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SwiftKey's iOS 8 Keyboard Hits One Million Downloads in Under 24 Hours

I was also concerned about the full access, but I wanted to try it out so I went ahead and give it access and on facebook. Works awesome. That said, I just deleted the app because as people said, it is a keylogger, going to another country, and the privacy policy shows it dats collection is not anonymous and does not say anything about not selling that data.

That said, the apple keyboard is not that great. I will give it a try and maybe it will get better, but swift key learns much faster. I will have to look into Swipe because I do like that swiping feature on the iPhone.
 
The reason that everyone goes to third party keyboards on Android is due to the fact the included one is so bad! Apple already give us a perfectly capable keyboard.

That said, I'd love to see M$ do a custom version for iOS office. I bet that's on the cards, especially given they've just released a x-OS BT keyboard.

BTW Did anyone read their wiki/support page? Apparently it only communicates with the included App. Make you wonder how the other keyboards did predictive text. It's dangerous allowing full access in my opinion, as who knows what they might change in the future.

If you are worried, then email them for your data:

"The UK Data Protection Act 1998 gives you the right to access information held by SwiftKey about you. For more information please email ukdp@swiftkey.com."
 
DN7335 said:
Found out after I installed on my iPad Air that the swipe typing is only for iPhone and iPod. Bummer, but I did install Swype on the iPad and it works with swipe typing.

HOWEVER, its quirky. If I'm using the Swype keyboard and I put focus on a password field on a webpage, the keyboard reverts back to the stock Apple keyboard with no button to switch back to Swype. :mad:
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Yeah, that was a bummer. It's also missing the microphone button for voice-to-text.
 
Black Magic said:
I deleted the default ketyboard completely and moved swiftkey to the top. What ended up happening was when I tried quick reply it tried to use emoji as the default keyboard.....
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You can go to the "Edit" button on the upper right and select the default order.

e.g. Swype, then Emjoi, then Apple.
 
Solamar22 said:
You can go to the "Edit" button on the upper right and select the default order.

e.g. Swype, then Emjoi, then Apple.
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Yes but that doesn't resolve the issue. The issue is to have Swiftkey default across the board every time. It's not consistent. I think 8.0.1 will fix extensibility and resolve the issue. I'm taking a wild guess here.
 
acedout said:
The reason that everyone goes to third party keyboards on Android is due to the fact the included one is so bad! Apple already give us a perfectly capable keyboard.
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Hardly. The stock Android keyboard is fine. SwiftKey is better. And even the stock Android keyboard is better than anything available now for iOS, Apple or third-party. It's going to be awesome when iOS catches up in this regard, it's been lagging behind *way* too long.
 
What I think I like most about Swype is how its dark keyboard has numbers and special characters accessible from the default layout (by holding down the character for the alternate). Also, I don't like how SwiftKey doesn't automatically add a space after inserted punctuation. In contrast, Swype even has quick-drag shortcuts for most standard punctuation, followed by a space when appropriate (e.g. periods and commas, but not dashes).

And for people concerned with emoji access (regardless of keyboard), really it just acts like the Apple stock keyboard, with the option to switch to the emoji keyboard as you do with stock. If you put the emoji keyboard just below the preferred keyboard in the settings, it will be the first one to come up when you switch during use. Or, if you prefer fast access to voice dictation, just put the Apple stock keyboard below the preferred third party keyboard and you can get that option with one tap of the keyboard-switch button.

(All this typed with Swype.)
 
ghostface147 said:
I have really been digging fleksy. They also want full access, but it's not necessary for the keyboard to work. I found this on their website....do I believe them? Well they haven't been giving me a reason to not to:

http://feedback.fleksy.com/knowledgebase/articles/420838-privacy-policy-fleksy-ios
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That is what they say now, but they still collect your data. Also, they may change their policy at any time. How often do you plan to recheck their policy?

"Updates
Periodically, we may make updates to this privacy policy, which will be posted on our web site and within our application. Please check these sources regularly to view our most recent policy."
 
Chris in DC said:
What I think I like most about Swype is how its dark keyboard has numbers and special characters accessible from the default layout (by holding down the character for the alternate). Also, I don't like how SwiftKey doesn't automatically add a space after inserted punctuation. In contrast, Swype even has quick-drag shortcuts for most standard punctuation, followed by a space when appropriate (e.g. periods and commas, but not dashes).

And for people concerned with emoji access (regardless of keyboard), really it just acts like the Apple stock keyboard, with the option to switch to the emoji keyboard as you do with stock. If you put the emoji keyboard just below the preferred keyboard in the settings, it will be the first one to come up when you switch during use. Or, if you prefer fast access to voice dictation, just put the Apple stock keyboard below the preferred third party keyboard and you can get that option with one tap of the keyboard-switch button.

