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Re: Medium Editor

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Post by c2prods »

buro9 wrote: post #8
c2prods wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd be interested too! I think on iPad, the easiest thing is to have a fixed toolbar at the top of text area. (But still, this repo is a very nice work!)

But how would that work? Is the experience as per Android that if you select text then the OS cut-and-paste dialogue appears?

You could tap the button to add a element, then type your text and re-tap the button to close . Or you could select it and tap the button directly, but you'd have to dismiss the OS dialogue. I mean, it looks feasible on iOS, as I don't use Android, I can't really tell…

Re: Medium Editor

#13

Post by uio3 »

8ig8 wrote: post #2

This is nice, but is pretty much useless on a tablet. I realize that desktop users are the primary focus, but it seems like any new editor has to consider tablet/mobile use. It must be a difficult problem. Without using some kind of plain text markup syntax like Markdown, the user is required to select some text for formatting, but then you're competing with the OS's UI actions. Are there any good mobile/tablet brows…

Rather a moot point, as tablets are useless for typing anything of value. They're only meant for consumption of videos and other diversions.

Re: Medium Editor

#14

Post by isaacb »

I like this but I don't like that it's branded as a Medium clone. Be that as it may, I wish it would stand on its own as a unique solution despite the apparent similarities.

Re: Medium Editor

#15

Post by untog »

uio3 wrote: post #13
8ig8 wrote: post #2

This is nice, but is pretty much useless on a tablet. I realize that desktop users are the primary focus, but it seems like any new editor has to consider tablet/mobile use. It must be a difficult problem. Without using some kind of plain text markup syntax like Markdown, the user is required to select some text for formatting, but then you're competing with the OS's UI actions. Are there any good mobile/tablet brows…

Rather a moot point, as tablets are useless for typing anything of value. They're only meant for consumption of videos and other diversions.

Pretty much definitely not true. Tablets are mostly used for consumption, and putting together anything with extensive formatting like a slideshow is difficult, but just typing text really isn't difficult.

Re: Medium Editor

#16

Post by desas »

buro9 wrote: post #8
c2prods wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd be interested too! I think on iPad, the easiest thing is to have a fixed toolbar at the top of text area. (But still, this repo is a very nice work!)

But how would that work? Is the experience as per Android that if you select text then the OS cut-and-paste dialogue appears?

Presumably like the google drive app, it doesn't show the cut and paste action bar but keeps the formatting bar, it does pop-up a cut and paste dialog.

Evernote does show the cut and paste action bar but also has the text formatting bar at the bottom of the app, which will work on the selection.

Re: Medium Editor

#19

Post by jeswin »

hymloth wrote: post #4

Noowit has also a similar editor. Create an account an go to http://www.noowit.com/writer

Wow, Noowit is amazing. Thanks for the link.

Edit: I think it is a little early for wider use. But that's ok, looks like it will turn out to be good.

Re: Medium Editor

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Post by bmelton »

rip747 wrote: post #17

WTF is am reading on the demo site for this project? https://github.com/daviferreira/medium-editor/blob/master/de... http://daviferreira.github.io/medium-editor/

That's Elmore Leonard, recently deceased, and author of some of the best crime noir and westerns ever written.

Specifically, this looks like it's from "Rum Punch", which was later co-opted into the movie "Jackie Brown" by Quentin Tarantino, who is a huge fan of Leonard's.

Leonard is most famous for his movie adaptations of "3:10 to Yuma", "Get Shorty", "Out of Sight", etc.

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