[hawaii]

"I think Daniel deserves a great deal of credit for putting this idea out there in the open instead of patenting it like some large companies might be tempted to do."

Agreed. I'm somewhat annoyed that TNW's writeup doesn't even mention Daniel Hooper's video, which sparked all this sudden interest in iOS text editing a few days ago:

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/05/07/slidewriter-might-be-t...

[peterkelly]

In fact, given that this technique doesn't have a name yet, I propose that it henceforth be known as "Hooper Selection"