@Si

Coding on an iPad sucks. Why did Apple not consider arrow keys for text editing?

3:45AM Sun, May 06 2012

@mmmmmrob Birmingham, UK

seen the keyboard prototype? http://t.co/0OOhFDKQ

3:52AM Sun, May 06 2012

@Si

, yep - I blogged it yesterday. Genius idea.

3:54AM Sun, May 06 2012

@SteveMarshall

Because coding is a marginal use case, and probably 99% of people don't need arrow keys.

4:03AM Sun, May 06 2012

@Si

, agreed coding is a small target audience but I'd be surprised if 99% of typing doesn't require arrow keys.

4:22AM Sun, May 06 2012

@nefarioustim

@SteveMarshall Surely there's a Vim app for that?

4:23AM Sun, May 06 2012

@Carlo

Tried http://t.co/ModGijlL yet? I've heard a lot of good things about it.

4:29AM Sun, May 06 2012

@SteveMarshall

For those of us who use them already, yes. Most people use the mouse to move the cursor.

4:55AM Sun, May 06 2012

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Coding on an iPad sucks. Why did Apple not consider arrow keys for text editing?

seen the keyboard prototype? http://t.co/0OOhFDKQ

, yep - I blogged it yesterday. Genius idea.

Because coding is a marginal use case, and probably 99% of people don't need arrow keys.

, agreed coding is a small target audience but I'd be surprised if 99% of typing doesn't require arrow keys.

@SteveMarshall Surely there's a Vim app for that?

Tried http://t.co/ModGijlL yet? I've heard a lot of good things about it.

For those of us who use them already, yes. Most people use the mouse to move the cursor.

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Coding on an iPad sucks. Why did Apple not consider arrow keys for text editing?

seen the keyboard prototype? http://t.co/0OOhFDKQ

, yep - I blogged it yesterday. Genius idea.

Because coding is a marginal use case, and probably 99% of people don't need arrow keys.

, agreed coding is a small target audience but I'd be surprised if 99% of typing doesn't require arrow keys.

@SteveMarshall Surely there's a Vim app for that?

Tried http://t.co/ModGijlL yet? I've heard a lot of good things about it.

For those of us who use them already, yes. Most people use the mouse to move the cursor.

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