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skipster10 · 10-08-2019, 10:17 AM

Understood that it can be turned off. It is, however, the default setting for iOS. Thus, most users will have smart punctuation turned on and will not know how to turn it off. Furthermore, a search response with nothing returned is misleading when, in-fact, the issue is the smart punctuation. The former solution of prompting the user was an excellent solution that cautioned the end-user who didn't know any better. (Note: When upgrading to Version 4, even my first response was "Where'd all my books go?" when my searches started returning the null set. I'd gotten so used to the prompt...)

10-08-2019, 10:17 AM	#15
skipster10 Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: iPad Pro 10.5	Understood that it can be turned off. It is, however, the default setting for iOS. Thus, most users will have smart punctuation turned on and will not know how to turn it off. Furthermore, a search response with nothing returned is misleading when, in-fact, the issue is the smart punctuation. The former solution of prompting the user was an excellent solution that cautioned the end-user who didn't know any better. (Note: When upgrading to Version 4, even my first response was "Where'd all my books go?" when my searches started returning the null set. I'd gotten so used to the prompt...) Last edited by skipster10; 10-08-2019 at 10:20 AM.