Approximations are better than nothing. I vote with David & Henry. I/O on the i* is hard enough already (eg it took me 4x longer to type this short message on the iPhone as it would have on my old Blackberry).
-Dan Please excuse typos; composed on a handheld device. On May 13, 2012, at 1:14 PM, Eric Iverson <[email protected]> wrote: > I will think about this. It makes more sense on a computer as you are > touching the line with the mouse which is quite accurate. The iPad touch > (at least with my fat fingers) is more random. > > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is the same suggestion I made a few years back (for JIDE). My >> natural move is to click on the correct spot in the line, and it is a >> shame to have lost that position when the line comes down for editing. >> It would be great to have this as an option for people who work that way. >> >> Henry Rich >> >> On 5/13/2012 10:01 AM, Eric Iverson wrote: >>> I think the api makes your suggestion possible. I'm not sure it would be >> a >>> good idea. At least not for me. I stab the line I want at random so would >>> not benefit from having the random position preserved. I'll think about >>> this and see if others have comments. >>> >>> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 7:46 PM, David Leibs<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>>> It is easy to select within the workspace. This positions a blinking >>>> vertical line at the point of selection. It you then touch the little >>>> "enter symbol' the line of text is moved to the input area. >>>> Unfortunatly your selection point is gone and you have to position the >>>> vertical blinking insertion point again and with a slower and more >>>> cognitively loaded gesture. It would be nice if that insertion point >>>> could be maintained. I do not know if Apple's API would even allow >>>> this. I have no idea as to whether this would even be a good idea. >>>> >>>> - David Leibs >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
