# Curse you iPhone! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 28, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349 "2007-10-28T18:00:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349/1 "2007-10-28T18:00:08Z")
I contrived enough reasons and justifications to buy you. You’re SO much better than the hacked WM6 smartphone I gave up for you. I’m impressed as all getout at what you can do. Til I came to the SDMB. Now I can’t read the FREEEKIN’ spoilerboxes! ARRRRGH! hints? suggestions? Should I just suck it up and live in ignorance of everything spoiled? ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349/2 "2007-10-28T18:18:29Z")
I got that problem with my Archos. At least the spoil temptation is removed. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349/3 "2007-10-28T18:21:08Z")
The problem is: there’s plenty of stuff I know I’ll NEVER get around to seeing, so having them spoilered wouldn’t affect me much. Odd thing is, I had a candybar Windows Mobile phone with the same problem (no way to highlight text), and a windows Mobile phone with a keyboard that fixed that for me. The REST of that phone was crap compared to the iPhone, but it’s odd how some little things stand out. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349/4 "2007-10-28T22:32:25Z")
Here’s what you need to do: Yeah, lame and cruel, I know. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349/5 "2007-10-28T23:18:40Z")
Schmuck! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349/6 "2007-10-28T23:19:30Z")
Is there some way to toggle the view in Safari? I remember that at one point in time Opera couldn’t handle spoiler tags, so those of us who used it had to switch to author mode and that fixed the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349/7 "2007-10-28T23:22:22Z")
How about you click the reply button, read the post, then return to the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349/8 "2007-10-28T23:28:26Z")
Does the iPhone browser allow you to “Select All” the text on the page? The alternate colour of the selected text will probably reveal the spoiler. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349/9 "2007-10-28T23:43:38Z")
There’s no ‘select all’ as there’s really no ‘select’. One of the shortcomings is the lack of a cut-n-paste functionality. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349/10 "2007-10-29T00:02:20Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Here’s what you need to do: Yeah, lame and cruel, I know. Sorry. [/QUOTE] Yes, but we all checked it. Oh wait. I’m not helpping am I ? ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349/11 "2007-10-29T00:32:23Z")
[QUOTE=Fern Forest] How about you click the reply button, read the post, then return to the thread. [/QUOTE] That should work-thanks! ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349/12 "2007-10-29T04:10:27Z")
I paid $500 for my iPhone and it won’t do my laundry. I want my money back. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349/13 "2007-10-29T06:29:50Z")
Maybe we should implement the new iSpoiler on SDMB: Psst…Frodo lives. ---
**Author:** ![xiix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d6d6ee/32.png) [@xiix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xiix)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349/14 "2007-10-29T07:16:15Z")
that ‘hit reply’ work-around really is clever! -sent from my iPhone- ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349/15 "2007-10-29T07:19:48Z")
[QUOTE=xiix] that ‘hit reply’ work-around really is clever! -sent from my iPhone- [/QUOTE] [Stewie Griffin] You suck! [/SG] So, how are you using an iPhone in Soviet Canuckistan, where they’re not on sale yet? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349/16 "2007-10-29T07:52:49Z")
Excellent. Chalk up Useful Post #17 for FF. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349/17 "2007-10-29T08:07:08Z")
I have the opposite problem. I’m running Opera Mini on my Samsung ZX-20 and the spoiler boxes are already highlighted, so I have to read them whether I want to or not. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349/18 "2007-10-29T11:29:15Z")
Do you have tools on your browser? If I go to “internet options” then “accessability” on mine and click on “ignore colors specified on Web pages”, the spoiler boxes are always visible. I run my Explorer like that at work so I’m not looking at bright pink and green web sites when I’m supposed to be working. (Not every site is as discreet as the Dope) Nobody can figure out why my intranet pages look different from theirs, and I just shrug and say “I dunno, some computer thing…”. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349/19 "2007-10-29T11:38:06Z")
[QUOTE=guizot] I paid $500 for my iPhone and it won’t do my laundry. I want my money back. [/QUOTE] The obvious solution: Nudism ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349/20 "2007-10-29T11:40:47Z")
no such settings exist for the Iphone version of safari. It’s got the usual settings for cache and cookies, but nothing for appearance. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-you-iphone/424349.md?page=2)