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iPhone Best Keyboard?
- Thread starter LaynieGorilla
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Is it not available or some other issue? I've been using it exclusively since release and had no issues.
I am testing it on my 5th gen iPod touch while I wait for my iPhone 6 to arrive, so I considered that might be why it's happening. I'll need to give it another go once my iPhone gets here.
I usually only use gesture typing when using the phone one-handed. The situations I would do that would be when I am lying down on my side and if the phone is mounted on my car mount. When using the phone 2-handed, I always peck with my thumbs with the landscape keyboard. I type faster with two thumbs in landscape.
Yea I agree, landscape mode is so much easier. Apple should allow every app the option of having portrait mode on any device.
The ONLY thing I don't like about the stock keyboard is that it's more difficult to get to punctuation like commas, question marks, etc... and of course numbers.
I really wish they'd implement a similar touch & hold system to get to certain punctuation and even numbers. You wouldn't even have to add anymore rows.. Just put the numbers across QWERTYUIOP so if you wanted #1 you'd hold Q and so on. Same with putting punctuation on certain letters in the ZXCVBNM row.
It's much easier to hold a key for a little longer and get your punctuation instantly than it is to press the bottom left 123 key to select your punctuation.
I really wish they'd implement a similar touch & hold system to get to certain punctuation and even numbers. You wouldn't even have to add anymore rows.. Just put the numbers across QWERTYUIOP so if you wanted #1 you'd hold Q and so on. Same with putting punctuation on certain letters in the ZXCVBNM row.
It's much easier to hold a key for a little longer and get your punctuation instantly than it is to press the bottom left 123 key to select your punctuation.
I've been thinking about why the stock keyboard doesn't have more features like the 3rd party keyboards, swipe, touch & hold, and many others, then, it occurred to me that this is as much as we are going to get with the stock keyboard because of one simple fact, Apple gets 30% of every paid installed 3rd party keyboard, if Apple made the stock keyboard with all the third party options, the sales of 3rd party keyboards would be minimal.
I don't know how many downloads Swype has, but in less than a week it was the No. 1 paid app and 30% of that goes to Apple, I bet that's a lot of money.
I think all apps where you need to enter something should have both a landscape and portrait option. There are many places within iOS where I couldn't type in landscape. I encounter this in the setup. I thought my phone was defective when I was trying to turn my phone sideways to type my ID and passwords.
My banking app on my iPad Mini doesn't have a portrait mode. The same banking app on my Transformer tablet doesn't have a landscape mode. I prefer portrait on my iPad Mini and landscape on my Transformer because I use a keyboard dock.
This is one of the many reasons I wanted to use SwiftKey. Due to all of the bugs, I just can't.
Yeah, seems to be something:
with the apps themselves
with 802s keyboard options
with messages
Hopefully this is just teething and someone will fix whatever is the cause, soon.
Found this video review, didn't even know about the swipe selection!:
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/1...e-jailbreak-keyboard-features-to-ios-8-video/
I'd be curious how many people picking one choice has actually tried out any of the others?
For example, how many people picking SwiftKey (which is free) have also used Swype (which is not free)? Because if you haven't tried both, your opinion is worthless.
For example, how many people picking SwiftKey (which is free) have also used Swype (which is not free)? Because if you haven't tried both, your opinion is worthless.
I have tried SwiftKey, Swype and Touchpal. I found SwiftKey to be the least accurate when swiping to type. Swype and Touchpal are almost 100% accurate for me. For now I am mainly using Touchpal because of the ability to enter numbers and punctuation without changing the key pad. You can swipe up from the top row to write numbers and swipe down from lower keys for punctuation. I also like the easy access to emoji and the ability to use shortcuts. The only thing that bothers me is the app is free. They have to make money somehow. I'd rather pay them, than worry that they will somehow use my information to generate money. Not saying they will, but how can they give it away for free.
Actually, no need to be concerned. This is a well established company and you can thank Android users for your free app.
This is why Touchpal is free:
Thanks. Seems to have been the in thing with the jailbreakers, It's a shame we can't add that top row to the standard keys. You'd think it wouldn't be much of a problem. But..., we wait.
I just want a couple things fixed for swiftkey:
Scroll to the most recent text
Enable swiftkey on quick reply when on lock screen.
That's all and I think it will be perfect.
i thought that too. that's the only thing though, all the other bugs are still there for me.
The update did not fix the landscape bug I experience on the iPhone 5S. Keyboard still appears in the middle of the screen instead of the bottom. Also, if you have a full window of text, the bottom row is beyond the bottom edget of the window, so you cannot see what you are typing.
Okay I just installed ikeywi 1.0.2. It's not crashing on me anymore, how about you? Drag selection is way fast too.