Comments on: OpenClip Brings Real Copy And Paste To The iPhone, But It Isn’t The Solution

By: Umm

Umm — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:25:47 +0000

Umm:

Let’s bitch about how we don’t have next generation smartphones.

Apple makes a next generation smartphone.

Now let’s bitch about how the iPhone isn’t good enough because it doesn’t have cut and paste (and 20 to the nth other things).

Someone provides cut and paste.

Now let’s bitch that this cut and paste is not good enough because it’s not made by Apple.

[Apple at some point provides cut and paste]

Now let’s bitch that it’s too little too late and Apple should have known better.

(See a pattern here?)

Who wants to read article after article of whiny cocktail criticism? It’s so tired. You probably don’t work for Apple, Google, or any startup and probably couldn’t code your way out of a paper bag (read: you can’t help solve anything). So fucking bourgeoisie.

By: Phil Dalhauser

Phil Dalhauser — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:22:06 +0000

For fuck sake, a full article on 1 tiny desirable feature for iPhone, get over it already, it’s not that useful.

By: links for 2008-08-20 « 個人的な雑記

links for 2008-08-20 « 個人的な雑記 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:21:22 +0000

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By: Phil L.

Phil L. — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:48:43 +0000

Yeah, they certainly waited for the 3g iphone and mobileme to make them perfect. “It just works” until it crashes or reboots. I can’t make apologies for this company anymore.

By: Poopy

Poopy — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:21:35 +0000

I’m sure Apple has already figured it out… Multi-Touch gesture and all. But, they aren’t going to release it until it’s flawless and bug free. It may take awhile to get it perfect. Steve Jobs probably isn’t satisfied with it yet.

By: Poopy

Poopy — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:17:21 +0000

Oh Faisal,

You know everything.

Nevermind that Apple’s Market share is now approaching 10%….

But, please… tell us more…

By: Wait no longer for iPhone cut and paste — Alec Saunders SquawkBox

Wait no longer for iPhone cut and paste — Alec Saunders SquawkBox — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:41:52 +0000

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By: bob cobb

bob cobb — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:26:59 +0000

That’s pretty much exactly what I thought about it as soon as I saw that video yesterday. No copy paste in safari and email=worthless

By: hagia sofia

hagia sofia — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:48:18 +0000

At last…

By: Ernie Oporto

Ernie Oporto — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:52:32 +0000

If OpenClip can include it own embedded Safari browser a la Twitterific, that base gets covered, and it’s a big deal. Mail is secondary, but it sure would be nice. Amazingly we’ve gotten along without copy and paste for so long!

By: Faisal

Faisal — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:34:35 +0000

This is ridiculous from Apple.

Yes they do produce good quality products and they have nice design concepts , but when it comes to dealing with partners wanting to improve their products , they show ugly face.

This is the reason they always had less the 1 % market share , and this is why Microsoft , with all its short-comings have and will maintain more the 90 % OS market share.

By: OpenClip Brings Real Copy And Paste To The iPhone, But It Isn’t The Solution

OpenClip Brings Real Copy And Paste To The iPhone, But It Isn’t The Solution — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:50:12 +0000

[...] Random Feed wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIt’s a shame, really. A team of developers have partnered to finally bring a legitimate copy and paste solution to the iPhone – one that can actually move data between different applications (previous solutions could only shuffle data within the same app). But as great as it is to see a team of developers work together to overcome one of the iPhone’s shortcomings, it probably won’t see much use. A few weeks ago, Proximi released a new text client called MagicPad that included copy and paste [...]

By: Open Clip: Open Source iPhone Copy and Paste Solution?

Open Clip: Open Source iPhone Copy and Paste Solution? — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:38:30 +0000

Open Clip: Open Source iPhone Copy and Paste Solution?…

TechCrunch is not convinced that Open Clip is the real solution for iPhones Copy …

By: Dom

Dom — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:30:41 +0000

The real issue isn’t how and where the clipboard is stored (which is all this seems to address), it’s the physical mechanism, and making something that works in the same way across all apps.

So I agree, this isn’t any solution at all, but might encourage Apple to finally do something.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:03:37 +0000

AAAARGH when will techcrunch start to play fair with other bloggers instead of being the selfish arseholes that they appear to be.

This story was broken by Cali Lewis on GeekBrief TV (http://www.geekbrief.tv/) so why not give more kudos to her. There is even a great interview with Zac and Cali discussing more about the project. Yes you have added her video at the end of your post but even then you do not give a link to her site.

Finally its clear you did not listen to the audio which talks about Zac using the Apple OS Cut and Paste API so that whne Apple do include C&P the project will be aligned.

By: shane blyth

shane blyth — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:28:06 +0000

this is great it actually works and if apple got on board with safari it would be perfect. The concept seems like a perfect solution so who know maybe Apple if they dont have a nice solution yet could take this guy onboard and use his idea.
MAybe this wont happen but it will happen very shortly or there will b too much flack and I think Apple is getting a little more sensitive about bad PR just look at Mobileme Steve really got public which is good which would never have happened a year ago. So it is all good

By: Chetan

Chetan — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:24:07 +0000

Still good to see that the developers are working on it. MagicPad was good but it wasn’t useful outside magicpad and now it would be easier to develop the best one now.

By: Brent C.

Brent C. — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:54:26 +0000

I’m glad developers are getting involved. At the very least this should prove to be a very swift kick in Apple’s butt. I’m going to email all the devs of applications I use to incorporate this.