narwhal@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago"Text editing on mobile isn’t ok. It’s actually much worse than you think, an invisible problem no one appreciates."jenson.orgexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1213arrow-down19cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1204arrow-down1external-link"Text editing on mobile isn’t ok. It’s actually much worse than you think, an invisible problem no one appreciates."jenson.orgnarwhal@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square46fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
minus-squarelemmyng@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoWhat REALLY irks me is that the gboard keyboard on Android is context-sensitive. No, I don’t want to have a shortcut for “.com” when long-pressing the period key while typing an address, I want to type a fscking dash!
minus-squareCalcProgrammer1@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoSeriously, who thought a .com shortcut was necessary? Get rid of uniquely useful keys for stupid gimmicks that save a few seconds at most? Bad design.
minus-squareNate@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYou can set it to have symbols on long presses. Saves digging around for most common ones
What REALLY irks me is that the gboard keyboard on Android is context-sensitive. No, I don’t want to have a shortcut for “.com” when long-pressing the period key while typing an address, I want to type a fscking dash!
Seriously, who thought a .com shortcut was necessary? Get rid of uniquely useful keys for stupid gimmicks that save a few seconds at most? Bad design.
You can set it to have symbols on long presses. Saves digging around for most common ones