Comments on: iPhone cut and paste preview: how the Newton did it

By: Richard Dalziel-Sharpe

Richard Dalziel-Sharpe — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:21:23 +0000

As the iPhone and iPod Touch both have three screens available by using the little buttons at the bottom of the screen, why dont Apple make an extra screen to operate as an equivalent to the clipboard.
Using two fingers to select the text or graphic, then double tapping the selection it would be copied to the extra screen. On that screen there would be only cut and paste icons.
So the process would be as follows. To cut: select the text and double tap, flick to the clipboard screen and tap the cut icon. Flick back to the first screen and the text will have gone from the original and will remain on the clipboard screen. To copy: just select the text and double tap. To paste: use the little editing magnifier to place the cursor where you want the text to be pasted into, then flick to the pasteboard screen and click on the paste icon.

By: davelawrence8

davelawrence8 — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:52:19 +0000

Ah, TWO fingers! Mac laptops have had that feature on their trackpads for years now. Good idea, Wins. And I wonder, James, whether you could do the touch-and-hold motion for stuff other than text, kind of like you can save pictures now to your phone memory. Maybe just add another option in the menu.

By: Wins

Wins — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:17:11 +0000

Easy. The iPhone already has a decent way to move the cursor and it has a multitouch screen. Move the cursor with an extra finger down to select. Then add another OSX feature, a drop down menu, or just have a contextual menu appear when something is selected.

By: James Katt

James Katt — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:10:09 +0000

The MagicPad’s pop-up buttons are an excellent way to obviously indicate whether or not something is copied and pasted. But would it work with anything other than text?