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Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android

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Re: Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android

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Post by soperj »

wtallis wrote: post #153
soperj wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They sold the Macbook air with Broadwell processors for over 3 years. They only changed the processors because intel discontinued them. They skipped 3 generations of processors.

It would also be fair to say they didn't skip any generation of processors with that gap in updates, they merely sat out the first two years of Intel shipping Skylake five years in a row. And in the meantime, they did use those first two years of Skylake for the 12" MacBook; the next update to the MacBook Air was after the last update the 12" MacBook ever got. For a while, the 12" MacBook was the more premium, thinne…

I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to say here.

They sold old hardware for the same price 3 years later as if it was a premium product. They didn't really have an excuse, they've been the most valuable public company on earth since like 2010.

Re: Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android

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Post by ActorNightly »

markstos wrote: post #148

If only there were a viable third option besides Apple and the world's largest advertising company.

There is, you can have an de-googled android.

It works, but very cumbersome. The value add in phones is really services, not the hardware/OS.

Re: Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android

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Post by jader201 »

I’m glad this just isn’t me.

I’ve been noticing a slow decline in my iPhones ability to autocorrect or hit the key I wanted to hit (it’s already made two mistakes just typing this out).

I thought it was a “me” thing, and “there’s no way a feature like autocorrect or key sensing would regress”.

I was apparently wrong.

Re: Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android

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Post by roryirvine »

metabagel wrote: post #73
PlatoIsADisease wrote: post #46

>i'm weak >I caved to the blue bubble pressure This is basically how I view iphone users. They buy an inferior product because Apple exploited their lack of status. From moms, to teens, to low-middle income people... Heck, its even infected some perpetually single techies who are so insecure they buy the inferior Apple product. These companies that exploit such psychology is disgusting. From Apple to Nintendo to Disn…

I switched to iPhone for battery life. Additionally, Apple isn’t an advertising company like Google. However, I agree that Apple should cooperate with Google on messaging. Signal is so much better, but it’s hard to get people to switch.

Aren't all the major manufacturers clustered around roughly the same battery life?

Sure, there may be an hour or two's difference between equivalent models from different vendors, but it's nothing like the Garmin vs Apple watch situation - they're all in the same "it'll probably last a weekend, but definitely not a week" ballpark.

Re: Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android

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Post by KaiserPro »

The website sucks because I had to do work to understand the problem.

HOWEVER, the bug is interesting.

I can't reproduce this bug, but I have a suspicion as to what it is. As pointed out in the linked video the hitbox for buttons changes size based on predicted next letters.

The hitboxes are dynamic based on the most likley next letter. But that changes depends on your typing style. For example my real name is similar but not the same to a common english name. however both auto correct and the dynmaic hitbox allows me to reliably type my name, now.

This took time, but when I recently got a new work phone, I had to train it to accept my name.

TLDR: I don't think its a bug, I think its a learnt behaviour based on your most common words.

Re: Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android

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Post by LollipopYakuza »

pants2 wrote: post #126
prof-dr-ir wrote: post #103

I agree that this behavior is insane and should be fixed. Do however note that it is possible to install another keyboard on iOS, which may alleviate your suffering before you switch to Android in about 120 days. Personally I rely on Gboard [0] every day for the simple reason that it auto-detects several (more than two) languages, and of course it has the added benefit of not having this crazy bug. Gboard is google s…

Gboard is a lot better than the native keyboard. Strange that OP is going to such lengths to complain when iOS supports other keyboards. The main benefit I've found with Gboard is a larger vocabulary, and perhaps a less aggressive autocorrect that doesn't constantly try to correct technical terms into similar common words.

I’m not suggesting this is the author’s reason, but avoiding a Google product that keep a trail of everything you type seems like a strong argument.

Re: Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android

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Post by meatmanek »

nozzlegear wrote: post #145
Liftyee wrote: post #6

As a lifelong Android user (in the EU, where Apple hegemony is not as strong) I always saw Apple as the "pay more for more polished ecosystem UX" option. So it always surprises me when things that are trivial on Android/Linux are sticking points on iOS/macOS. Worse, it seems that proprietary means you can't do anything to fix them yourself.

Anecdote but I've never had issues with the keyboard, or with Siri mishearing me (just to touch on another common pain point that people talk about re: Apple tech). I've always interpreted stories like this as the people who are most affected by it being vocal and speaking out (as they should), while the majority who aren't just have nothing to say because it all works fine. > Worse, it seems that proprietary means y…

anecdatum: I've encountered the dumb keyboard behavior and haven't written any scathing blog posts about it, I've just grumbled out loud and upvoted the ones I've seen.

So consider the possibility that many people are affected but haven't reached the threshold of writing something about it.

Re: Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android

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Post by rootusrootus »

varispeed wrote: post #95

You would think someone had undergone a lobotomy or is having a stroke until you realise they have an iPhone. The autocorrect is so funny.

That moment when you hit send only to notice right after it's too late that it auto "corrected" a few words of what you said into what it thinks you wanted to say.

Re: Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android

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Post by Tempest1981 »

HaloZero wrote: post #8

I’d love to see (it won’t ever happen) what the bug fix for this is. I tried doing what the video said and just typing thumbs up over and over again and I didn’t actually have any trouble.

> see the bug fix

Possibly re-tuning of some LLM parameters? Or forgetting some bad learnings... sounds like it's specific to a small-ish percent of users.

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