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Re: 8pen - A new way to write on mobile devices

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Post by drivebyacct2 »

13hours wrote: post #39
parbo wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you regularly write in multiple languages, Swiftkey3 is the way to go.

I've been using Swiftkey Flow Beta, and it's fantastic! You're right, Swiftkey's killer feature is the way it handles multiple languages without hassle. It is the difference between people hating touch screen keyboards and loving them. If I were an Android handset provider in a multi-language country I would install it by default on all phones. Android would blow all other platforms out of the water in no time then.

Does it do them at the same time?

I know on the Google keyboard you just slide (click and drag finger) across the keyboard to change languages..

Re: 8pen - A new way to write on mobile devices

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Post by mynameisvlad »

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #36
Kiro wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought Swype and Gesture swiping were more or less the same. What's the difference?

Swype only lets some users via a "beta program" use the app. It has a cumbersome installer that never works on the first try. I like the style of the stock keyboard as well as a few of the layout nags. Finally, the Google keyboard also includes fast access to the text-to-voice app. That and I think the algorithm is flatly better than swype. (Swype was always more of a gimmick, especially after Gingerbread when the st…

I'm pretty sure he meant functionality-wise. As in, same sorts of gestures and such.

Swype is available for everyone, without registration: http://beta.swype.com It may have been that you needed to be approved before. But not anymore.

Re: 8pen - A new way to write on mobile devices

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Post by hayksaakian »

artursapek wrote: post #13

Cache, since it's down: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:www.8p... This is genius as an idea, but I don't know if it could ever catch any sort of momentum in the market. It seems like it would take a long time to become fast at it. A comparison to keyboards comes to mind - the keys on a keyboard really seem arbitrarily placed (though I am aware of the historical origin of QWERTY). Many people typ…

> genius

Maybe if swype and gesture typing didn't exist, and it was still 2010.

(Or do people think this because they are only familiar with the iOS keyboard?)

Re: 8pen - A new way to write on mobile devices

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Post by elisehein »

rdl wrote: post #40

Interesting idea. The explainer video is painful, and does most of the things I find painful in videos like that. Slow paced, oddly accented English, very wordy in places, and essentially monotone. No clear promise about what it's going to show you early on -- the first 15 seconds or so made me disinterested. It got better, but normally I'd just skip to something else by then.

I actually found the voice of the speaker, especially her accent, quite fascinating :)

Re: 8pen - A new way to write on mobile devices

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Post by nakedrobot2 »

rdl wrote: post #40

Interesting idea. The explainer video is painful, and does most of the things I find painful in videos like that. Slow paced, oddly accented English, very wordy in places, and essentially monotone. No clear promise about what it's going to show you early on -- the first 15 seconds or so made me disinterested. It got better, but normally I'd just skip to something else by then.

minor pedantic note: I believe you meant that the first 15 seconds made you "uninterested", not "disinterested". "disinterested" means "impartial and objective" while "uninterested" means "not interested".

sorry but I try to correct this mistake when i see it ;)

Re: 8pen - A new way to write on mobile devices

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Post by rdl »

nakedrobot2 wrote: post #46
rdl wrote: post #40

Interesting idea. The explainer video is painful, and does most of the things I find painful in videos like that. Slow paced, oddly accented English, very wordy in places, and essentially monotone. No clear promise about what it's going to show you early on -- the first 15 seconds or so made me disinterested. It got better, but normally I'd just skip to something else by then.

minor pedantic note: I believe you meant that the first 15 seconds made you "uninterested", not "disinterested". "disinterested" means "impartial and objective" while "uninterested" means "not interested". sorry but I try to correct this mistake when i see it ;)

thanks! (I was sort of aware of the distinction, but it was really late)

my favorite similar pedantry is nauseous vs. nauseated :)

Re: 8pen - A new way to write on mobile devices

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Post by artursapek »

hayksaakian wrote: post #43
artursapek wrote: post #13

Cache, since it's down: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:www.8p... This is genius as an idea, but I don't know if it could ever catch any sort of momentum in the market. It seems like it would take a long time to become fast at it. A comparison to keyboards comes to mind - the keys on a keyboard really seem arbitrarily placed (though I am aware of the historical origin of QWERTY). Many people typ…

> genius Maybe if swype and gesture typing didn't exist, and it was still 2010. (Or do people think this because they are only familiar with the iOS keyboard?)

I think this because I really love geometry and I think the motions that result from this system are beautiful and natural-looking, even if hard to execute on a small touch screen phone.
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