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Posting on Mastodon Scott Jenson suggested that text editing on the iPad is “tedious”. My initial reaction was, no, it’s not. I read through the thread and I think it speaks more to his lack of experience with the iPad. From his various posts it would seem he decided to jump into one of those “can the iPad be my computer stunts” and bumped into a variety of bugs and differences he didn’t like. Now, I can’t speak to the bugs as ...
https://beardystarstuff.net/2024/04/18/posting-on-mastodon.html
@dennyhenke I don't see how you can read my post, which calls out that it is the same on BOTH iOS and Android, and then say the problem is me not understanding how the iPad works. This is a) completely misunderstanding my argument and b) classic programmer victim blaming (if I just RTFM there wouldn't be a problem)
@scottjenson If I read it correctly your post is focused on touch-based editing and the iPad has full cursor support since Spring 2020. You don't really address this in the blog post. I acknowledge in the blog post that touch-based editing can be difficult/frustrating for many but some people seem to have fewer problems with it. 
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Specific to your original Mastodon post, it seemed to fall into a fairly common stunt "I'm trying to use the iPad as my computer and it's terrible!" My perspective is that it's a different device and with that it does take time and effort. You wrote that there is a need to "learn all of the proper tricks" and that's true. There are actual differences and you seemed to have rushed to judgement because the experience was not immediately to your liking or expectations. (2/3)
I don't use chrome so I can't speak to that experience. I've rarely to almost never had lock-ups. I rarely use iPhone apps but I use a couple and expect the odd iPhone sized window.
I use the iPad daily to write and code (including editing), spreadsheet data entry as well as page layout/design with Affinity Publisher. My experience seems to be the opposite of yours so I'm offering a counter description of what's possible and even enjoyable (in my experience). (3/3) @scottjenson
@dennyhenke and that's perfectly fine, I'm not here to deny your experience. My point is that I did a rigorous and detailed analysis showing exactly why this is a problem and you're like "meh, I didn't have a problem". You're not wrong but that's not exactly an argument either.
@scottjenson I agreed with you several times in my post that touch based editing needs to be improved and that you were making great points. The intent of my response was to state that humans come with different experiences, perspectives and preferences. I explained with some detail that in my personal experience, having used the iPad daily for many years, touch-based editing, along with a trackpad and keyboard works very well, especially as a combination of inputs.