tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685091165013786960.post53541384656655651..comments2008-07-23T03:28:01.485-04:00Joel Eslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05018134738510159518noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685091165013786960.post-65892852778478671752008-07-23T03:28:00.000-04:002008-07-23T03:28:00.000-04:00Here's a mockup of what it might look like to Copy and Paste on iPhone, using the magnifying loupe and a second-finger tap.<BR/><BR/>http://vimeo.com/266383Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685091165013786960.post-9859267051699499552008-07-06T20:28:00.000-04:002008-07-06T20:28:00.000-04:00Dear Cupertino,<BR/>you had a great system to implement copy and paste functions on a PDA... yes that's right: it was the ol' Newton.<BR/>While the newton had major flaws (besides size an text recognition), it also had quite few ideas that worked very, very well.<BR/>One was the the copy&paste function: some people argued how difficult is to implement copy&paste functions on a keyboard-less device, but the Newton nailed the issue by doing a click-drag operation to select the text, and then drag the selection text to the border of the screen; that way you could have multiple clipboard items, each with a tag including the beginning of the clipboard text for easy identification of each clipboard item...<BR/><BR/>I hope Apple will port the few Newton implementations that did work on the Newton to the iPhone, unless there is still tension about bringing back (albeit partially) a John Sculley project back to life.<BR/><BR/>Giancagiancanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685091165013786960.post-64625779296010463942008-07-05T17:20:00.000-04:002008-07-05T17:20:00.000-04:00YES <BR/>Oh <BR/><BR/>Please YesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com