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Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by amsterdorn »

simsla wrote: post #470
amsterdorn wrote: post #463

Interesting concept, but landing page is giving lots of red flags. This is the entrypoint for all of your customers; it should be flawless. Especially when posting to a tech-centric site. Body needs an 'overflow-x: hidden' rule, or a wrapping div to the rotated images. The main heading is off-center. And almost 18 MB of images on pageload is wild, see what https://pagespeed.web.dev says.

Looks decent to me, apart from the 18MB.

These certainly aren't good omens for the technicals of the product, let alone ability to process payments.

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Post by soylentcola »

JimDabell wrote: post #282
lazzurs wrote: post #196

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+1 I can’t get over how long it took Apple to adopt the same charging mechanism. It’s depressing how good the Pre phones were and how long it’s taken to get anywhere near close to as good.

> I can’t get over how long it took Apple to adopt the same charging mechanism. I knew somebody with a Pre and he had to have it replaced two or three times because the charging mechanism kept breaking. It’s fairly common that somebody else will do something “first” but Apple will wait until the technology is mature enough to be reliable.

Mine got a hairline crack in the chassis next to the charging port, but the magnetic charger didn't have the same issue (obviously). There were plenty of issues with the Pre and immediate followups didn't do enough to solve them. That said, it was probably the last really "interesting" phone design I owned.

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Post by latexr »

prmoustache wrote: post #467

What does "creator keyboard" means?

Marketing speak. It’s a keyboard for “creators” of “content”. It’s the kind of lingo used to entice wannabe influencers. You’re not just wasting time on Instagram all day, you’re “crafting rich content experiences for your audience”. It’s the same type of mentality that leads one to quote themselves at the top of their own website for their own product.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by soylentcola »

Toutouxc wrote: post #389
richardw wrote: post #354

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I got an HTC TyTN once. I hated that phone so much. Keyboard slipped out, which I guess worked. It was the phone that made me religiously stick with Apple all this time. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_TyTN Before that I had a Palm 5 PDA, which I loved. So interesting that you can add features and connectivity and still make the thing suck.

That is interesting, I had a TyTN II and miss it to this day. The keyboard was pure bliss, the software was all there (browsing, messaging, photos, calendar, cool games - everything I now use my iPhone for). It had a nice chunk to it and made a cute sound when you slid the keyboard out. You could even run Android on it thanks to some nice people on XDA.

Yep, had that and a Touch Pro before getting a Pre and then finally (begrudgingly) accepting that there weren't gonna be any more higher-end phones with slide-out keyboards.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by latexr »

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #118

Curious - do folks not use swiftkey-like onscreen keyboards? I feel like I'm legions faster using this style on a phone vs tapping. I get preferring a physical keyboard if you're tapping, but I can't imagine going back once I got used to swiping.

The default iOS keyboard supports that.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by bee_rider »

Toutouxc wrote: post #390
bee_rider wrote: post #225

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The slide out horizontal form factor is so obviously superior, I’m scratching my head wondering why people are so nostalgic for blackberry keyboards.

I had a few slide out phones and a few BlackBerry-style phones (not BB but Nokia) and I had zero issues with either. You could type a novel on any of them. (I’m typing this on an iPad Mini and it’s really sad how terrible the experience is compared to those tiny phones with tiny keyboards that actually worked)

An iPad seems closer to a laptop than a phone for this sort of thing—Bluetooth keyboard time. The iPad mini is in an odd spot size-wise, though.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by 93po »

ecshafer wrote: post #489
4death4 wrote: post #337

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This was true for me until the latest iOS release. The new autocorrect is markedly better. It used to be that at least 30% of words (not even sentences!) were misspelled. Now it's pretty rare. I think the auto-correct on the iPhone is even better than how I type on a laptop keyboard. Pretty crazy!

The worst part about iOS autocorrect is that it will change previous words and it drives me wild. So even though I had typed a word correctly, I am 2-3 words ahead and it decides to just change the previous word making the sentence nonsense. Also the constant autocorrection of swearing is really annoying.

You can fix the swearing part if you google it
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