Whenever I explain my #research at Google into mobile text editing, I'm usually met with blank stares or a slightly hostile "Everyone can edit text on their phones, right? What's the problem?"
Text editing on mobile isn't ok. It's actually much worse than you think, an invisible problem no one appreciates. I wrote this post so you can understand why it's so important.
https://jenson.org/text
#UXDesign #UX
@scottjenson huh. I can see why any of these things can feel problematic, but to me all of them are like complaining that some tiles on a pedestrian path are misaligned, while there is also sinkhole the size of several cars in it.
Writing text fast and writing text without errors are two entirely separate things for me. And generally things that need copying are somewhere that can't be copied in the first place, making copying and pasting a moot point.
@RefurioAnachro @sumurai8 @scottjenson
that's the second Android app in this thread that requires sideloading. :(
What do you mean?
I see. Sorry. I got it from IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repo here:
https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/sh.eliza.textbender
Hope that helps.
I wouldn't say that F-Droid should be considered sideloading, even though google has removed it from their playstore. If you stick to that you end up rejecting the free and open source android app community simply to give google more control over your phone at no benefit for you.
@RefurioAnachro @sumurai8 @isotopp
I used to not care whether an app was available in the Play Store, but since it wasn't automatically installed when I got a new phone or tablet it became a chore to keep up with. So over the past dozen years and five phones they've tended to drop out of use. It's not a red flag, but it's at least a yellow one.
And there are FOSS Android apps that are also available in the Play Store, so I'm not "rejecting" anything.
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