[vicsireland] IOS 4.0: initial thoughts.
- From: Dónal Fitzpatrick <dfitzpat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:17:04 +0100
Evening all,
Well having updated to IOS 4 on MOnday, I thought some of you might like to
know some of the new things it has to offer.
The first thing to say is that the interface is very similar. This is good, as
the learning curve between version 3.3 and 4 isn't huge. There are a few new
voiceover gestures on the device, but all in all this part is very similar to
earlier versions.
FOr me, the most radical change is the way one enters text. As we chatted
about on a previous thread about 10 days ago, the way text has historically
been entered is to find the letter and (using one of two methods) tap twice on
the device. While this option is still there, there is now a new way to enter
text which I personally love. NOw, one can change to a "touch typing mode".
This means that to enter text you:
1. place the finger on the screen. If it is the letter you want, then just
lift the finger off and it's entered.
or
2. Place the finger on the screen in the vicinity of the letter you want. If
it isn't the one that you want, slide the finger across the device until the
one you want is announced. THen just lift the finger off and, as they say,
voilá.
Voiceover also works now with bluetooth braille displays, and indeed one can
also pair the Apple Wireless Keyboard with the device. This means that (if you
choose to carry one of these things, or someone develops a compatible fold-up
keyboard) you can now do text entry using a conventional button-based keyboard.
Ok I've waffled on enough. This is just a flavour of what's new, and I haven't
explored all of the new features yet. I'll continue to post updates on the
off-chance someone finds this stuff useful.
Cheers,
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