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Like the corner store forgetting to flip the sign on the door to “closed” after closing.
When you select text, you get options like Cut/Copy/Paste, Look Up, etc. Text things.
Apps can add their own actions next to these, such as the ChatGPT app adding the Ask ChatGPT action.
The thing is, iOS does not allow custom actions to be used outside the app which added them. So the Ask ChatGPT action only appears in the ChatGPT app and nowhere else where one would benefit from a quick shortcut like that.
The action is now mostly useless if it can’t serve the purpose of being a shortcut to ChatGPT from any text selection anywhere, because once you’re in the ChatGPT app, you could just ask - shortcut not needed.
Technical explanation:
iOS apps cannot add systemwide actions in context menus, like for text selection. At best, they can create a sharing extension to have their app shown in the share sheet (page where you select who you send something to) and potentially add an action for easier discovery.
The only place they can add a systemwide actions is in their own app, hence why only the ChatGPT app has the Ask ChatGPT action.
Technical explanation:
iOS apps cannot add systemwide actions in context menus, like for text selection. At best, they can create a sharing extension to have their app shown in the share sheet (page where you select who you send something to) and potentially add an action for easier discovery.
The only place they can add a systemwide actions is in their own app, hence why only the ChatGPT app has the Ask ChatGPT action.
1·5 months agoFun fact
It’s unavailable in North Korea as well, I imagine
1·5 months agoWhere do y’all make these hyperrealistic AI images?
Wikipedia said that too, so it must be legit.
Firstly, I have to thank you for doing this - you’re awesome.
Given your
Can’t help with general UI/UX complaints
I am unsure you can help, but I’ll drop it in here anyway.
Device: iPhone 14 Pro on iOS 18.4 (released by the time of this comment)
Issue: When screen recording, the Dynamic Island activity shows up in the recording - this is intended. However, if I do something in an app which full-screens the UI (as in the app hides the status bar - for example, I tapped a photo in the Photos app to hide everything but the photo, zooming in also works I think), the island activity disappears, but the black cutout remains in the video until a few seconds later, when it too abruptly and weirdly disappears with some weird flickers and other visual glitches. I can’t word it properly, so here’s a video (idk how to upload it so here’s the first way I found to do this - lmk of any other way to do this): https://streamable.com/ko8gsy
My test case: I am playing music, and the dynamic island shows the now playing activity. I start screen recording in order to demonstrate the issue. I then go into an app which has the capability to hide the status bar (clock, wifi/cellular, battery and the dynamic island activities) - in my case, I choose to tap on a photo in the Photos app to hide all but the photo itself. I zoom into the photo before I do that so that the island isn’t on the black part of the UI (issue would be invisible). After tapping and when the status bar disappears, the activity does so too, but the cutout/“pill” remains until a few moments later, when it glitches out when it abruptly disappears too.
Has been happening since the iOS 18 dev betas in the summer at the least.
Sorry for the incredibly bad wording. Lmk if you need more info
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18·8 months agoIf you didn’t want to get robbed, why did you wear that expensive watch?
Please bless us with some sources so that we can read more & discuss deeper.
I learned this from a friend of mine: If a crowd of people tells you that you’re blind drunk, perhaps consider that you might actually be.
Same principle. Happy to see someone pushing it out there.
Your username on a post about capitalism makes me giggle
“My people” you aren’t some king man
151·1 year agoElon, free speech advocate, this you?
Under EU consumer law, it’s a requirement for the seller to refund you the shipping cost as well, unless you paid for extras like faster delivery. I understand that’s not a thing in the States, though.