I add my vote to something like this, the current selection mechanism is one of the greater weaknesses, though for sure, there's some that can do it and got used to it. The rest don't, can't, or haven't.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Lange" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 1:40 PM Subject: Re: Problems Selecting Text In E-mail Hi, Excellent idea. On my various iPhones, I've tried that stupid pinch gesture more times than I care to count and I've rarely gotten it to work. The two-finger swipe right could work satisfactorily. Alternatively, perhaps a double-tap-and-hold at the beginning and another double-tap-and hold at the end of the text, sort of like setting block markers, could work, too. Just a thought. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Hall To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 8:21 AM Subject: Re: Problems Selecting Text In E-mail I believe there's an update for iOS after 8.1.1 (8.1.3 is coming to mind, but maybe I'm wrong). I'd install that first, just in case. I'd also suggest that it might be the way you're doing the gesture. I'm not slamming you in any way - I've used iOS for over four years, and I *still* can't reliably select or un-select. Sometimes it doesn't work, sometimes it works perfectly, sometimes it selects way more than I wanted. I've emailed Apple Accessibility to ask if they would consider changing from a pinch gesture to a two-finger swipe left/right, as that would be much more reliable and easy to perform. Anyway, keep at it, and install that update. Sorry I can't offer anything more helpful. On Feb 12, 2015, at 9:35 AM, Scott Duck <[email protected]> wrote: Hello Everyone, The other day, I was in an E-mail that I had received, trying to select some text, and I found that, in part of the message, the text simply would not select. I wanted to select by line. I set the rotor to line. I then placed two fingers on the screen and move them apart and nothing happened. In part of the message this did work but in another part it did not, even after going out of mail and going back in. Is this a bug or is some text just unselectable for some reason? Any suggestions? I am running IOS 8.1.1 on a iPhone 4S. Thanks, Scott Duck -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. 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