Thank you so much for your comment! (I indeed am continually impressed by HackerNews's capabilities in this regard.) > If I remember right the core would take

Thank you so much for your comment! (I indeed am continually impressed by HackerNews's capabilities in this regard.) > If I remember right the core would take the exact touch points less seriously on a small screen but on a big screen usage might go back and forth between very accurate and sloppy. Do you mean that the points taken would fluctuate between more and less accurately/precise only the screens, or was the point selection consistent but the results poor? Re: your guess about principled approach, that's kinda funny and ironic how a poorly-written bunch of code can be better than something very precise. > The other thing is that there was a race to the bottom on price Slightly ignorant as a customer but iirc while Swype had a paid option it also had a free option like the competition then (and now). Would this imply that Keyboard companies need external funding/or be bought over by MS etc?