Comments on: Tip: Copy, Cut, Paste Icons in Jelly Bean and Ice Cream Sandwich [Beginners' Guide]

By: Nophie

Nophie — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:54:00 +0000

I newbie on using android. There’s no paste choice when i browsing on net/ don’t know why. any suggest what application what must i use?

By: JDGfromMTL

JDGfromMTL — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 18:27:00 +0000

Been using Android since G1, and I have to admit, these icons are confusing to me. Good to know long press activates tool-tip text!

By: bill

bill — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:17:00 +0000

bye bye bionic. hello samsung. been promised update since december. lies lies. must be run by politicians.might need to get rid of verizon too…

By: John Wildman

John Wildman — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:15:00 +0000

Very similar to my quick office app, but often confusing on there as well.
Although many of us who frequent this site may have been using android for awhile now, it’s nice to see you haven’t forgot about the growing numbers of new users.

By: Nazzi_Muhammad

Nazzi_Muhammad — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:08:00 +0000

Copy/paste is still a PITA on these phones. Especially if you have non-girlie man hands.

By: Adam Truelove

Adam Truelove — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:03:00 +0000

Agreed, I don’t have any trouble with these icons at all. The first time I saw them, I knew what they all did.

By: Adam Truelove

Adam Truelove — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:02:00 +0000

Holy crap, that IS a paper airplane. That makes so much sense now.

By: Adam Truelove

Adam Truelove — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:01:00 +0000

One of the biggest fails of the ICS/JB redesign. The action bar is very inconsistent. Sometimes on the top, sometimes on the bottom. And sometimes the cut/copy/paste action bar is on the top, sometimes it’s on the bottom. Sometimes it’s blue, sometimes it’s white, sometimes it doesn’t show up at all.

By: nsnsmj

nsnsmj — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:57:00 +0000

All you have to do is long press the icon, and a toast will pop up telling you what they do. No offense, but some of you over-complain like children, and just sound kind of slow (see: dumb). The only one that wasn’t obvious to me was the ‘select all’ button. People are too lazy these days. If you are not sure what something does, then all you have to do is try. After seeing what something as simple as an icon does once, you shouldn’t have a problem.

By: Liderc

Liderc — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:12:00 +0000

I think you need to buy the new Nexus QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ.

By: j__h

j__h — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:05:00 +0000

long press the word.

By: j__h

j__h — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:04:00 +0000

It is a bad UI decision. They need some text always present.

By: j__h

j__h — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:02:00 +0000

I am not liking the trend… for some apps and some Google UI stuff I find myself wondering what things do and long pressing is slow to find out the one you need if it even is there. I really wish they just put some text there in addition to the icons…

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:59:00 +0000

Woot! my idea was used! http://www.webpagescreenshot.info/img/851346-8142012125524AM

My next (brilliant) idea -> how to uninstall an application or how to save battery life [screen, look at battery usage, not to use task managers (which everyone seems to use)].

By: Q

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:54:00 +0000

Hahah.. I needed this. I been using Android for a long time. I can root, flash rooms, change every setting on a phone, etc, etc.. For the life of me, I can NEVER remember which icons are which when it comes to cutting and pasting in ICS/JB… They really need to make the icons better.. like “Cut” should be a picture of scissors or something..