The Magic Keyboard with Trackpad transforms Apples tablet into a more-than-credible laptop alternative.
Productivity is all Ulysses is about, so this is a required feature for us.
What Is Trackpad Support?
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This circle is kind of a cross between the Mac/PC mouse pointer and a virtual finger.
Its almost uncanny how natural it seems, even from the first swipe.
The trackpad works with any app, but software developers can add specific support.
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For example, the trackpad blob can morph into different shapes.
Microsoft Office will offer full support for this.
The pointer will turn into a pair of arrows when resizing an image, for example.
These are niceties, but hardly essential.
However, one addition makes a huge difference in how you use the iPad: contextual menus.
Right Click
Right-clicking is a fundamental part of using a desktop computer.
A right-click is instant and is now available all over iOS.
iPad with keyboard and trackpad is a whole new experience and much more productive.
In apps, right-clicks can pop up menus.
Image-editing appPixelmator Photouses a contextual menu to give quick access to sharing, importing, and copying.
The difference here is that its instant.
And if you right-punch an interface element, you get a proper, desktop-style menu.
This makes using the iPad so much faster (and more powerful).
The iPad is still not a laptop replacement, nor is it meant to be.
After all, why just duplicate the MacBook when you’ve got the option to buy a MacBook?
