I wouldn't say it's garbage. It's easily good enough to get by with, but there are better options out there.
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Fleksy's Predictive Touch Keyboard with Gestures Now Available to All iOS Developers
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I wouldn't say it's garbage. It's easily good enough to get by with, but there are better options out there.
Fleksky out HipJot in
I have tried Fleksky and used the integrated keyboard a bit. Even played with swipe. But the HipJot keyboard, two fingered swipe, seems the most intuitive and smartest.
Best of both worlds, don't need to learn a new system (can type normally), but for common words you just swipe them.
I have tried Fleksky and used the integrated keyboard a bit. Even played with swipe. But the HipJot keyboard, two fingered swipe, seems the most intuitive and smartest.
Best of both worlds, don't need to learn a new system (can type normally), but for common words you just swipe them.
Yeah that's what android users say. Stuck on iOS we're only just now getting the choice of another keyboard lol
You must've said the same thing when you had a flip phone, and the iPhone came out.
Generally this sounds positive. I have played with these alternative approaches and they do seem to make things more productive. HOWEVER, so far every implementation I have seen (only three so not sure that is representative) was focused on a smartphone use. So using this on a iPhone would make sense. On an ipad mini, maybe. On an ipad, what I have seen would not be much help.
And once you add physical keyboards, forgetaboutit.
I think that if apple opens up the keyboard to alternates, it will need to figure out what works in each form factor.
And once you add physical keyboards, forgetaboutit.
I think that if apple opens up the keyboard to alternates, it will need to figure out what works in each form factor.
Since day 1 I've always thought typing on the stock keyboard was awful. I find I need access to numbers all the time and especially with the bigger screen sizes now I would gladly sacrifice some screen real estate for a row of numbers on the keyboard. Landscape mode is also just a wasted opportunity in iOS.
This is the one area that really bugs me about iOS. I cant pick or choose what keyboard I want to run on my iPhone 5. The stock keyboard is pretty decent, but there are others out there on Android that are clearly better and we cant get them on our iDevices.
Another peeve, is the crippled blue tooth stack. I cant use my ELM327 OBD2 sensor with my iphone. I have to carry around an old Android tablet just to use it.
Another peeve, is the crippled blue tooth stack. I cant use my ELM327 OBD2 sensor with my iphone. I have to carry around an old Android tablet just to use it.
Forgive my ignorance, but the vid with the article just looks like a keyboard that I can change the colour of.
Can anyone (constructively) explain how this new keyboard would benefit me?
Can anyone (constructively) explain how this new keyboard would benefit me?
Yes, there are people like that.
If a car takes me from A to B it's all I need.
Doesn't mean I don't recognize or appreciate other options.
Yes, the iOS keyboard could be better and Apple will get around to it eventually.
Not really a big deal at the moment , as it gets me from A to B.
My biggest problem is this. It's ok in English by try it in a languange like swedish with 3 extra letters cramped into the same space. Buttons are both smaller and has less margin.
haha. my phone is pass coded for work. I suppose someone could access it but probably not.
maybe i am trying to type more things now and that leads to less common keystrokes for me so it just guesses.
jujube. still has me chuckling
This is exactly how they should be doing it - on a per-app basis. The downside is that you can't share keyboard information across apps, unless the keyboard stores that info online and can pull it down on a per-instance basis.
I'm glad keyboard people are taking this route, instead of vainly waiting for Apple to allow third-party keyboards. This allows everyone to see if anyone really wants them or not.
I'm glad keyboard people are taking this route, instead of vainly waiting for Apple to allow third-party keyboards. This allows everyone to see if anyone really wants them or not.
I suppose you were happy with your feature phone too and didn't know why everybody wanted to replace it with this new iPhone....
The iOS keyboard is simply primitive, compared to something like Swiftkey.
This is the problem with Apple's isolated approach.
Instead of being able to create a system wide change, each developer must add and implement the library leading to bloated binaries. Waste of time and an overall poor strategy.
Instead of being able to create a system wide change, each developer must add and implement the library leading to bloated binaries. Waste of time and an overall poor strategy.
People like having choices.
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But then it allows Apple to look under the hood and copy, umm I mean innovate.
This my biggest problem too. I get the whole autocorrect argument, you just have to learn and adapt to what iOS does. Fine I'll accept that, but having to switch keyboards when you need punctuation or numbers is a total annoyance and this is something I greatly miss with BlackBerry's keyboard, everything this is there for you to press without skipping a beat. With iOS you have to kind of stop, switch keyboards and find what you want to use.
x100 yes yes.
What is so technically impossible for Apple that they can't do this:
http://ignorethecode.net/upload/419/keyboard.jpg
addresses, passwords etc, all have the odd number here and there.
It's so basic and yet, as stubborn as ever they simply won't do it.