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Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

#11

Post by elashri »

slowmotiony wrote: post #6

Its funny that Microsoft didn't care to update their SwiftKey keyboard for new iOS versions for years and let it become a broken mess, and then when they finally release an update it's because of a fucking Bing button. And since the update also actually fixes a lot of issues it looks like they've had it ready for a while and just been just sitting on it and letting their app rot. Working there must be total chaos.

> and then when they finally release an update it's because of a fucking Bing button

To be honest and as a heavy user of SwiftKey on iOS, they updated the app and released a fix before all the AI hype in the last couple of months. They might have this in mind as part of their vision from that point, but it is not to say that

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

#13

Post by pffft8888 »

unpopularopp wrote: post #10

> This one hurts, it really hurts. I think this hurts worse than Musk buying/poisoning/killing Twitter. I've mentioned this before but a keyboard feels like an extension of your body People need to take a break. Being terminally online and complaining about everything is not a healthy way of life.

Says a person who is online...

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

#14

Post by gondaloof »

pffft8888 wrote: post #13
unpopularopp wrote: post #10

> This one hurts, it really hurts. I think this hurts worse than Musk buying/poisoning/killing Twitter. I've mentioned this before but a keyboard feels like an extension of your body People need to take a break. Being terminally online and complaining about everything is not a healthy way of life.

Says a person who is online...

Drinking one glass of wine is not the same as being passed out on the sidewalk at noon.

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

#15

Post by pffft8888 »

gondaloof wrote: post #14
pffft8888 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Says a person who is online...

Drinking one glass of wine is not the same as being passed out on the sidewalk at noon.

But the person is complaining about people complaining. I find it ironic.

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

#16

Post by quaintdev »

pffft8888 wrote: post #15
gondaloof wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Drinking one glass of wine is not the same as being passed out on the sidewalk at noon.

But the person is complaining about people complaining. I find it ironic.

Why do we feel this need to disect everything

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

#17

Post by ilt »

elashri wrote: post #11
slowmotiony wrote: post #6

Its funny that Microsoft didn't care to update their SwiftKey keyboard for new iOS versions for years and let it become a broken mess, and then when they finally release an update it's because of a fucking Bing button. And since the update also actually fixes a lot of issues it looks like they've had it ready for a while and just been just sitting on it and letting their app rot. Working there must be total chaos.

> and then when they finally release an update it's because of a fucking Bing button To be honest and as a heavy user of SwiftKey on iOS, they updated the app and released a fix before all the AI hype in the last couple of months. They might have this in mind as part of their vision from that point, but it is not to say that

Exactly. And kudos to them for not removing the Swiftkey either during that time, even if they were not updating it anymore. It was a nice, functional piece of software albeit with some bugs.

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

#19

Post by jwrallie »

I used Swiftkey until recently, but the delay on bringing up the keyboard was annoying me too much. I couldn't justify changing phones just because of SwiftKey so instead I just went back to the default Google keyboard.

I'm still adapting weeks after changing, the most annoying issue is that the Japanese keyboard on Gboard has the key layout a bit different that the English one, so I cannot touch type on it like I did before.

Re: Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey

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Post by DoreenMichele »

unpopularopp wrote: post #10

> This one hurts, it really hurts. I think this hurts worse than Musk buying/poisoning/killing Twitter. I've mentioned this before but a keyboard feels like an extension of your body People need to take a break. Being terminally online and complaining about everything is not a healthy way of life.

I don't know anything about the author, but some people spend a lot of time online because they are handicapped and can't get out much.

Such people can be pretty miserable, sometimes all the time, thus prone to venting.

They would stop if you could fix their broken body and broken lives.

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