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I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?

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Re: I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?

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Huh? You can manually refocus the camera, just tap on the image somewhere. I'd do a video, but.. (Nexus 4 w/ 4.4)

Is this feature universally available over all the devices if they have recent OS?

I'm unaware of a phone camera that doesn't have some kind of focus capability, and the tap-to-focus feature is part of the AOSP camera in, at least, anything north of 4.0, so...

Re: I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?

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I have to admit, my jaw dropped when I found out I couldn't undo a text edit on my Nexus 7. This was last year; I assumed it had to be something that would make it into 4.3 (no) or 4.4 (still no).

iOS's shake-to-undo still feels a bit gimmicky to me (I prefer the keyboard undo button on iPads), but it's something that should have come immediately after clipboard support on Android.

Re: I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?

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post #12

Man... I swear you can undo in nearly any text box on Android (unless it's a custom class used by the third party dev)... You long press on the text box and click undo on the popup. Am I remember wrong? It's been 12 months since I last used my Xperia, so I probably am.

Nexus 5 here. I can't see a way to do it.

Re: I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?

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post #15
post #9

In other words : An Apple fanboy is being a total compainypants about Android because he doesn't want to accept that it's actually a pretty good phone.

I disagree. Any time someone switches platforms, they will undoubtedly be more prone to identify quirks and missing features in the new platform than everyday users. If companies (be it Apple or Google) want users to switch to their platform from their competitors, it's critical for them to maintain feature-parity and push the boundaries on their strengths. Case in point: Apple adding notifications and copy&paste to…

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Re: I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?

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post #12

Man... I swear you can undo in nearly any text box on Android (unless it's a custom class used by the third party dev)... You long press on the text box and click undo on the popup. Am I remember wrong? It's been 12 months since I last used my Xperia, so I probably am.

I just tried on my Razr M, and no, no undo option based on a long press. Just cut, copy, and select-all. Same on my Nexus 7.

I'd never heard of a shake-undo feature on iOS, but it does sound awesome.

Re: I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?

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post #24
post #12

Man... I swear you can undo in nearly any text box on Android (unless it's a custom class used by the third party dev)... You long press on the text box and click undo on the popup. Am I remember wrong? It's been 12 months since I last used my Xperia, so I probably am.

Nexus 5 here. I can't see a way to do it.

Damn. Maybe it was a CyanogenMod thing...

I'll be honest. I love Android, but little annoyances added up. I now have an iPhone... And am running into little Annoyances all over again. Like how that "a" is capitalised by accident, but is a pain to replace. Or how "Undo" on Archive for email doesn't work properly.

I miss my Nokia N9 :(

Re: I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?

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post #12

Man... I swear you can undo in nearly any text box on Android (unless it's a custom class used by the third party dev)... You long press on the text box and click undo on the popup. Am I remember wrong? It's been 12 months since I last used my Xperia, so I probably am.

I just tried on my Razr M, and no, no undo option based on a long press. Just cut, copy, and select-all. Same on my Nexus 7. I'd never heard of a shake-undo feature on iOS, but it does sound awesome.

It's actually annoying sometimes! But useful when you need it.

Re: I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?

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post #9

In other words : An Apple fanboy is being a total compainypants about Android because he doesn't want to accept that it's actually a pretty good phone.

It isn't just him. I do miss undo still. I also still hate the soft buttons - I've hit "back" with my palm and lost what I was doing too many times. I like a lot of things about android, but small things really matter.
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