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Continue typing the following word and it will revert we'll to well if we'll didn't make sense. (In other words, it looks backward two words, not one.)
This has never happened for me.
Reset your keyboard dictionary.
Ask HN: Am I getting older or did typing on the iPhone become unbearable?
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Re: Ask HN: Am I getting older or did typing on the iPhone become unbearable?
#292I've been getting a lot more problems with typos, even on second or third attempt. I'm inclined to blame the OS for that as I'm pretty careful when I do the corrections. I haven't found the experience getting worse in other respects, but I don't like it at the best of times.
Re: Ask HN: Am I getting older or did typing on the iPhone become unbearable?
#293Earlier quoted context omitted.
Does the iPhone not have an easy way to switch between keyboards? I just swipe left/right on the space bar to switch between Norwegian and English keyboards - but my phone isn't an iphone.
I has, but the issue is that the layout if the common keys (like letters a to z) is ever so slightly different that it wrecks my typing when I switch.
You can switch the layout in the keyboard setting. Most languages have a qwerty variant.
Re: Ask HN: Am I getting older or did typing on the iPhone become unbearable?
#294Try disabling slide to type. I don't use it, so if it's on, it introduces inaccuracies.
This helped my typing. Does slide to type change the target area of the keys? With it on it seems like I am hitting keys on the line below I am targeting. With it off, many fewer typos.
Slide to type uses a neighbourhood rather than a key. It’s by far my favourite way of typing on a phone. After a bit of training it’s close to magical. Google implementation beats Apple however.
Re: Ask HN: Am I getting older or did typing on the iPhone become unbearable?
#295Re: Ask HN: Am I getting older or did typing on the iPhone become unbearable?
#296I honestly have no idea how people tolerate iOS keyboard. No numbers? No common characters? In 2022? Really? I often contemplate switching to iPhone to get away from Google, I've previously used 3GS and 4S for multiple years. But the keyboard is definitely in the top3 negative factors keeping me from it. PS: I can't judge modern iOS autocomplete, but on Android it's a complete garbage. Simple typos when I press a nea…
For example:
hscker
1) - yscker,uscker,jscker,nscker,bscker,gscker - 0 dictionary words
2) - hacker,hwcker,hecker,hdcker,hxcker,hzcker - 1 actual word "hacker"
3) - hsxker,hsdker,hsfker,hsvker,hs ker - 0 words
4) - hscjer,hscier,hscoer,hscler,hsc,er,hscmer - 0 words
5) - hsckwr,hsck3r,hsck4r,hsckrr,hsckdr,hscksr - 0 words
6) - hsckee,hscke4,hscke5,hscket,hsckef,hscked - 0 words
Super simple autoreplace, map one time all groups of 6 keys surrounding each key, then write a query to lookup results in the dictionary and you're set. But nope. Too hard for a trillion dollar corp.
Re: Ask HN: Am I getting older or did typing on the iPhone become unbearable?
#297I honestly have no idea how people tolerate iOS keyboard. No numbers? No common characters? In 2022? Really? I often contemplate switching to iPhone to get away from Google, I've previously used 3GS and 4S for multiple years. But the keyboard is definitely in the top3 negative factors keeping me from it. PS: I can't judge modern iOS autocomplete, but on Android it's a complete garbage. Simple typos when I press a nea…
Can't you install a different keyboard such as SwiftKey?
Re: Ask HN: Am I getting older or did typing on the iPhone become unbearable?
#298The new keyboard that just came out sucks.
I prefer the iPad keyboard (I use both an iPhone Mini, and an iPad Mini).
Re: Ask HN: Am I getting older or did typing on the iPhone become unbearable?
#299It's autocorrect that kills me - feels like they've got a boolean check[0] backwards, because my iPhone is constantly switching its/it's, well/we'll, ill/I'll and others to the wrong version. [0] - obviously there's no such code for autocorrect, I imagine it's just some AI soup now
Ill as in sick?
Re: Ask HN: Am I getting older or did typing on the iPhone become unbearable?
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Settings > General > Keyboards, near the bottom there is a toggle for Predictive.
the unfortunate thing about this is you lose the three suggested words at the top of the keyboard if you want to get rid of the rewrite feature. the suggested words are sometimes not correct, but jesus ducking christ just let me opt in if it’s useful in the moment!
I set up an auto-correct for 'ducking' to replace it back to what you actually want to say.
Also whilst Apple is reading this, please stop changing "were" to "we're" out of context. Ugh.