Daedalus Touch, the Dropbox text editor that I reviewed back in May, received a pretty major update earlier this week. The release notes should adequately describe most of the changes, but here are some of my favourite new features (and why I think they’re so awesome):
Better synchronization – Daedalus Touch is capable of two way syncing with Dropbox and the soon-to-be obsolete MobileMe, but it is only in this latest version that the syncing has become good enough to be really usable . Uploads and downloads happen faster, and Daedalus Touch has become intelligent enough to sort out most file conflicts on its own.
Customizable keyboard – Daedalus Touch did launch with its own extended keyboard , but I never really found the specialized keys all that useful for the kind of writing that I do. The developers have taken note of that and you are now free choose which keys (or even entire words) go on to that keyboard, which has made this feature infinitely more useful for me.
Large type – This is what I was waiting for. Daedalus Touch has a default excise that is great for reading and reviewing, but I actually prefer to have rather large text when I’m actually writing. The new toggle at the top of the screen for large type gives me the best of both worlds.
All in all, this looks to be a considerable update to one of the most interesting text editors to hit the iPad in months. If you haven’t already purchased Daedalus Touch, you can buy it for $5.99 on the App Store.
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