Typing is ruined

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Typing is ruined

iOS 13 has ruined typing and cursor control. It is literally often a chore to make simple edits now. Too many issues and they're not always consistent leading me to believe it's partly bug-related (for example, cursor not moving to the location I tap at, menu with Copy/Paste/etc sometimes not appearing after double-tapping or selecting text, Paste often not appearing in Safari while Paste and Go does, a link in Notes consistently opening when tapping almost anywhere on the note to edit) while others are seemingly by choice. Is there any way to revert it to how it was? Also is there a way to universally disable link previews? I mean really who thought it was a good idea to force these changes?

iPhone 7

Posted on Nov 7, 2019 4:50 PM

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ChitlinsCC

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Nov 11, 2019 4:09 PM in response to Connor Hawke

By what means did you report the other stuff?

Product Feedback - Apple

??

Using that method, you will need to make SEPARATE feedback reports for every issue

it is said that these feedback reports DO in fact get Apple's attention

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Connor Hawke Author

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Nov 11, 2019 3:05 PM in response to ChitlinsCC

Swore before iOS 13 I was able to select that text or generally more easily select text around links. Also has occurred in Notes where tapping a note to edit it would open a nearby link even if the actual link wasn't tapped. This issue and most of the others seem intermittent. I've reported them and am hoping they'll be gone for good soon.

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ChitlinsCC

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Nov 9, 2019 11:22 AM in response to Connor Hawke

Connor Hawke wrote:

from OTHER thread

How do you get used to not being able to select text around a link due to its huge bounding box, or the text menu not appearing when it should or the cursor not jumping to where your finger taps?

I am not sure that I follow... Take screenshots

If you need to illustrate one's "finger" = draw a circle

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ChitlinsCC

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Nov 10, 2019 10:19 AM in response to Connor Hawke

I have a 6s = small screen

I don't get anything like what you describe, where you describe it

In BOTH Safari and Firefox iOS I can easily select the text in the position that you describe (NOT the same text for some reason)

The red circle represents my fingertip while DRAGGING the endSelect cursor

It is at about the "vertical" limit of where it wants to move the endSelect to the next lower line

This image is about the same actual size as my 6s display

I can select text "Bolivia's President Evo..." AND "The organization of American States..." as well

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ChitlinsCC

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Nov 11, 2019 3:47 PM in response to Connor Hawke

OK

I have PROVEN that bbc news has DESIGNED the page thataway

Further proof that it has nothing to do with iOS 13?

This.

Firefox 70 on my WIn 10 notebook - with he page ZOOMED up until BBC site THINKS the display in a MOBILE Device

the arrow oriented like a computer MouseCursor is where I placed the HAND cursor

the other arrows point to the page's REACTION to the cursor being there

THIS is the text with which you have an issue - thus, proving my experiment 😁😎

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Connor Hawke Author

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Nov 21, 2019 12:09 PM in response to ChitlinsCC

By the way, does Apple really listen? I've submitted MANY ideas and bug reports over the years, all of which others have also requested or noted, sometimes to an extremely popular degree, and haven't seen ONE of these implemented or fixed. Sometimes it feels like we're all talking to a brick wall; nonetheless we persist.

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Connor Hawke Author

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Nov 7, 2019 5:06 PM in response to Connor Hawke

Also sometimes can't drag text objects, like in Adobe Fill & Sign.

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Connor Hawke Author

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Nov 7, 2019 5:47 PM in response to Connor Hawke

And double-tapping (e.g. in Notes) sometimes doesn't select text, show a menu or do ANYTHING. What's up with that?

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ChitlinsCC

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Nov 10, 2019 10:21 AM in response to Connor Hawke

What App is this? Safari?

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Connor Hawke Author

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Nov 10, 2019 10:23 AM in response to ChitlinsCC

The page in your screenshot is a different page (article page). The example I gave refers to the page in my screenshot (bbc homepage: attempting to select the text under the title link). Safari.

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