3 ms·
For me autocompletion is the second thing I turn off on a phone (right after vibrate on touch). There is nothing more annoying than writing a word correctly, an
by thecatspaw 8y ago
For me autocompletion is the second thing I turn off on a phone (right after vibrate on touch). There is nothing more annoying than writing a word correctly, and autocomplete "fixing" it, just because it was slang word, or a word in another language because I forgot the english word in that moment.
- LeifCarrotson 8y agoA lot of that is because the minimal phone keyboard doesn't give you a good UI to accept or decline a suggested autocompletion. With a keyboard and mouse and large monitor, you can display the completion prompt and let the user select or ignore from the various options with Ctrl-Space or similar. When "Select the first autocomplete over what I typed" is the default behavior, yeah, that sucks. I often end up using the "key combo" Space,Backspace,Space to accept the autocomplete on my phone. But I definitely see utility in offering a correction for, eg. 'DateTime.Format("yyyy-mm-dd" -> yyyy-MM-dd' or any of the million other idioms that we have to remember or look up. What I don't understand is how Kite can offer useful local-only suggestions - Is the default dictionary that comes with it preloaded with a million lines of open source, or is it literally just my code being suggested?