And this is why Apple has not and will not allow something like this to replace the standard keyboard on iOS.
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And this is why Apple has not and will not allow something like this to replace the standard keyboard on iOS.
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Basically a temporary development of old technology.
Voice input/dictation with voice correction capability will make keyboards obsolete over time.
Voice input/dictation with voice correction capability will make keyboards obsolete over time.
Yeah, I don't see the point of all of this when dictating seems to work perfectly well. And yeah, I'm dictating this
Developer here, if anybody ever tried it on a 4S, let me know how it goes.
But if you have an iPhone 4, please don't buy it. Somehow it runs super laggy on my iPhone 4.
But if you have an iPhone 4, please don't buy it. Somehow it runs super laggy on my iPhone 4.
Hey! It's works on my iPhone 4S. Well at least so far.
I noticed it works with one figure swipe too.
I quickly see how using both fingers makes it faster. It seems easy to learn.
Starting and stopping positions seem to make it more accurate.
Doesn't seem laggy either.
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The select all works but the copy cut dialog flashes and disappears because it's off the top of the screen on 4s. But there is a action button that allows copy text so I can paste it elsewhere.
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On Android Security
Keyloggers Come to Smartphones
http://www.mobilesecurity.com/articles/452-keyloggers-come-to-smartphones
"Keylogging does what the name suggests; on a compromised system a keylogger can log keys, recording anything thats typed on a keyboard. Once that data has been collected, it can be forwarded on to a remote location."
"As usual, iPhones are... better protected due to the nature of the closed operating system and highly vetted App Store."
"Yet for Android the story is... different, and the problem was effectively highlighted by blogger Georgie Casey in March. To highlight the potential threat of keyloggers in the Android environment, Casey made use of the highly rated app 'Switfkey Keyboard'."
"In a detailed and technical blog post, Casey explains with absolute transparency how he takes the application's package and inserts a keylogger into it. Once installed, the app will allow his keylogger to collect and send data from compromised devices."
"It's the ease with which the code can be edited which makes Android a much higher risk."
Android's defences against malicious apps dissed by security bods
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/21/android_ios_security_comparison/
...reports from anti-virus firms, such as Trend Micro, that mobile malware strains recently crossed the one million mark, and the vast majority of the problem is tied to Android. Google's smartphone and tablet platform is widely targeted by criminals, anti-malware firms unanimously agree."
"Trend Micro have so far analysed 3.7 million Android apps and updates... Nearly one in five (18 per cent) of these apps have been classed as malicious while a further 13 per cent are "high risk"... That works out [to] 670,000 malicious apps and a further 480,000 "high risk" apps and counting. Nearly half (46 per cent) of the outright malicious apps were sourced directly from Google Play..."
Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claiming Its Release Was Accidental
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/12/google-removes-vital-privacy-features-android-shortly-after-adding-them
"...an extremely important app privacy feature that was added in Android 4.3... [allowed] users to install apps while preventing the app from collecting sensitive data like the user's location or address book... The disappearance of App Ops is alarming news for Android users... A moment ago, it looked as though Google cared about this massive privacy problem..."
Keyloggers Come to Smartphones
http://www.mobilesecurity.com/articles/452-keyloggers-come-to-smartphones
"Keylogging does what the name suggests; on a compromised system a keylogger can log keys, recording anything thats typed on a keyboard. Once that data has been collected, it can be forwarded on to a remote location."
"As usual, iPhones are... better protected due to the nature of the closed operating system and highly vetted App Store."
"Yet for Android the story is... different, and the problem was effectively highlighted by blogger Georgie Casey in March. To highlight the potential threat of keyloggers in the Android environment, Casey made use of the highly rated app 'Switfkey Keyboard'."
"In a detailed and technical blog post, Casey explains with absolute transparency how he takes the application's package and inserts a keylogger into it. Once installed, the app will allow his keylogger to collect and send data from compromised devices."
"It's the ease with which the code can be edited which makes Android a much higher risk."
Android's defences against malicious apps dissed by security bods
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/21/android_ios_security_comparison/
...reports from anti-virus firms, such as Trend Micro, that mobile malware strains recently crossed the one million mark, and the vast majority of the problem is tied to Android. Google's smartphone and tablet platform is widely targeted by criminals, anti-malware firms unanimously agree."
"Trend Micro have so far analysed 3.7 million Android apps and updates... Nearly one in five (18 per cent) of these apps have been classed as malicious while a further 13 per cent are "high risk"... That works out [to] 670,000 malicious apps and a further 480,000 "high risk" apps and counting. Nearly half (46 per cent) of the outright malicious apps were sourced directly from Google Play..."
Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claiming Its Release Was Accidental
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/12/google-removes-vital-privacy-features-android-shortly-after-adding-them
"...an extremely important app privacy feature that was added in Android 4.3... [allowed] users to install apps while preventing the app from collecting sensitive data like the user's location or address book... The disappearance of App Ops is alarming news for Android users... A moment ago, it looked as though Google cared about this massive privacy problem..."
