Task switching is awkward. No dedicated back "key". Ridiculously poor "intents" support. Giant icons and poor utilisation of screen space - although I guess that the latter has to be attributed to the developer, rather than the OS.
Lars Fosdal agreed. But, speed is so good I've abandoned the android tablets. What I do is to install and use all Google apps in iOS = android on fast usable-enough hardware
Hans Lavdal Jakobsen It is good news that Delphi apps work with the iPad "Plus" - but iOS still is not fit for the job. In addition to the above mentioned issues - there is no support for cursor movement by keyboard (arrow keys) and no mouse/touchpad support - so you are bound to touch that screen to navigate in the editor. It's silly.
Yes, I meant the onscreen keyboard. But it avoids you using one finger to position the caret, which I find can be tricky to use to get the caret exactly where you want, despite the popup magnifying glass widget.
Personally, I find iOS to be a hideous tablet OS.
ReplyDeleteLars - why?
ReplyDeleteTask switching is awkward. No dedicated back "key". Ridiculously poor "intents" support. Giant icons and poor utilisation of screen space - although I guess that the latter has to be attributed to the developer, rather than the OS.
ReplyDeleteLars Fosdal "unit number5"? - I had great news to share ;-)
ReplyDeleteLars Fosdal agreed. But, speed is so good I've abandoned the android tablets. What I do is to install and use all Google apps in iOS = android on fast usable-enough hardware
ReplyDeleteHans Lavdal Jakobsen It is good news that Delphi apps work with the iPad "Plus" - but iOS still is not fit for the job. In addition to the above mentioned issues - there is no support for cursor movement by keyboard (arrow keys) and no mouse/touchpad support - so you are bound to touch that screen to navigate in the editor. It's silly.
ReplyDeleteLars Fosdal I think you can touch the keyboard with two fingers and it becomes a touchpad, which you can use to move the cursor in the editor.
ReplyDeleteDavid Millington On screen - not from a BT keyboard, I assume you mean - which still means fingers on the screen to position the cursor.
ReplyDeleteYes, I meant the onscreen keyboard. But it avoids you using one finger to position the caret, which I find can be tricky to use to get the caret exactly where you want, despite the popup magnifying glass widget.
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