I type with both thumbs most of the time. When the bigger iPhone is coming out, it would make even more convenient to type with both thumbs. It is much faster than one finger.
Swipe keyboards are much faster to type on with one hand once you get used to it. That's the big advantage
But from my limited experience with this swipe keyboard, it can only be used one-handed and it's not nearly as fast as typing with the default keyboard with two thumbs. So one advantage of the standard keyboard is that it can be used one- or two-handed, with the second option offering greater speed.
Maybe I'm just old or used to playing instruments that require you to move your fingers, but swiping to type doesn't seem like it would be much faster.
Certainly not when you are playing Beethoven's Piano Sonata N01. in F Minor (thanks Shazam), with your other hand.
It’s such a well-known sonata that everyone learns as a child, and yet I thought it was Mozart. I enjoyed it anyway, though it was a shame that the video ended just as the development was hotting up.
Note to AI staff: please enable the 'fit music to video length' option in your video-editing software. Poor Beethoven.
Swipe keyboarding boils down to a complex gesture system for whole words. Like those unlock patterns I see among non-iOS mobile users.
You don't have to memorize any gestures. The idea is to touch the first letter of the word you're typing and then instead of tapping the remaining letters, you slide your finger to the remaining letters in sequence.
My girlfriend often has problems swiping on the edges of screen on her iPhone 5 when playing Candy Crush.
Does she use a case with her phone?
Since iOS 7's introduction of edge-based gestures, I've found that some cases that cover the edges of the screen interfere with the detection of these.
Since iOS 7's introduction of edge-based gestures, I've found that some cases that cover the edges of the screen interfere with the detection of these.
But from my limited experience with this swipe keyboard, it can only be used one-handed and it's not nearly as fast as typing with the default keyboard with two thumbs. So one advantage of the standard keyboard is that it can be used one- or two-handed, with the second option offering greater speed.
You're wrong.
Swiftkey supports pecking and swiping at all times. So no, it doesn't force you to type one handed. You can peck two handed if you choose to.
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I type with both thumbs most of the time.
When the bigger iPhone is coming out, it would make even more convenient to type with both thumbs.
It is much faster than one finger.
What makes you think you won't be able to with a custom keyboard? See my above answer.
That's not correct either. One can turn off the swiping feature in SwiftKey.
It is correct. Swiftkey is my daily driver and I switch off between pecking and swiping depending on what I am doing, and how much I need to type. You don't need to disable the swiping function to have dual input types either. You can, but it isn't necessary.
It is correct. Swiftkey is my daily driver and I switch off between pecking and swiping depending on what I am doing, and how much I need to type. You don't need to disable the swiping function to have dual input types either. You can, but it isn't necessary.
What I mean is that you can have both, but if you want to disable swiping you can. You're not forced to have the swiping feature on all the time.
I've never understood the hate for the Apple keyboard. I type fine on it and easily type more accurately and faster than anyone using Android that I've encountered.
The Apple keyboard is very good. About the only feature it is missing is learning and predictive selection. That's probably what I am most looking forward to in iOS 8.
With Swiftkey I can damn near type an entire paragraph with barely typing a couple of words. It just knows the words and phrases I am most likely to use and it populates them accordingly.
What I mean is that you can have both, but if you want to disable swiping you can. You're not forced to have the swiping feature on all the time.
Agreed.
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Swipe keyboarding boils down to a complex gesture system for whole words. Like those unlock patterns I see among non-iOS mobile users.
I love words too much; I try to vary my usage a little every day. With this approach, every word becomes a unique, tiny gesture/performance (to be memorized, if fluency is your goal).
Perhaps someone with a limited vocabulary might find this useful.
(Almost certainly, arthritis sufferers need not apply.)
You have no idea what you are talking about. There are not "gestures" per say. You are spelling the word without pecking.
In return Swiftkey and Swype will return the most common words that fit your motions and work in tandem with a learning algorithm that will also supply words you use the most, or begin phrases you use frequently.
If you are illiterate, Swiftkey won't work all that well.
You are right. And I am going to give it a try when it will be available on the iPhone.
I just felt that the video-demo was somehow slow. And if they wanted to show that the technology makes it faster - they should have done it differently. Also, maybe, by showing how fast it really can be.
And since typing with 2 fingers is faster than with one (without swipe and possibly with swipe technology/technique), they could have shown a fast 'double swipe' demonstration.
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You're wrong.
Swiftkey supports pecking and swiping at all times. So no, it doesn't force you to type one handed. You can peck two handed if you choose to.
What makes you think you won't be able to with a custom keyboard? See my above answer.
You're right. Not sure how I missed something that obvious.
I promise, you'll like having the option of using custom keyboards
I know some people want to paint the feature in a really negative light because android has been doing this for awhile, but it's no skin off our back or Apple's to open up this feature as an option. It doesn't mean the Apple keyboard is crap, or that android is better. It just means you have more flexibility than you did in iOS7.
I genuinely don't understand why people are fanatical about swype-type keyboards. It seems to me that dragging a finger across glass is slower than two-thumb pecking. It also gives the predictive text software less information to work with (eg. one tap per letter), which makes it more likely to suggest incorrect words. What am I not getting? The only thing that really bugs me about the iPhone keyboard is how easily the dictation button can unintentionally triggered.
