Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 11, 2023

Thanks, Rat. One can learn something new everyday.

iPhone? Why he a rich swine ain’t he.

By the way do this space bar trick work for us poor peasant usings Android also?

Thank you.

A public service message from the good charecters at Pearls Before Swine

What’s an iPhone???

I didn’t know that, I’m not a great texter so I read every word as I type it and correct each word. I’ll probably not change

And you really have to rely on people telling you how the silly thing works. My first mobile phone came with a thick manual that showed all of the menus and sub-menus. My latest phone came with a slip of paper that shows how to connect the charger.

This one touches too close to my hatred of phones. I want to be smarmy and say “get a real computer” but the issue is really deeper than that.

Where’s the body and the blood in the 4th panel? No butcher works that clinical.

Rat offers Public Service Announcement. Who’da thunk?

Another nice iPhone tip:

Hold the phone sideways and the keys become much wider – easier to press.

Nice product placement, Pastis. They pay you much?

My android phone does that, only I don’t have to hold anything. I just place the cursor and then I can drag it around by the little bubble underneath

Literally (Comically) mind-blowing!

I’ve had an iPhone for about ten years, and I’ve never heard of that trick. Maybe they should put things like this on a sheet that would come with the phone. It would make things a lot easier.

On Android you just hold it for a second and then it goes to a magnifying mode where you can adjust the cursor quite precisely. Not sure if that’s the default or it’s linked to the magnifying modes I use.

R.I.P. Pig

I never knew that

Sorry, but it’s still a stupid phone, not a smart phone.

I can’t believe I didn’t know that. Thank you, swine

I never knew that. Teach us more.

What?!

I do that trick, too.

Or, in some cases, use and carry around a stylus. I’ve got one that works great on my Samsung Galaxy (Android). It can tap icons that are so incredibly small, you wouldn’t be able to with just your fingers.

Cursor you Red Baron!

Never had an IPhone

I learned something new today. Thanks!

Don’t have to use the space bar at all, just press and hold on the text box and slide your finger around, and the cursor and magnifier follows. Works on both iPhone and Android.

Pig is blown away….nothing new

Is that accurate? That doesn’t work on my computer.

What is this curser thing of which you speak?

Yes, it works with Android too.

I am having an issue locating the space bar on my phone. Back up, I am not finding a keyboard on my phone…. (Whatever makes a space on a virtual keyboard can hardly be termed a ‘spacebar’)

Thanks for that! My mind is blown too!

What if one has an Android?

Is this true? I’ve never heard of it. I’ll definitely be trying it soon.

I’m all for a civilized society. Can’t we move the cursers out of town?

I never knew that…

I can understand the difficulties in holding down the bar in low gravity, but how will you afford the trip to space?

Works on android as well.

That’s exactly how I felt when I first learned about this feature :-D

that does not seem to work on my i phone. I hold it down and still can not select to place the curser anywhere I want. It is just as difficult to get it where you want without holding the space bar down. What am I doing wrong?

No kidding! Thanks!

HOLY CRAP!!!! I did not know that…

Gotta remember that.

And all the while, I was doing this with my Bluetooth folding pocket keyboard.

Android works that way too.

“I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my phone.” —Bjarne Stroustrup

THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pig isn’t affected much by his brain blowing up because he doesn’t use it much.

Love how pig’s eyes remain the same as his mind blows —-haha!

Been using iphones for almost ten years. I wish I had known this sooner. Heck of a way to find out.

Back in the day, new electronics purchases were so rare that I would read the manual from cover to cover. Now they don’t even give you a manual and you have to discover features by accident. I didn’t know my phone could become a Wi-Fi hot spot until I left it on in my pocket and it got to that feature by itself.

Now, how do you not fat-finger every other letter?

…. so how weird is it that I just learned this two days ago… ? It works on my android too

And for those of us with Android phones?

Why did I have to learn this from a comic strip?

Literally mind-blowing. But I am sure Pig will recover in time for tomorrow’s strip performance….