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> autocorrect has started to be extremely aggressive and frequently very wrong First thing I do when setting up a new phone is turning off auto correct and aut

> autocorrect has started to be extremely aggressive and frequently very wrong First thing I do when setting up a new phone is turning off auto correct and auto capitalization. Yes, I still make mistakes, but I prefer becoming quite handy at using my backspace button than having to fight the auto correct all damn time.

smcl 5y ago
Yeah for all my complaining, autocorrect is still just about a net benefit but it’s MUCH less than it once was.
- rubyfan 5y ago
  it’s funny how when it doesn’t work the negative feels is perhaps much stronger than the positive feeling when it works correctly
  - hulitu 5y ago
    Autocorrect always picks the wrong word on android.
winternett 5y ago
Thank goodness it is not just me noticing that spell check and typing functionality is degrading! I have also noticed that touch sensitivity has increased and decreased based on which app I am using. I used to never click on ads on Twitter, but now mistake clicks happen frequently (as an example). I miss the BlackBerry days a lot, security and trustworthiness with the company was paramount as well and now that's all a fond memory... People laughed at the demise of the company's dominance, but I knew way back then that it was a key aspect of reliability that died with the company... sniff I still have my old 3g Blackberry touch screen model, if things keep going bad I may try to get it reactivated (if that's even possible) and then grow a beard and move up to a log cabin in the mountains. :P
- Wowfunhappy 5y ago
  > I have also noticed that touch sensitivity has increased and decreased based on which app I am using. ...no way, really?! Could any iOS developers chime in on whether their are actually ways for apps to control this?
guenthert 5y ago
Autocorrect is an awful feature. Humans can easily determine from context which word was meant, if a letter or two are wrong. If autocorrect picks the wrong word, as it all too often does, the meaning is lost. Instead of a lousy typist, you come across as insane.

smcl 5y ago

Yeah for all my complaining, autocorrect is still just about a net benefit but it’s MUCH less than it once was.

rubyfan 5y ago
it’s funny how when it doesn’t work the negative feels is perhaps much stronger than the positive feeling when it works correctly
- hulitu 5y ago
  Autocorrect always picks the wrong word on android.

winternett 5y ago

Thank goodness it is not just me noticing that spell check and typing functionality is degrading! I have also noticed that touch sensitivity has increased and decreased based on which app I am using. I used to never click on ads on Twitter, but now mistake clicks happen frequently (as an example). I miss the BlackBerry days a lot, security and trustworthiness with the company was paramount as well and now that's all a fond memory... People laughed at the demise of the company's dominance, but I knew way back then that it was a key aspect of reliability that died with the company... sniff I still have my old 3g Blackberry touch screen model, if things keep going bad I may try to get it reactivated (if that's even possible) and then grow a beard and move up to a log cabin in the mountains. :P

Wowfunhappy 5y ago
> I have also noticed that touch sensitivity has increased and decreased based on which app I am using. ...no way, really?! Could any iOS developers chime in on whether their are actually ways for apps to control this?

guenthert 5y ago

Autocorrect is an awful feature. Humans can easily determine from context which word was meant, if a letter or two are wrong. If autocorrect picks the wrong word, as it all too often does, the meaning is lost. Instead of a lousy typist, you come across as insane.