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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 b112 »

tambourine_man wrote: post #422
leptons wrote: post #376

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It honestly doesn't surprise me. Apple is not some bastion of good design. They are mediocre at best, always have been. It was pretty hilarious to me that for so many years the keyboard on iOS only had CAPITAL letters. No matter the state of the shift key, the letters on the keyboard just stayed the same. After many years they finally figured it out, but it's one example of many about how Apple just doesn't have the…

I actually prefer the all caps keyboard and switch it on on iOS. It looks like a physical keyboard and the constant flicking between upper/lowercase is distracting and annoying

As bfinn once said on IRC, as he wrote in caps:

ALL BIG LETTER ON KEYBOARD HERE!!

haha

TO NO LITTLE LETTER!

https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.amiga.misc/c/7AdXvE7KQz...

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

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Post by notorandit »

mrmuagi wrote: post #329
srmatto wrote: post #174

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The recent changes to the iOS keyboard and text editing in general have been very counter productive for me as well. Tap to select doesn't really work the same way anymore and the logic of it isn't clear to me which makes it unpredictable. Typing accurately itself has gotten really difficult. I used to be a pretty quick typist on the iOS keyboard but now I find myself looking for my Mac to send a message from there o…

Autocorrect not getting simple character substitutions is beyond frustrating.

Do you know a corrector that "understands" a typo at the third or fourth character?

If it's 1st or 2nd, then it's ok.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

DamnInteresting wrote: post #151

@ozzyphantom: You might consider being more specific about your grievances in the text of your countdown page. As it stands, it's a bit vague, describing the keyboard as "broken" and autocorrect as "nearly useless". Sure, the video you link to is more descriptive, but it's a lot to ask of a visitor to click through and watch a separate video. As for the underlying issue, I have experienced similar typing issues on my…

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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 NetMageSCW »

dmi wrote: post #235
_alternator_ wrote: post #87

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‘Potato quality’ ahahahahahahhaa I hope this was iPhone autocorrect to prove the point.

It's a phrase that's been around for years to mean "poor quality" ( https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/recorded-with-a-potato ). One theory behind the term is that the recording device was so bad/low-tech, it could be powered by a potato battery.

For smartphones, I think it has always meant you could replace your smartphone with a potato and get the same functionality.

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

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Post by teekert »

ozzyphantom wrote: post #413
DamnInteresting wrote: post #151

@ozzyphantom: You might consider being more specific about your grievances in the text of your countdown page. As it stands, it's a bit vague, describing the keyboard as "broken" and autocorrect as "nearly useless". Sure, the video you link to is more descriptive, but it's a lot to ask of a visitor to click through and watch a separate video. As for the underlying issue, I have experienced similar typing issues on my…

I see where you’re coming from, this was an impulsive creation after months/years of frustration without any expectations. For anyone curious of my experience here are my main pain points: - autocorrect failing to correct minor mistakes - autocorrect “correcting” a mistake with another mistake - autocorrect “correcting” correctly typed words - swipe to type is painfully behind Gboard (third-party keyboards are univer…

My fav is when iOS autocorrect corrects me AFTER pressing send.

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

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Post by shermantanktop »

I always imagine employees from the vendor (in this case Apple) reading the blog or this thread. They’re here, lurking. I see you! I see you in the shadows!

Anyway, they know things we don’t, for both good (real constraints that users don’t see) and bad (fake constraints from bad internal decisions).

But dear Apple employee reading this: if you have fought the good fight, I appreciate your attempt, please keep it up. If you didn’t, we’re having a keyboard experience that you shouldn’t be proud of, no matter what the internal corporate logic maze you are caught up in.

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

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Post by neutronicus »

nozzlegear wrote: post #270
dlcarrier wrote: post #260

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…or with Siri mishearing… Sounds like you won the lottery. I've never used a voice recognition engine that worked even close to reliably, nor seen anyone else. I just want a small set of commands that are easy to differentiate from each other, and a readback before executing the command. This is what phones did back in the days of Symbian, and I could reliably use one from a motorcycle helmet intercom without ever to…

> Sounds like you won the lottery. I've never used a voice recognition engine that worked even close to reliably, nor seen anyone else. I think I'm just #blessed with the specific American accent (or "no accent") they must have trained it on lol. On the other hand, Siri frequently mishears my wife who's from California but doesn't have what I would call an accent any different from mine, so who knows.

My wife is ESL (although without much discernible accent) and Siri understands her every time.

I have a vaguely white trash Maryland accent and that fucker needs to hear everything three times from me.

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

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Post by teekert »

ozzyphantom wrote: post #413
DamnInteresting wrote: post #151

@ozzyphantom: You might consider being more specific about your grievances in the text of your countdown page. As it stands, it's a bit vague, describing the keyboard as "broken" and autocorrect as "nearly useless". Sure, the video you link to is more descriptive, but it's a lot to ask of a visitor to click through and watch a separate video. As for the underlying issue, I have experienced similar typing issues on my…

I see where you’re coming from, this was an impulsive creation after months/years of frustration without any expectations. For anyone curious of my experience here are my main pain points: - autocorrect failing to correct minor mistakes - autocorrect “correcting” a mistake with another mistake - autocorrect “correcting” correctly typed words - swipe to type is painfully behind Gboard (third-party keyboards are univer…

My fav is when iOS autocorrect corrects me AFTER pressing send.

Be glad you only type in one language and that it is US English (probably) ;)

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

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Post by chmod775 »

bnchrch wrote: post #454
chmod775 wrote: post #394

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> iPhones have become the default smartphone, and is a status symbol compared to Android. It does not function as a status symbol in the west. It's not a big deal to get one if you really want to and live in a developed country. People in asian countries making 1/8th of their american counterparts can afford iPhones. Someone making minimum wage in Germany can buy one using about 3-4 months worth of saved disposable i…

Unfortunately for us, logic isn't the arbiter of social behaviour. Heres some examples - https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1nt7czg/do_iphone_... - https://www.reddit.com/r/samsung/comments/14rhes2/friends_in... - https://www.reddit.com/r/Nicegirls/comments/1ja3iy4/green_bu... - https://www.reddit.com/r/OnlineDating/comments/17xrue5/are_y... - https://www.reddit.com/r/datingoverthirty/comments/b6w9iu/oh... - h…

I might have a bridge to sell you.

What says a lot is that you had to dredge up some up to 7 years old posts on reddit, on which replies still overwhelmingly call the idea silly. This smells like an attempt to manufacture consent, but it'd be pretty low effort for even that.

As a rule, if something sounds stupid to you, it will probably be just as silly to most people you should give a damn about. Certainly don't let some posts that look like the lowest-effort FUD imaginable tell you what other people think.

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

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Post by NetMageSCW »

pllbnk wrote: post #211
pants2 wrote: post #126

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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.

One of the reasons in recent times to go to Apple ecosystem was supposedly better privacy protections and decoupling from dependency on Google. You would pay extra for the UX and privacy among other things. Installing third party keyboard means that they can see what I type.

Apple has a privacy setting for each keyboard that restricts if they have network access.
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