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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

#32

Post by avazhi »

speak_plainly wrote: post #21

Terrorizing Apple with a countdown threat is probably not going to accomplish much. You could try installing Gboard ( https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/gboard-the-google-keyboard/id1... ), or SwiftKey ( https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/microsoft-swiftkey-ai-keyboard... )...and there are probably other options. It may be even more obvious, but there are settings in general/keyboard that you can toggle. I noticed a bit of a s…

Telling anybody to install third party shit to fix first party shit should have been a hint to you that what you're saying is laughable.

Throwing random nonsense about 'general/keyboard' settings (that don't exist, btw) because you yourself can't think of anything specific should have been another.

The keyboard, specifically the Autocorrect, is fucked and has progressively worsened over the past 5 years. It's atrocious today. This is a first party problem that shouldn't need 3rd party solutions, end of story.

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

#33

Post by eptcyka »

speak_plainly wrote: post #21

Terrorizing Apple with a countdown threat is probably not going to accomplish much. You could try installing Gboard ( https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/gboard-the-google-keyboard/id1... ), or SwiftKey ( https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/microsoft-swiftkey-ai-keyboard... )...and there are probably other options. It may be even more obvious, but there are settings in general/keyboard that you can toggle. I noticed a bit of a s…

Of course, the first party keyboard doesn't work, you should use the ones that definitely do not phone home to either Google or Microsoft.

Of course regular window management doesn't just work out of the box, you should install one of the many different window managers on macOS.

I was under the impression that to get a product that just works, I can buy Apple hardware, right?

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

#34

Post by Zak »

tempest_ wrote: post #18
ctxc wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you elaborate? Is this a glassmorphism reference?

There has been an on-going meme around users using imessage getting messages from other imessage users which appear as one color and messages from android users(or anyone I think?) as another. So people know you are the android user in a group of apple users or whatever. I did not think any one gave a shit outside of kids.

I have a group of adults in my social circle who won't migrate a group chat to anything other than iMessage so that I can participate. I'm genuinely angry at them for this and angry at Apple for its role in creating the situation.

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

#37

Post by wilkystyle »

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.

Long-time iOS user here. My motivation for iPhone has always been "you pay more for fewer features and customization, but the UX is more polished." For the past 5-ish years, the UX has consistently gotten considerably worse. Not just the usual things like the horrible keyboard and atrocious Siri capabilities, it's all the stuff that used to just work. Nothing deal-breaking by itself, but all together feels like death by a thousand cuts. I'm at the point where I'm seriously considering Android.

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

#38

Post by WarmWash »

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.

In the US Apple is the

"Use it or your social group will not want to interact with you"

option.

Outside of tech circles (where apparently people easily get their entire family and friend network on signal), people want to use imessage and only want to use imessage. Android phones can't support imessage because they are poor low quality phones that cannot handle imessage. So you need a high quality phone like iphone so you can use imessage and easily communicate with your friends and family.

This strategy of leveraging friends and family to pressure people into getting iPhones was intentional and came out in the Epic trial lawsuit.

I shit you not there is a large percentage of people in the US that think Android phones are not capable of sending pcitures and videos.

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

#39

Post by pzmarzly »

I was once blown away by iPhone 8 editing capabilities. The keyboard seemed to work OK (minus swipe-to-type, but that wasn't great on Android either), and using 3D Touch to move cursor and select text was the most pleasant text editing experience, even better than on the desktop (arrow keys and vim hjkl).

And then it was all removed in a software update.

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

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Post by inferniac »

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.

Their software quality really went downhill in recent years, really hope whoever comes in after Cook treats it as priority
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