The select all bug is actually something that may take a while for me to fix. I've had.. issues with UITextview in the past, and I feel like I'm suffering from a phobia of ever touching that class again.
FYI almost the whole app is developed in c++/opengl
FYI almost the whole app is developed in c++/opengl
Google is "open"
Googles iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary
Android is openexcept for all the good parts.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013...ntrolling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/
Googles iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary
Android is openexcept for all the good parts.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013...ntrolling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/
Uh, no. Like people are going to talk to their devices within earshot of others.
You think iOS7 would be smart and position the bubble into center of the selection.
A lot of times in iOS7 when I choose select all I never see the cut copy bubble and then I have to tap the selection to bring it up. So it might not be 100% your code.
You need to connect with the fb, vk & txt apps dev teams quickly and see if they can add this to an in app purchase option or incorporate it into the next release. That way your entry methodology would be branded in the consumer's mind long before others mimic this keyboard in their own iOS apps thus forcing this to become a standard and apple brings you onboard like they did for the JPEG guy.
Okay guess I need to go and read the manual now to see what else I can do with the app.
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haha if only they could, it would be the best thing to happen to cell phones
. Maybe Siri could start throwing insults at the user the moment they try to record a video in portrait mode. Stories like this help me to dislike my iPhone more and more every day. It's so closed I feel stuck... They make good products but at times make bad choices (as all companies and designers do at times) the only difference is they are the only company that enforce those bad choices on users unrelentingly with no recourse. If they make a design choice for something as fundamentally as a keyboard, why are customers just stuck with their the bad choice? Why can't we choose something else? At the end of the day we are still buying into and using their platform... But I dirges, this type of logical thinking will never grace Apples DNA of arrogance so I'm just stuck with a fast, reliable, but small, featureless, un-accomodating phone. Meh
It might not bother you, but it seems it bothers you that it bothers me. Thank you for being a fan.I believe you when you say you can type fast, but try to transcribe just a few minutes of a speech or lecture using the iOS keyboard.
Don't get me wrong, it's fairly accurate and consistent. I have typed papers on it before but "a few words faster" can improve the intelligibility of a transcription considerably, especially if they talk particularly fast (100-180 wpm for speech is not difficult to do, nor uncommon).
Disclaimer: I rarely, if ever, take notes in any of my classes.
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Lol I know the "standard" mr answer. This should be second page / side news
Like you said this doesn't affect the gen key thus it will be very hard to take hold and it's learning curve for something that will most likely not take off is a waste of my time. Maybe if it was on android is a different story.
[quote="tech4all, post: 18625155"]Does it really bother you?
Cause honestly, I got way to much going on to wonder why why MacRumors decides to post a certain story on the front page or whatever. But hey, whatever interests you!
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I won't. And yes, I own android devices and don't use Swype there neither.
Or how to link to an article that is just FUD.
By the way, can you link to any malware inside a keyboard for Android. And no, your previous link doesn't count
At least it is about Apple and not some article about Samsung suing Microsoft that is here because they are both competitors with Apple
On a related note, Apple's "stable" and "consistent" keyboard that many of you arguing about messed up HARD on my iPhone last week. I used to applaud Apple for ignore apps like these, but now I'm not so sure.
This is a screenshot of my emoji keyboard. Apple's response, "We have no idea what happened...try reinstalling iOS."
Maybe the keyboard isn't as stable as we think in iOS 7 and MAYBE they should allow for 3rd party customization. Just saying.
(Can anybody tell me what is happening here?)
This is a screenshot of my emoji keyboard. Apple's response, "We have no idea what happened...try reinstalling iOS."
Maybe the keyboard isn't as stable as we think in iOS 7 and MAYBE they should allow for 3rd party customization. Just saying.
(Can anybody tell me what is happening here?)
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Your argument is sort of falls apart if someone looks beneath the surface, and it's definitely an apples and oranges comparison. In the comment above and your subsequent replies to posts you continually reference Windows to further your narrative. Using PC analogies to bolster your point makes no sense because the security issues with Android 3rd party keyboards are... actually there are no issues with 3rd party keyboards. iOS security would be no more in jeopardy from 3rd party keyboards than any other app they thoroughly vet before admission to the app store. Apple has bright people and I'm pretty sure they could handle security on a keyboard app. None of us really know why Apple won't open the door for 3rd party keyboards. They have their reasons whether we think they are legit or not. It could simply come down to the fact they want to control that experience exclusively; or it could be something else. Making up excuses for them that hold no water doesn't help.
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Genuinely curious. How does your post about Google address the comments posted by nazaar and winston1236? It's a classic example of deflection, but it doesn't address their posts at all.