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I touchtype at around 90WPM on a keyboard and swipe/glide typing (which obviously relies heavily on autocorrect) is the only thing that makes inputting text on
by simias 9y ago
I touchtype at around 90WPM on a keyboard and swipe/glide typing (which obviously relies heavily on autocorrect) is the only thing that makes inputting text on a smartphone somewhat almost bearable for me. Otherwise I feel like I'm trying to type with mittens while drunk.
It's reasonably fast, I don't have to aim for tiny boxes with my fat fingers and it takes care of accents when I type in french. The correction algorithm is also getting better (albeit still far from perfect); sometimes it'll correct the previous word based on what I enter next. If you want me to disable this you'll have to give me a full size keyboard as a replacement.
- bambax 9y ago> you'll have to give me a full size keyboard as a replacement It seems to me, speed is only an issue for long texts, and why would people type long texts (or lots of small ones) on a phone? Can't that wait until they're in front of a proper computer? > If you want me to disable this I don't want you, or anyone, to do anything ;-) I simply find it strange that people rely on autocorrect, and then send a second message immediately afterwards, to say correctly what autocorrect got wrong. It seems it would be faster, and better, to get it right the first time than the current sequence of "type, send, proofread, retype, resend".
- hateduser2 9y agoThat’s not really the current sequence though. That only rarely happens to me. Autocorrect is probably good for me actually.
- simias 9y agoEven writing a ~100 char text manually on a phone is extremely frustrating for me. And well, sometimes you try to be fast and you hit "send" before you take the time to proofread correctly.