you’re Dame Judy Dench.

Re: Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android

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Post by leptons »

thehappyfellow wrote: post #268
bobbylarrybobby wrote: post #232

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Select all always appears if you have no text selected and never appears if you have some text selected. Insane UI decision by apple but that's how it is.

Which means you can't select all on text which isn't editable - insane!

It honestly doesn't surprise me. Apple is not some bastion of good design. They are mediocre at best, always have been.

It was pretty hilarious to me that for so many years the keyboard on iOS only had CAPITAL letters. No matter the state of the shift key, the letters on the keyboard just stayed the same. After many years they finally figured it out, but it's one example of many about how Apple just doesn't have the great UX people claim they do.

Re: Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android

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Post by chmod775 »

DamnInteresting wrote: post #151

@ozzyphantom: You might consider being more specific about your grievances in the text of your countdown page. As it stands, it's a bit vague, describing the keyboard as "broken" and autocorrect as "nearly useless". Sure, the video you link to is more descriptive, but it's a lot to ask of a visitor to click through and watch a separate video. As for the underlying issue, I have experienced similar typing issues on my…

The YT video they linked is excessively clear about what the issue is. There's no point in explaining it again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hksVvXONrIo

Re: Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android

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Post by Willish42 »

> I randomly tried Android again for a few months last spring. Using a functioning keyboard was revelatory. But I came crawling back to iOS because I'm weak and the orange iPhone was pretty and the Pixel 10 was boring and I caved to the blue bubble pressure.

I know this is somewhat a joke site, but I think admitting this really proves Apple's dominance and doesn't really help in making your case. So long as the walled garden / "platform" approach still works, enshittification will continue

Re: Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android

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Post by pseudalopex »

chmod775 wrote: post #377
DamnInteresting wrote: post #151

@ozzyphantom: You might consider being more specific about your grievances in the text of your countdown page. As it stands, it's a bit vague, describing the keyboard as "broken" and autocorrect as "nearly useless". Sure, the video you link to is more descriptive, but it's a lot to ask of a visitor to click through and watch a separate video. As for the underlying issue, I have experienced similar typing issues on my…

The YT video they linked is excessively clear about what the issue is. There's no point in explaining it again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hksVvXONrIo

> Sure, the video you link to is more descriptive, but it's a lot to ask of a visitor to click through and watch a separate video.

Re: Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android

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Post by hbn »

bobbylarrybobby wrote: post #232
raylad wrote: post #196

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also why did they get rid of select all? Is there any excuse for that?

Select all always appears if you have no text selected and never appears if you have some text selected. Insane UI decision by apple but that's how it is.

In editable text fields you can tap a word a few times and it'll select the whole paragraph, if that's any help.

What drives me insane though, is double tapping a word is supposed to select that word. But I think starting in iOS 18 it started selecting the word and a random amount of surrounding words, but only about half the time. I couldn't tell you what it could possibly be trying to do but it's maddening.

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