We'll be sharing some of our iPhone tips and tricks with you as we find them in the coming days. The first one is for using the keyboard.
David Pouge posted this the other day on his Missing Manuals website. One his pet-peeves about the iPhone keyboard is the lack of a period on the alphabet key.
"So every time you want to type a period or a comma, it’s a three-step, awkward dance: (1) Tap the “.?123” key in the lower left to summon the punctuation layout. (2) Type the period. (3) Type the ABC key in the lower left to return to the alphabet layout."
David's solution as told to him by a reader:
"So here’s what you can do, all in one motion:
1. Touch the “.?123” key, but don’t lift your finger as the punctuation layout appears.
2. Slide your finger a half inch onto the period or comma key, and release.
Incredibly, the ABC layout returns automatically. You’ve typed a period or a comma with one finger touch instead of three. In fact, you can type ANY of the punctuation symbols the same way."
That's all good but we have a better way:
Why not just touch the ".?123" key, type the period and then press space? It automatically takes you back the the alpha keyboard and saves you from doing a gesture. So far, we like this method better.
