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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 ozzyphantom »

pants2 wrote: post #126
prof-dr-ir wrote: post #103

I agree that this behavior is insane and should be fixed. Do however note that it is possible to install another keyboard on iOS, which may alleviate your suffering before you switch to Android in about 120 days. Personally I rely on Gboard [0] every day for the simple reason that it auto-detects several (more than two) languages, and of course it has the added benefit of not having this crazy bug. Gboard is google s…

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.

I’ve tried Gboard and SwiftKey on iOS.

Not sure if Google just gave up on updating the iOS variant or if Apple holds it back intentionally (probably a bit of both) but they pale in comparison to their Android counterparts.

I’d prefer a useable stock keyboard but I take your point.

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

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Post by sarmasamosarma »

iamacyborg wrote: post #573
nunez wrote: post #348

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I have autocorrext turned off on my keyboard and typed this without any corrections. These sre the issues i've faced with the stock keyboard: - accidental periods when typing URLs in Safari - key target inaccuracy (though turning off swipe-to-tect gas ikproved this a little, though not enough) - key latnecy which causes letters innsome words to get swapped or extra unwated letters to appear (this could be a me-gettin…

A lot of these issies seem damiliar to me as well on the glasskwyboard pn my iphone13 mini. Also typed without any maual fixes. My typingwas mucu better before glass.

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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 hollandheese »

tuwtuwtuwtuw wrote: post #412
DamnInteresting wrote: post #217

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Well, presumably the page's intended audience is software developers at Apple. As a software developer myself, I am all too familiar with the unnecessary churn caused by vague bug reports. It saves time when people include details like error messages (when applicable), steps to replicate, expected result vs. actual result, etc. Besides, users and developers don't always use software the same way, have the same settin…

This isn't a bug report. Do you honestly think that the developers working for apple looks at the "keyboard experience" and thinks "yeah this is good"? Of course, not. They are competent developers.

Are they? At this point I seriously question that assertion.

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

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Post by ryandrake »

malfist wrote: post #538
lynndotpy wrote: post #527

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You're misunderstanding the situation and reading malice into teenagers who are living in a world of decisions that were made before they were even born. It's not "small stuff", it's the entire medium through which the conversation happens. It's the entire thing. Do you "cut" your mom out of your group chats with your coworkers? Do you "cut" your coworkers out of intimate chats with your partners? Of course you do, b…

I am not misunderstanding the situation. If you omit me from a group message with our circle of friends because of the color of my speech bubble, you are not a real friend. Full stop.

Just the phrase "blue bubble friends" strikes me as absolutely wild, foreign and ridiculous. But, I admit to being almost 50.

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

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Post by inanutshellus »

Arg. What's the quippy internet adage for this?

Where someone (traditionally in a FOSS project's support / bug report / feature request pages) posts some angrygram of "Fix my pet peeve OR ELSE YOUR PROJECT IS DEAD TO ME!!11!!one!11!!!"

The only thing that's coming to mind is "emotional blackmail" but that's not it...

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

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Post by JonoBB »

causal wrote: post #199
lxndrdagreat wrote: post #2

> You were the "it just works" company. Now you're just a fruit that I used to know. This had me simultaneously chuckling and sad, because it feels very true.

Switching from Android, I was shocked by how much in fact did not just work. I kept a running list of basic features that were clearly broken. Especially around text editing. It seems like they made some fundamental mistakes with their text inputs that they are playing hard defense on. I never know if a given field is going to respond to long-press, double tap, or what context menu I will get if any.

Totally agree. I swapped about 2 years ago (work requirements), and I battle against the Apple keyboard every single day. I prefer the Android keyboard in every single way - it’s more intuitive, works better, more logical, significantly better auto-correct, significantly better text selection, much better prediction, and so on.

Everything seems so much more intuitive and just easier in Android.

For how good the Apple hardware is compared to the rest (especially MacBooks), the software really lets it down.

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

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Post by james_marks »

Lammy wrote: post #555
butterfi wrote: post #540

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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.

> arguably Sick of this weasel word. Either argue it or don't.

Even worse, "I would argue that..."

It's not hypothetical if you are here, in the current tense, arguing that. I've mostly cured myself of the habit, but its tough.

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