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They’ve thrown it into Yosemite now, too. My Magic Trackpad refuses to accept the swipe I’ve always used to get up to Notification Center.
When the bigger iPhone is coming out, it would make even more convenient to type with both thumbs.
It is much faster than one finger.
I have TouchPal and I type WAY much faster and get text done faster as well. I really look forwarded to see it as my keyboard once I upgrade my iOS.
Swipe keyboards are much faster to type on with one hand once you get used to it. That's the big advantage
But from my limited experience with this swipe keyboard, it can only be used one-handed and it's not nearly as fast as typing with the default keyboard with two thumbs. So one advantage of the standard keyboard is that it can be used one- or two-handed, with the second option offering greater speed.
So there's your chance to make a app. IMO T9 is still the best way to send a quick one handed message.
It’s such a well-known sonata that everyone learns as a child, and yet I thought it was Mozart. I enjoyed it anyway, though it was a shame that the video ended just as the development was hotting up.
Note to AI staff: please enable the 'fit music to video length' option in your video-editing software. Poor Beethoven.
Swipe keyboarding boils down to a complex gesture system for whole words. Like those unlock patterns I see among non-iOS mobile users.
You don't have to memorize any gestures. The idea is to touch the first letter of the word you're typing and then instead of tapping the remaining letters, you slide your finger to the remaining letters in sequence.
My girlfriend often has problems swiping on the edges of screen on her iPhone 5 when playing Candy Crush.
Does she use a case with her phone?
Since iOS 7's introduction of edge-based gestures, I've found that some cases that cover the edges of the screen interfere with the detection of these.
No case whatsoever
But from my limited experience with this swipe keyboard, it can only be used one-handed and it's not nearly as fast as typing with the default keyboard with two thumbs. So one advantage of the standard keyboard is that it can be used one- or two-handed, with the second option offering greater speed.
You're wrong.
Swiftkey supports pecking and swiping at all times. So no, it doesn't force you to type one handed. You can peck two handed if you choose to.
I type with both thumbs most of the time.
When the bigger iPhone is coming out, it would make even more convenient to type with both thumbs.
It is much faster than one finger.
What makes you think you won't be able to with a custom keyboard? See my above answer.
That's not correct either. One can turn off the swiping feature in SwiftKey.
That's not correct either. One can turn off the swiping feature in SwiftKey.
It is correct. Swiftkey is my daily driver and I switch off between pecking and swiping depending on what I am doing, and how much I need to type. You don't need to disable the swiping function to have dual input types either. You can, but it isn't necessary.
What I mean is that you can have both, but if you want to disable swiping you can. You're not forced to have the swiping feature on all the time.
I've never understood the hate for the Apple keyboard. I type fine on it and easily type more accurately and faster than anyone using Android that I've encountered.
The Apple keyboard is very good. About the only feature it is missing is learning and predictive selection. That's probably what I am most looking forward to in iOS 8.
With Swiftkey I can damn near type an entire paragraph with barely typing a couple of words. It just knows the words and phrases I am most likely to use and it populates them accordingly.
What I mean is that you can have both, but if you want to disable swiping you can. You're not forced to have the swiping feature on all the time.
Agreed.
Swipe keyboarding boils down to a complex gesture system for whole words. Like those unlock patterns I see among non-iOS mobile users.
I love words too much; I try to vary my usage a little every day. With this approach, every word becomes a unique, tiny gesture/performance (to be memorized, if fluency is your goal).
Perhaps someone with a limited vocabulary might find this useful.
(Almost certainly, arthritis sufferers need not apply.)
You have no idea what you are talking about. There are not "gestures" per say. You are spelling the word without pecking.
In return Swiftkey and Swype will return the most common words that fit your motions and work in tandem with a learning algorithm that will also supply words you use the most, or begin phrases you use frequently.
If you are illiterate, Swiftkey won't work all that well.
You are right. And I am going to give it a try when it will be available on the iPhone.
I just felt that the video-demo was somehow slow. And if they wanted to show that the technology makes it faster - they should have done it differently. Also, maybe, by showing how fast it really can be.
And since typing with 2 fingers is faster than with one (without swipe and possibly with swipe technology/technique), they could have shown a fast 'double swipe' demonstration.
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You're wrong.
Swiftkey supports pecking and swiping at all times. So no, it doesn't force you to type one handed. You can peck two handed if you choose to.
What makes you think you won't be able to with a custom keyboard? See my above answer.
You're wrong.
Swiftkey supports pecking and swiping at all times. So no, it doesn't force you to type one handed. You can peck two handed if you choose to.
You're right. Not sure how I missed something that obvious.
You're right. Not sure how I missed something that obvious.
I promise, you'll like having the option of using custom keyboards
I know some people want to paint the feature in a really negative light because android has been doing this for awhile, but it's no skin off our back or Apple's to open up this feature as an option. It doesn't mean the Apple keyboard is crap, or that android is better. It just means you have more flexibility than you did in iOS7.