0. It's a personal thing, perhaps, and users should be permitted to do what's comfortable;
1. Displays may evolve to allow more accurate positioning; 2. Users tend to get more accurate with practice. Henry Rich On 5/13/2012 1:30 PM, Eric Iverson wrote: > Yes, but why not touch quickly, grab, and then do the accurate positioning > in the input line? > > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Joey K Tuttle<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Of course, if you "touch and hold" a spot in the display the magnifier >> comes on and lets you position rather accurately. >> >> On 2012/05/13 10:14 , Eric Iverson 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