(All this typed with Swype.)
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One thing to note: If, say, you want to type a ? with M, you can either long hold the M to get the ?, or quick hit the M and slide to spacebar. I rather liked that.

The only problem I have is when starting a quotation. I get:

" Hello this is a quote."

In other words, it is not clear to me how to get the opening quote without the space.
 
this site with all these new photos of the iPhone 6+ and iOS 8 seems like android-htc-samsung dedicate one
 
arian19 said:
Worst part about this keyboard, is that it requires full access for word prediction... which means the keyboard is no longer sandboxed.

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This keyboard is also completely free, which begs the question how are they making money. They are probably data-minning the words we type. Like Apple said we are its product.
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And this full access is exactly why I deleted it with in minutes of downloading it.
 
Solamar22 said:
One thing to note: If, say, you want to type a ? with M, you can either long hold the M to get the ?, or quick hit the M and slide to spacebar. I rather liked that.

The only problem I have is when starting a quotation. I get:

" Hello this is a quote."

In other words, it is not clear to me how to get the opening quote without the space.
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That's strange, I'm able to type opening quotes without the space.

"Hello this is a quote."

Typed that by starting with the held-down "l" and swiping the word. The problem I'm having, however, is that the quotation mark doesn't always take the first time when I access it by holding down "l."

Seems that, overall, there may be a few minor bugs, which will no doubt be worked out in later iterations.
 
ioioos said:
MS already bundles a superior WPM version of swiftkey free on Windows phone.
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well thats great for the 5 people in the world that are on WP lol

Anyway, it's sad that Apple is allowing keyloggers on the app store. The stock iOS keyboard since 2007 has been perfect. Not as good as the old Blackberry physical keyboards (I can type a novel on those) but damn close.
 
Amacfa said:
Swift kinda sucks, maybe its just me.
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It's just you. SwiftKey's text prediction is much better than Apple's. The swipe texting is a fun added feature. And the fact that you can put basic punctuation without needing to switch between keyboard screens is a big plus.

Chris in DC said:
Also, I don't like how SwiftKey doesn't automatically add a space after inserted punctuation.
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This is an annoyance for sure, but the keyboard does it the correct way on Android, so I am guessing this will be fixed in an update.

mkaen said:
Incorrect. They specifically mentioned in the keynote [edit: and on the website] that it is done locally, on the device.
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Which is part of the reason why the predictive text on the iPhone is horrible compared to other "full access" keyboards.
 
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acedout said:
The reason that everyone goes to third party keyboards on Android is due to the fact the included one is so bad! Apple already give us a perfectly capable keyboard.

That said, I'd love to see M$ do a custom version for iOS office. I bet that's on the cards, especially given they've just released a x-OS BT keyboard.

BTW Did anyone read their wiki/support page? Apparently it only communicates with the included App. Make you wonder how the other keyboards did predictive text. It's dangerous allowing full access in my opinion, as who knows what they might change in the future.

If you are worried, then email them for your data:

"The UK Data Protection Act 1998 gives you the right to access information held by SwiftKey about you. For more information please email ukdp@swiftkey.com."
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What I find totally amazing is that Apple with all it's BILLIONS, can't do something as bloody basic as put together say half a dozen different keyboard layouts/options and put them into iOS and let the user pick which one they like best.

It's not exactly rocket science, and something that should of been built in years ago.
 
Amacfa said:
Swift kinda sucks, maybe its just me.
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No is not just you.

Your average iPhone loving Android Hater has bashed anything other than Apple's tap on glass old slow keyboard for years.

Being as stubborn as Apple is has denied iPhone users these wonderful fast and easy keyboards for ages. Now that Apple has come to it's senses and overcome their fears, everyone benefits.
 
arian19 said:
Worst part about this keyboard, is that it requires full access for word prediction... which means the keyboard is no longer sandboxed.

This keyboard is also completely free, which begs the question how are they making money. They are probably data-minning the words we type. Like Apple said we are its product.
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I expect that they will offer IAPs soon with themes and then they will start raking in the money. I suspect that they want to gain large market share first -- which it appears that they have done.

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Reason077 said:
Arrgh, so SwiftKey is stealing credit card numbers?! That obviously explains how they're making money.

Why are Apple allowing this!!
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SwiftKey is not a new company. They are well established and at the top of their game. If they were stealing personal data, they would have likely been found out years ago. Edit: I assume you were being sarcastic. ;)
 
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