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November 26, 2011

Daedalus Touch: Tools That Do the Unexpected

I was getting ready to post a hint about the nice[1] iPad editor Daedalus Touch being available for $1.99, when I’ve discovered its dark face.

One of the features I was looking for is Daedalus Touch’s integration with Dropbox. The action is called “Import from Dropbox”. But this import has a dark face: if the files you are importing have a non .txt extension they get deleted and replaced with .txt copies. Which part of an import operation includes renaming files?

I hate tools that are supposed to do one thing and they end up making completely unrelated decisions for me. What could I say more about the cases when they are making the wrong ones.


  1. Truth being told Daedalus Touch’s interface and gestures are nice.