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Fleksy Offers Beta Preview as Keyboard Makers Look Forward to iOS 8
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Awesome! Good move by Apple to open up iOS and allow Developers deeper access into the system. iOS 8 is the biggest leap forward IMHO. We shall see some great Apps in the future and a significantly improved user experience.
Let us unto the audio!! I'll code the DAMN GRAPHIC EQ myself.
Funny because the number one thing keeping me off of iOS forever has been the terrible stock keyboard. And I'm sorry, but Android's default keyboardeven before they integrated gesture typingis vastly superior especially if you actually use punctuation when typing.
These third-party keyboards came into existence because there are a lot of smart people out there saying, "There has GOT to be a better when to do touch input." Swype is a fantastic example.
There isn't an "app" I interact with more than they keyboard and as such there is no other feature that I want to customize and personalize more to the way *I* interact with my machine than the keyboard.
And you know the best part? If you love the stock keyboard... it's not going there. It's there by default.
If you look back over the keynote you'll see that by default they DON'T have full access but you can grant it explicitly, if you want.
Does anybody know whether these third party keyboards are coded from the ground up, or are they able to extend the existing look and feel of the built in keyboards (or use an Apple framework to at least maintain a similar look and feel)?
I have been using Android exclusively for almost over 1.5 years. And while I enjoy custom keyboards, it does not provide a good user experience on Android. The biggest issue is that on my Nexus 5 every time my keyboard has an update from the Play Store, it gets disabled system wide. So I have to go into the keyboard app, go through settings to re-enable the keyboard, then wait for a popup where I select the keyboard as my default, and then I can start typing. It is a huge annoyance that takes away from the user experience. And I have used Kii, Swiftkey, and Fleksy. It happens on all of them. So sure, Android has had this functionality for a while. And some will say that Android having it first is most important. But I think that if Apple does this without having major issues like that, the user experience of using custom keyboards will be better on iOS.
finally..... swype here it comes...
the only thing holding me back from getting an iPhone is that swype is missing... i can't believe they haven't bought them out but maybe samsung have offer them too much money not to as they are very tightly integrated on the Samsung phones.....
iOS 8 also offer a few extra things that were not show stoppers but definitely help the argument for the switch to Apple....
now the only issue for me is the wait and deciding whether to go for the 4.7 or the 5.5 version
the only thing holding me back from getting an iPhone is that swype is missing... i can't believe they haven't bought them out but maybe samsung have offer them too much money not to as they are very tightly integrated on the Samsung phones.....
iOS 8 also offer a few extra things that were not show stoppers but definitely help the argument for the switch to Apple....
now the only issue for me is the wait and deciding whether to go for the 4.7 or the 5.5 version
I cant wait for swype on iOS, its the one thing that bugs me with the iphone compared to Android. I feel like its the dark ages and we're going to suddenly jump into 2014 in sept/oct!
Well Swype on android has multiple theme (including an ios-7ish white one), so I'd dare say that there'll be one on ios 8 too.
Seriously?! 114 comments in and nobody knows how this feature will be implemented?
Can anyone explain how Apple plans to implement this? Will 3rd party keyboards be available for download in the App store and once a user does download them, they'll be added to the keyboards section of general settings from where the user can just tap the globe icon of the standard keyboard to change to the preferred keyboard?
That sounds a bit confusing while reading too!
i think people don't realize how forgiving it is - you can swipe (or peck) your finger over po, lift your finger and hit the r, and then either slide to the k or press with your other finger and it will spell the word. you also just need to move your fingers over the keys order doesn't necessarily matter that much - you example if you just smudge your fingers over the letters needed to spell a word, it'll figure it out with pretty good accuracy. if you're determined and continue using it for a couple weeks or so, it'll become second nature. it's my reason to jailbreak now, like bitesms was for the last 5-6 years or so (whenever the first jailbreak was that bitesms came out).
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basically anything android systems use that apple adapts/adopts is because their way of doing it is invariably better.
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purchase in app store, click "keyboard" in settings, change to purchased keyboard....?
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basically anything android systems use that apple adapts/adopts is because their way of doing it is invariably better.
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purchase in app store, click "keyboard" in settings, change to purchased keyboard....?
One way you could both be right:
Apps can do what they want for input. Extentions (I think that is what they are calling this ability to add keyboards) follow a narrower path with a wider application.
Seriously?! 114 comments in and nobody knows how this feature will be implemented?
According to the developer docs, a custom keyboard is an extension of an App. So an App has to be installed, and the keyboard is part of the App. To turn on the keyboard, you go to Settings->General->Keyboard and add it as a keyboard. There's a category in the keyboard selection section for "purchased" keyboards where they'll show up. At least in beta 1.
ORLY. Your three year old phone was having trouble with an operating system made for far more advanced devices? WOW
Also, my girlfriend's 4S is still surprisingly snappy on iOS 7.
I never thought I was wrong.
He made it sound like it's impossible to have cursor arrow keys... but I'm using an app right now that has them.
That's why I said I was confused about his reply. He didn't explain what he was trying to say.
How did Fleksy ever manage to make any money at all? I don't understand why anyone would ever want to install the program. And this on Android, a platform that enjoys the benefits of their great Swipe system.
