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Out of curiosity...sure you type less, but do you need to think more about which abbreviation was which word? In iOS I maintain a small list of abbreviations (
by leokennis 3y ago
Out of curiosity...sure you type less, but do you need to think more about which abbreviation was which word?
In iOS I maintain a small list of abbreviations (@@ expands to my e-mail address, lk expands to my name etc.) but if it was hundred(s) I'd probably lose more time thinking about "what was the abbreviation of 'online meeting' again" or correcting accidental abbreviations that are part of normal words, than I'd save time typing...but maybe that's just me.
- orlp 3y agoI think it depends on your typing speed, your target speed, and how much time you want to spend learning the method. On desktop I type 110-130 WPM so such a shortcut wouldn't really help in all but the most extreme examples in day to day work. On mobile my typing speed is much, much lower and I extensively use autocomplete. But even at the high end of typing speed there's still a use case for shortcuts, it's just called stenography and it requires specialized software and/or hardware and tons of training.
- matthewtse 3y agoIn iOS, I tried some very simple abbreviations (like 2 characters), and it drove me insane when a typo triggered the abbreviation expansion when I didn't want it, so never got that feature working for me.