One of Apple’s engineers, Ken Kocienda, come back to the explanations the lack of copy/paste functionality on the first iPhone.
In 2007, Apple created a revolution by launching the first iPhone. But this smartphone is far from perfect and some functions are not present in the interface. One of the features missing at the time is copy-paste.
Few people know it, but the first iPhone did not yet have all the features that we know today. One of the basic functionalities was missing: copy-paste! In order to answer the why and how, the former engineer of the apple brand made some revelations on Twitter.
A lack of time
This is one of the revelations made by engineer Ken Kocienda on the social network Twitter. The explanation provided by the former developer is first of all a lack of development time. Indeed, the major problem was to manage to place the finger where the user wanted to insert text, seeing exactly the location. That’s why Ken Kocienda designed a magnifying glass system to see better. But another problem slowed down the development: when the user removed his finger, the cursor was no longer in the right place due to a slight offset.
It will be necessary to wait a few years before the developers install the copy-paste at the keyboard level. It was only in 2009 with the release of the iPhone 3GS that the functionality used by many users will land on the keyboard.
The engineer also made other revelations, particularly in terms of the display of web pages, the absence of real multitasking or the absence of the possibility of making videos.
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