boingboing.net— Video by option8 shows "how Apple could (or should) implement copy and paste on the iPhone: a demonstration of how they got it right 15 years ago on the Newton MessagePad."
Sep 7, 2008View in Crawl 4
You're exactly right.Apple probably hasn't implemented copy/paste on the iPhone for fear of being accused of having an 'inaccurate touch screen' on the iPhone.If users struggle with selecting text then they'll claim the iPhone sucks and the media and Apple naysayers will jump all over it.
I understand the problem is not UI related but a security issue. This might be dumb but what if instead of copying and pasting to the phone you copied to the cloud and pasted from the cloud (like an online clipboard)
singularity:As long as there is any pressure on the middle button, when the entire face plate is depressed it counts as a middle click. You're right about the squeeze buttons though; on some mice it takes Herculean strength to trigger them...
alexpigmentSep 8, 2008
touché
Closed AccountSep 8, 2008
You're exactly right.Apple probably hasn't implemented copy/paste on the iPhone for fear of being accused of having an 'inaccurate touch screen' on the iPhone.If users struggle with selecting text then they'll claim the iPhone sucks and the media and Apple naysayers will jump all over it.
surferjoemauiSep 8, 2008
I understand the problem is not UI related but a security issue. This might be dumb but what if instead of copying and pasting to the phone you copied to the cloud and pasted from the cloud (like an online clipboard)
vashmyvindowsSep 8, 2008
singularity:As long as there is any pressure on the middle button, when the entire face plate is depressed it counts as a middle click. You're right about the squeeze buttons though; on some mice it takes Herculean strength to trigger them...
1badSep 8, 2008
It is called multi-touch, not finger touch.
shawnzSep 9, 2008
there could be multi-stylus-touch screens, just as there could be single-finger-touch screens...