Hints at iPhone Copy and Paste in Firmware 2.1? [Update]
The new iPhone 2.1 Beta Firmware that was released to some iPhone developers yesterday has been found to have hints at an upcoming Copy and Paste feature. According to MacNN:
Now with the introduction of 3rd party iPhone applications such as WordPress for iPhone, basic copy and paste functionality has become even more important.
Update: There's a suggestions that these string findings may be meaningless as they appear Leopard's webkit as well.
One notes that in exploring the Localizable.strings entry under English.lproj in the current iPhone WebKit framework, there are entries for several commands the firmware does not currently support, including cutting, copying and pasting.
Apple's Greg Joswiak recently said that a copy/paste feature has simply not been high enough on the priority list so far, but suggested that there it could be coming in the future. Previously one engineer had revealed that Apple had been working on iPhone copy/paste but that the exact implementation had not been decided.Now with the introduction of 3rd party iPhone applications such as WordPress for iPhone, basic copy and paste functionality has become even more important.
Update: There's a suggestions that these string findings may be meaningless as they appear Leopard's webkit as well.
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46 months ago
yay, an end to the whining.
I doubt it. Even once it's released, there'll be whiners because it's not implemented exactly like they wanted it to be. :)
46 months ago
yay, an end to the whining.
Well, it should be but I doubt it though. Whiners whine, that's what they do.
Glad to see copy and paste though.
46 months ago
Finally. As much as this feature is long overdue, people's whining was getting very annoying.
46 months ago
**** cut and paste. Low on the list of priorities? How about just getting this 2.0 software to some level of stability. 2.0, as it is, should never have been released into the wild. Apple is pushing too fast and dropping the ball more and more!
46 months ago
this will be really cool. before I had an iPhone I was of the idea that you didn't really need copy and paste on a mobile device because it's not meant to be a full-blown computer with all the bells and whistles- just enough to get you by when you're on the go. Then after having used it for a couple weeks now, I do admit that copy & paste would be incredibly useful in a lot of situations- even when posting on forums and wanting to quote multiple people, for example. Or give someone a URL in an email you want to quickly reply to, etc.
I'm not holding my breath, but it'll be sweet if this does come out in the next firmware release.. wonder how long it'll be until they get it out
I'm not holding my breath, but it'll be sweet if this does come out in the next firmware release.. wonder how long it'll be until they get it out
46 months ago
I doubt it. Even once it's released, there'll be whiners because it's not implemented exactly like they wanted it to be. :)
So true.F**k cut and paste. Low on the list of priorities? How about just getting this 2.0 software to some level of stability. 2.0, as it is, should never have been released into the wild. Apple is pushing too fast and dropping the ball more and more!
Calm down.Version 2.0 is working fine for some.
Part of the problem is 3rd party apps.
It will get better.
46 months ago
I'd like this for sure. Can't even count how many times i need to copy paste something.
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