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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 bnchrch »

drnick1 wrote: post #456
bnchrch wrote: post #294

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Its a real issue in North America. SMS and as a result iMessage is the dominant text based chat. iPhones have become the default smartphone, and is a status symbol compared to Android. Mac vs Windows is similar on the laptop front. Which means if your an Android user in a relatively average social group: * You will get left out of group messages * You will be starting on a back foot in the dating scene On top of you…

> * You will be starting on a back foot in the dating scene Perhaps you should be focusing on losing weight instead of blaming the color of your text messages, lmao.

Fit, happy, married and have the cognitive ability to not conflate the message with the messenger.

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

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Post by riknos314 »

butterfi wrote: post #540
Normal_gaussian wrote: post #345

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It turns out he posted a better example in his blog post about it - https://thismightnotmatter.com/a-little-website-i-made-for-a... - which is technically linked to in the bottom of the site. I guess if you spend your life learning UX from Apple this is what you get...

Thats a pretty snarky thing to say about Apple. They were arguably the pioneers in OS UX... granted, its not the end all, be all, but still. You could do worse.

First is not the same as best. First is not even the same as good. First is only first. Just because someone was the pioneer doesn't mean they should be considered a positive example.

Introduced a concept decades ago in no way implies that their current implementation of the concept is at all ideal or market leading.

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

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Post by HaloZero »

garciasn wrote: post #30
HaloZero wrote: post #8

I’d love to see (it won’t ever happen) what the bug fix for this is. I tried doing what the video said and just typing thumbs up over and over again and I didn’t actually have any trouble.

I just typed "thumbs up" ~50x and was not able to reproduce the bug. But, as was pointed out in another thread somewhere, since I don't have 'Predictive Text' enabled maybe that has something to do w/it. So; I enabled 'Predictive Text' and there's the bug. It's consistently misspelling 'thumbs' with any number of different variations. Disabling 'Predictive Text' seems to correct the bug; however, there must be someth…

Oh interesting, I have Predictive Text on. But I imagine that means a local model might be doing something on your phone which might be getting messed up.

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

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Post by kilroy123 »

bix6 wrote: post #64

I really wish someone could start a legitimate competitor to Apple. They are so bloated and just squeezing service revenue out of us. The M chips are great but the software is so buggy.

IMO this is the true root of the problem. You have two options: Android or iPhone. Apple simply has no financial incentive to fix anything.

So I 100% agree, we need more competition. I was hopeful for a fleeting moment in time with the Firefox phone.

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

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Post by LollipopYakuza »

WrongAssumption wrote: post #410
LollipopYakuza wrote: post #187

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I’m not suggesting this is the author’s reason, but avoiding a Google product that keep a trail of everything you type seems like a strong argument.

I can guarantee that's 100% not his reason given that his stated alternative is switching to Android.

Yeah fair point

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

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Post by kibwen »

butterfi wrote: post #540
Normal_gaussian wrote: post #345

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It turns out he posted a better example in his blog post about it - https://thismightnotmatter.com/a-little-website-i-made-for-a... - which is technically linked to in the bottom of the site. I guess if you spend your life learning UX from Apple this is what you get...

Thats a pretty snarky thing to say about Apple. They were arguably the pioneers in OS UX... granted, its not the end all, be all, but still. You could do worse.

> They were arguably the pioneers in OS UX

Who is "they"? The employees at Apple when the HIG was first published in 1986, 40 years ago? That Apple is dead, what you see before you is an empty and rotted husk.

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

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Post by BugsJustFindMe »

butterfi wrote: post #540
Normal_gaussian wrote: post #345

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It turns out he posted a better example in his blog post about it - https://thismightnotmatter.com/a-little-website-i-made-for-a... - which is technically linked to in the bottom of the site. I guess if you spend your life learning UX from Apple this is what you get...

Thats a pretty snarky thing to say about Apple. They were arguably the pioneers in OS UX... granted, its not the end all, be all, but still. You could do worse.

The people at Apple who were the pioneers are long gone. The people at Apple now have killed them and are wearing their skin.

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

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Post by nathan_douglas »

rationalist wrote: post #518
n8cpdx wrote: post #510

It will be hard, but I’m transitioning out of Apple ecosystem regardless of whether they improve. Just like Windows 11, I get ads whether I want them or not - just got a push notification for a new financial product (!!!) despite going out of my way to opt out. iOS 26 made my 16 Pro, practically brand new, feel slow. I upgraded because my 13 mini was slow, and I chose Apple in the first place because they had some of…

With Android (GrapheneOS), I can customize stuff on the phone that you can't customize with iOS. It reminds me of Apple's 1984 commercial, except that Apple users are the ones sitting down, all looking identical, drinking the Kool-Aid from Big Brother.

Which customizations do you find most beneficial?

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

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Post by bnchrch »

chmod775 wrote: post #479
bnchrch wrote: post #454

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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…

I may have something to teach you about indicators, averages, and population samples/biases.

We're not debating majority opinion here. Just that people exist who have that bias / perception and what it leads to.

People exist that judge and exclude based on if you have have an Android.

Im sure the reverse exits too.

Im also sure the former is more common than the later.

But I have no idea how large that population is.

Just like Im not in that population.

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