Copy and paste on the Newton

I'm not a developer or anything, but I wonder if the reason it hasn't been implemented isn't because of UI challenges (Adam's idea proves that), but more about application/clipboard persistence. Doesn't one app have to close fully before another opens?

I also have a Newton. I waited with my dad on iPhone 3G release day with the screen drawn up to look like an iPhone. I also used it as a trip journal over the summer. The only things I don't like about it are it's size and it's slow compared to my iPod Touch.

Enough with the Newton nostalgia already! My lord. Let it go.

Anyone know where I could get a copy of the 'pring' sound the Newton (at least the earlier versions) made when started up?

I think that's a cool sound and I'd like to have it for things like incoming mail etc.

OS X has a similar feature, where you highlight text and can then drag it. Of course, you can't drag it to the clipboard (as far as I know), but it's convenient if you want to copy something from a page to the search bar.

Nice to see the Newton getting some love? Sure. Relevant? Not so much: if implemented on the iPhone, it would introduce a vagueness to the "tap-and-hold" gesture, in addition to completely conflicting with the Loupe.

If they don't implement Adam Lisagor's idea, they're missing the boat: http://www.vimeo.com/266383

...and they should pay him handsomely for doing their thinking for them.

There are lots of ways Apple could do this. Personally, I think they should retain the single-tap & drag as a means of just moving the cursor around. Highlighting could be done by double-tapping and dragging over some text.

Then copying could be done either automatically when you lift your finger after highlighting, or by another gesture, such as holding with one finger and double-tapping with a second. Pasting would use a similar gesture. That way you don't have to worry about incorporating any new UI elements into existing apps.

But however they accomplish it, they need to do it soon!

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