Microsoft on copy and paste in Windows Phone 7 Series: 'people don'

[zagor]

Engadget : Microsoft on copy and paste in Windows Phone 7 Series: 'people don't do that'

Microsoft may call this smart decision all they want. I call it plain dumb decision!

[.Markus]

They clearly haven't seen all the negative comments which was aimed at Apple for the lack of basic copy/paste functionality and which finally was included...

[carmatic]

autodetecting emails and addresses? when are they going to realize that it simply doesnt work... especially nowadays when people are trying to avoid spambots, how are you supposed to send an email to "carmatic (at) gmail (dot) com" ?

[Tech Star]

The tables have turned! Microsoft and Microsoft fanboy's bashed Apple for not having copy and paste, now look who doesn't. :sleep:

I am getting WP7S regardless and I hope they implement it like Apple did soon. Maybe have it as an option for power users, since you think that "people don't do that". :rolleyes:

[zagor]

Everything aside, this will be one of the biggest PR mistakes. I can imagine some Apple ads or android ads!

[Rudy]

The tables have turned! Microsoft and Microsoft fanboy's bashed Apple for not having copy and paste, now look who doesn't. :sleep:

I am getting WP7S regardless and I hope they implement it like Apple did soon. Maybe have it as an option for power users, since you think that "people don't do that". :rolleyes:

hahah I must admit it's pretty funny ;) It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for all the bashing they did (I don't remember last time I used copy/paste on my iphone....)

[Raa]

I can assure you I WON'T be getting a Windows 7 phone. No C/P support? No old apps? No "true" background tasks" Apps from an app store?

<BEEEEEP> THAT!

At this rate, I might as well buy a frickin iPhone.

[zagor]

Apple ads copy&paste : crowd goes wild

If MS wants a reminder, they should navigate to the comments section and read those comments.

[Petvas]

This is what a moderator on the Windows Phone 7 forums posted about Copy & Paste:

We started building the new Windows Phone 7 Series around two big but simple ideas: Your phone should understand what you care about most - and your phone should enable you to do the things you want in fewer steps. That's why Windows Phone 7 Series will not initially offer copy and paste. We looked at some of the most common uses for copy and paste, and simplified them with a single-tap action. Say you're looking at an appointment in your calendar. You need to know when the meeting starts - but you also need to know where to go. In the past you would have to copy the address, open a mapping application or site, paste from the clipboard and then click a button to get a result. With Windows Phone 7 Series, you just click on that address and jump straight to a map. If you're surfing the Web and you come across a piece of information you'd like to know more about, you don't have to exit your browser and go into a search application. Just highlight the word and click the search key. The new search results are now available at your fingertips. And of course, Windows Phone 7 Series also supports clickable phone numbers in emails, in browser, and in search results. In our early testing people have been pleased with this approach - but we're always listening to feedback, and we will continue to improve our feature set over time based on what we hear. _marshall backstage moderator

Posted by marshall

You can find the original thread here: http://www.windowsphone7series.com/backstage/forums/index.aspx/windows-phone_general-discussion_little-information-copy-paste_.0

[Pc_Madness]

I've never used Copy and Paste on my iPhone. :\ So I don't see this as that big a deal.

[zagor]

thanks for sharing. I still call their reasoning B***t. What if I want to share that address information with someone else? There are numerous occasions when one can't simply do without copy&paste. A very simple thing, say you received some tracking information and want to track the package information with a 3rd party app. What are you going to do? Instead of making lame excuses, they should just say, we won't have this feature released!

[argonite]

I've never used Copy and Paste on my iPhone. :\ So I don't see this as that big a deal.

Yeah, me neither.

Actually selecting text on a touch screen is just awful anyway, single tap actions are much better.

[Petvas]

I use copy paste on my pre all the time. It is essential and must be included in the OS from day 0. I can think of million use cases where I need copy paste on a phone.

* Surfing on the web I find sth that I want to remember for later. I copy it to a note or task...

* many times notes in appointments have infos I want to share with others. I just copy them to an email...

* surfing the web I find an address and want to find it with Google Maps and not Bing...

* posting links, text from email to forums, facebook, twitter, etc

* using Excel, OneNote and Word on the phone. Office without copy and paste?

[Vice]

I use Copy and Paste all the time on my iPhone. Especially when writing email just being able to copy images or even snippets of webpages in to a message is incredibly smart. Microsoft missing the boat on this one. At-least for power users. I'm sure most consumers who just want Facebook on the front of there phone won't care. And that seems where Windows Phone 7 is aimed.

[Berserk87]

I almost never use copy/paste, but when I do need to, not having it would be the biggest pain in the world (and was before apple added it)

Windows Phone 7 Series isn't out yet, so lets see what happens till then.

[George P Global Moderator]

It sounds to me like they're planning to add alot of stuff back in, maybe before RTM, or shortly after it. Lots of little things like this always get a replay with "not initially" or "we're looking at what people want". I'm thinking that getting this new single-tap feature working perfectly is their top priority before they open up the C/P bits.

If anything devs and users are getting more vocal, if you don't like it go to the phone teams blog and post your complaint so they can hear you, don't just moan and bitch in here.

[Berserk87]

It sounds to me like they're planning to add alot of stuff back in

The amount of news/info on the WP7 stuff thats come out recently, I think they're trying to get as much feedback on the OS before it reaches retail.

I'm willing to bet that the majority of complaints will be resolved before or soon after release, as well as the "missing features".

[Elliott]

The amount of news/info on the WP7 stuff thats come out recently, I think they're trying to get as much feedback on the OS before it reaches retail.

I'm willing to bet that the majority of complaints will be resolved before or soon after release, as well as the "missing features".

They're taking the "let's act lazy and see how people react" route? I'm not too sure if that's part of Marketing 101. :p

[theclueless]

a lot of people dont use a smartphone, like a lot of people dont use copy/paste; but for those who need it, we are screwed.

[James Riske]

I hear they are thinking of changing the name to "Vista Mobile".

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

It may not be important but it's a feature than even the most basic smartphones support. Something tells me they're going to add it in the future.

[Petvas]

Please go and sign this petition: http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/7seriesphoneboycott/

It started from the XDA Developers forum!

[ilev]

Even Microsoft can't turn a ugly frog (WP7) into a prince (iPhone).

[hdood]

I think they're probably right. Most people don't do much cut and pasting, if any at all. Still, I don't see how that's an excuse for the OS not having it. Really, it's such a basic feature that it should just be there anyway.

[zeroday]

Lame, real lame MS.