I’d like them to drop the skeuomorphic…
—old-style phone on the Phone icon
—envelope on the Mail icon
—camera on the Camera icon (preferred the lens icon in iOS 6)
—video ‘thing’ on the FaceTime icon
—clapperboard on the Videos icon
Would also like better differentiation between Music and iTunes.
Haven’t seen the iBooks artwork for iOS 7, but hope they have ditched the book on the icon and the wood on the infinite bookshelf.
A good chunk of the excitement is probably about Text Kit. On DaringFireball.net , Gruber just noted “Text Kit makes me very happy.” Gruber is part of a small team that recently released the iOS app Vesper. He linked to the article
typographica.org/on-typography/b … -in-ios-7/ which goes into some of the specifics of Text Kit. From that article:
It will be mightily difficult to have this functionality while maintaining backwards-compatible code. I anticipate (actually, hope) will require iOS 7 to run Scrivener. I haven’t followed the chain of discussions; this typographic line in the sand may have been covered elsewhere…
You nailed it in one. TextKit at last provides on iOS pretty much the full rich text system that OS X has, including full RTF support. It will mean we don’t have to worry about users losing formatting when syncing between platforms, and that the iOS version won’t have to be inferior to the Android version when that is embarked upon.
Thanks, Keith. Your timing for Scrivener on iOS seems to be perfect.
Like many, I’m rather amused with how the developer community handles the NDA. The rule seems to be that nobody talk about things – until someone else talks about them in a public article. But aren’t those writers violating their NDA? In any case, I respect that you didn’t say anything until someone else let the cat out of the bag about Text Kit.
The other interesting recent iOS story was macrumors.com/2013/07/09/ios … n-be-free/ : a rumor that Numbers and Pages may be free in iOS 7. That should help the world in general (and undergraduates in particular) realize that there may be better choices than MS Word for writing their papers. That could be both good and bad for Scrivener; I think it would mostly be good.
Pages doesn’t really affect us seeing as it’s such a different product. And as for the NDA, who says I wasn’t just basing my knowledge of TextKit on articles I’ve read? 
At an airport recently, I saw a dude using a clamshell keyboard with iPad
And got the letch to emulate. Scriv on iOS with TextKit sounds like Rapture.
But which keyboard to buy? Two best are ClamCase and ZaggKeys, it seems.
Anyone with experience and a preference, I’d appreciate your thoughts.
(None of yer lip, Vic, Fluff, etc.)
The best iPad keyboard I’m aware of.
Oh wait, sorry, that’s classifies as lip, doesn’t it. 
+1
Surely you meant:
store.sony.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/ … aptops_Pro
After all, it even has the touchscreen for all those lovely corkboards.
A colleague uses the Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad and I confess some serious keyboard envy. The only problem I could see is minimal protection for the iPad itself, but some reviewers I checked last week demonstrated the Ultrathin Keyboard Cover used in combination with a thin iPad case (search on YouTube for examples).
logitech.com/en-us/product/u … oard-cover
Thanks for the suggestions.
I should have made clear that I’ve tried both the Apple wireless keyboard
And the Logitech K60 wireless solar
What I want is the cover type so that iPad/keyboard fold up like a small laptop.
And I no longer have to use the awful virtual keyboard in iOS
Which hides the apostrophe on some lower third level.
What do you mean by the apostrophe being hidden on a third level…it is on the first level, though accessed by a long hold.
I do use an Apple wireless keyboard at times, though it isn’t a neat fold-up and carry solution.
As an alternative, iA Writer offers a writer-friendly virtual keyboard.
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I know it isn’t the fold-up case requested, but wanted to throw this out, as I’ve been very pleased with it:
goincase.com/shop/incase-origami … for-ipad-2
You snap in your Apple Bluetooth keyboard and the case folds up to cover it. When you unfold it, you can prop up your ipad (or whatever) on the case and type away. Doesn’t work well on a lap, but if you have a desk/table it’s great, and for times that I just want the iPad, I just don’t bring the keyboard.
Not sure if this still works but you could try using a regular PC keyboard with your ipad and then just get a regular case.
A colleague uses the Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad and I confess some serious keyboard >envy. The only problem I could see is minimal protection for the iPad itself, but some reviewers I >checked last week demonstrated the Ultrathin Keyboard Cover used in combination with a thin iPad case >(search on YouTube for examples).
I have the very thin Zagg keyboard (a lot like the Logitech clamshell above) which can either go into a case or come out. Most of my iPad use isn’t dependent on a keyboard so I just put it in the small messenger bag I use for the iPad and it’s there when I need it but doesn’t interfere with my nearly indestructible Otterbox.
My OTHER favorite keyboard is the Matias Folding (bluetooth) Keyboard (Amazon US). When it’s folded it’s just a little wider than the iPad is tall, so it goes in the bag. Unfolded, it’s the size of a regular desktop keyboard so I can have my typing speed back. Those little chicklet keyboards slow me down. 
The only drawback is that it’s not rechargable. You have to just change the batteries. AAA I think. But I haven’t had to change them yet so they last a while.
Part of my distraction-free writing time is at Starbucks, since I get no peace at home. Portable is everything, which is why I followed this thread… anxiously anticipating the release of Scrivener iOS.
Thanks, Michael, for your recommendation.
I’m going to try the Logitech Ultrathin,
Offered at Amazon for $73.
Reviews there are enthusiastic,
And I believe this is the model
I saw in use at an airport recently.
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions.
We now return to the real topic of this thread,
Whining about when the iOS version will appear!
I use the Apple keyboard as not only is it a great keyboard, but it means if I’m not useing it, I don’t have the bulk of a keyboard added to my ipad.
Anyway, getting back to the subject of the thread, is there any update on the likelihood of this app being ready for NaNoWriMo this year? and Also, is it planned that it will work just as well with the Windows version of Scrivener as the Mac?
The Logitech Ultrathin is so great that when mine got wrecked by a water spill I rushed straight out and bought another one (now kept well away from small clumsy fingers!)
It really turned my iPad into a laptop replacement. Along with Scrivener and Textilus, it was the perfect portable novel writing set up.
There is an even quicker way to type an apostrophe: swipe your finger up over the comma key, and here is the apostrophe.
You can do the same over the period key, and you have double quotes.
Paolo
Thanks for the corrections; I never learned that v-keyboard very well.
Now I am using the Logitech Ultrathin and Textilus, and loovin’ it.
As we say outside the RL in Stockpond, UK.