I was very excited about the addition of code block formatting, but it's pretty inconvenient to use on my iPhone as there's no button to create a block. Using three backticks to create a block is easy enough on a device with a full keyboard, but on the iPhone each backtick is a three-step process to 1) tap the key switcher in the bottom left, 2) tap and hold on the apostrophe for half a second, 3) slide along the alternate character picker to the backtick on the far left. As a result it takes 2-4 seconds and 9 actions to create a code block, which is just too much time and work for me to even bother with. I've been dying for this feature for years, so this was a real disappointment. Would it be that difficult to add a button to the right of the highlighter? I understand trying to keep the UI as simple as possible on iOS, but why even bother adding code block support for iOS if it's so inconvenient to use?
Evernote for iOS 8.8 Released (UPDATE: 8.8.1 HOTFIX)
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I was very excited about the addition of code block formatting, but it's pretty inconvenient to use on my iPhone as there's no button to create a block. Using three backticks to create a block is easy enough on a device with a full keyboard, but on the iPhone each backtick is a three-step process to 1) tap the key switcher in the bottom left, 2) tap and hold on the apostrophe for half a second, 3) slide along the alternate character picker to the backtick on the far left. As a result it takes 2-4 seconds and 9 actions to create a code block, which is just too much time and work for me to even bother with. I've been dying for this feature for years, so this was a real disappointment. Would it be that difficult to add a button to the right of the highlighter? I understand trying to keep the UI as simple as possible on iOS, but why even bother adding code block support for iOS if it's so inconvenient to use?