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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 digitalPhonix »

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

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Also used incorrectly most of the time. They meant to use “debatably”.

Arguably:

- used to say that a statement is very possibly true even if it is not certain (merriam-webster)

- in a way that can be shown to be true (cambridge)

ie. you can be prove it through argument, not “you can make the argument”

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

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Post by array_key_first »

DontForgetMe wrote: post #511
etrautmann wrote: post #76

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That’s not what this is about. If you have a group chat with one android user, it used to make all aspects of the interactions clunkier. Green bubbles, sending a new text instead of reactions, etc. as such, people would get left off of a list. Those small interactions add up over time.

Man, if you seriously would exclude someone from social interactions because of the colour of their speech bubble in group messages, I dread to think how m stressful it would be to interact with people who's entire bodies were different colours. Not even joking. 'Its legit stressful if someone's messages use a different colour background' is not logically compatible with being ok having different coloured people in v…

He's not saying HE is this way, he's saying the US culturally is this way.

Which... uh, yeah, it is. The US is superficial, it's vain, it's racist. I thought everyone knew that.

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

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Post by misiek08 »

Funny how Apple get to mediocre level with the phones while making really good progress with hardware and acceptable level on tablets and notebooks.

I see in Europe iPhone is now common - it was a little bit premium for long time, before. Only Samsung is so bad that iPhone still isn’t the worst experience, but iOS 26 brought so many bugs, issues and bad UX decisions that it’s depressing.

But having macOS with „completely different, but the same” natural scroll switch - you have the switch „separate” for mouse and touchpad, but they switch together as one. Incredible that company having such history makes so stupid features.

Having „lower level”/masses join the Apple-train I wouldn’t expect them to fix anything in near future. As long as money will flow - the won’t look at quality.

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

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Post by drnick1 »

randyrand wrote: post #626
drnick1 wrote: post #459

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That competitor is GrapheneOS. For now, the OS runs on Pixel phones only, but they plan to release their own phone in partnership with an OEM. I expect that this will easily be the most secure and privacy respecting phone out there when it releases. You get more or less 100% Android compatibility except for a handful of apps that enforce the Play Integrity cancer.

It needs to be compatible with iOS apps, not Android.

Why so? Last time I checked Android had more apps available, especially FOSS apps.

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

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Post by hinkley »

netsharc wrote: post #457
hinkley wrote: post #375

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I’m a long term AAPL shareholder and even I see a bit of the hegemonic vibes. Little people can’t get the attention of large organizations without literally setting themselves on fire. Voting with your feet isn’t going to affect a trillion dollar company at all. Unless maybe you’re Dame Judy Dench.

Interesting idea: celebrity influencer for hire: pay a celebrity to champion your cause/make it go viral. Maybe do a "GoFundMe"-esque model (although, giving celebs even more money will probably not be popular... how about "$$$ for a charity of your choice if you talk about the stupid iPhone keyboard"?)

Unfortunately people of intermediate standing try all the time and get told to go back to their day job and stop dabbling in political action.

Also some of these people would have voted for Reagan so... you know. A person is smart, people are stupid.

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

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Post by bdangubic »

n8cpdx wrote: post #516
bdangubic wrote: post #180

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This is a bold statement - care to elaborate?!

I think they mean worse at generating services revenue. Everyone knows that’s the iPhones primary goal and purpose.

This is a bold statement - care to elaborate?! :)

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

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Post by Zagitta »

Twey wrote: post #636

Why not just switch to a different keyboard?

Because thirdparty keyboards are equally bugged. Sometimes keyboards simply fail to show up or cover app content without rhyme or reason. This happens across multiple thirdparty keyboards so it must be an ios issue.

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

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Post by happymellon »

leptons wrote: post #470
abanana wrote: post #423

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Not always , if we go back to the 1980s. But in very modern times, they've lost all the learnings from back then.

lol, no, they sucked even more in the 1980s. Did you ever notice that "About this software" is the first thing on the first menu of every application? Is that because people have to know what version of the software they are using every time they start it? It's still like that today, and it's very very stupid. Other OSs get it right and put the version information on the last menu, where it doesn't clutter up the mos…

> a mouse with a charging port on the bottom so that you can't use the mouse while it's charging

I'm surprised you went for that over the puck. At least when you unplugged it, you could use it. The puck was just terrible. And old.

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