Draft SMS and iMessage from Any Computer Keyboard
Original: Draft SMS and iMessage from any computer keyboard
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The eternal quest for a more comfortable texting experience has led to a clever solution: drafting SMS and iMessage from any computer keyboard. Commenters are raving about the convenience, with some confessing they've been using alternative methods like Google Voice or scrcpy to achieve the same goal. The discussion reveals a clear divide between those with seamless integration across their Apple devices and those who've had to MacGyver workarounds, with the author – an iPhone owner without a MacBook – being driven to create this tool out of necessity. As it turns out, there's a whole spectrum of creative solutions being employed to avoid typing on tiny phone keyboards.
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I do wish they'd add support to drag/drop or copy/paste images though. That's about the most cumbersome interaction. It was much better when Google Hangouts was fully integrated.
However the concept is cool!
https://messages.google.com/web/
saves shortcut
Great for copy/paste of OTP and other messages that get sent to my phone (in addition to sending messages)
There is also a similar capability for WhatsApp messaging: https://web.whatsapp.com/