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> Aggressive lookbehind correction: these days you have to be seriously on your guard for your keyboard to not sneak-edit something you typed 5 words back If I

by takinola 10mo ago

> Aggressive lookbehind correction: these days you have to be seriously on your guard for your keyboard to not sneak-edit something you typed 5 words back If I ever meet the person that invented lookbehind correction, I’m not sure I’ll be able to restrain myself. This person has robbed me of my peace of mind as I now have to be on guard every time I type anything on a mobile keyboard

firefax 10mo ago
>If I ever meet the person that invented lookbehind correction, I’m not sure I’ll be able to restrain myself. your comment reminds me of this comic from the 2000s that became a bit of a meme back in the day swap out "comic sans" with "aggressive lookbehind correction" and it'd fit perfectly ;-) https://www.achewood.com/2007/07/05/title.html https://www.achewood.com/2007/07/05/title.html
foobarian 10mo ago
See this is why I turn off absolutely all autocorrection on iOS. I still make mistakes but now they are my mistakes. And I can type whatever I want without interference
- walterbell 10mo ago
  Can be disabled on multiple devices by Apple Configurator MDM XML plist file.
- SoftTalker 10mo ago
  Wow I didn't realize that was possible. I just turned off all auto correction and predictive text. Working much better already.
  - ethbr1 10mo ago
    Apple’s settings are an absolute dumpster fire from a discoverability perspective.
- moi2388 10mo ago
  I didn't even know this was possible. Thats great.
- happymellon 10mo ago
  Except that if you watched the video, you would see that this is not true.
- vintermann 10mo ago
  The importance of letting people make their own mistakes rather than yours, is what our culture is missing in all sorts of areas.
  - egorfine 10mo ago
    This is a hugely underrated comment.
- BeFlatXIII 10mo ago
  I type like a drunkard from the autocorrection on modern phones.
- WorldMaker 10mo ago
  I keep switching it back on after having it off for a while. I want some autocorrect. I often like the type ahead suggestions. I just really hate the "update behind" mechanic. It's real frustrating that Apple has decided to put just about everything under only a single Settings switch and won't break it out into individual things. It's also frustrating that for about half an iOS version Apple seemed to have caught on that the update behind was catching people off guard and implemented an extra, more obvious change animation. The whole word flashed in a bright blue or yellow when it changed and had a visible undo button. That was useful. But then the button didn't survive the next point release and the animation kept getting subtler again until it disappeared.

firefax 10mo ago

>If I ever meet the person that invented lookbehind correction, I’m not sure I’ll be able to restrain myself. your comment reminds me of this comic from the 2000s that became a bit of a meme back in the day swap out "comic sans" with "aggressive lookbehind correction" and it'd fit perfectly ;-) https://www.achewood.com/2007/07/05/title.html https://www.achewood.com/2007/07/05/title.html

foobarian 10mo ago

See this is why I turn off absolutely all autocorrection on iOS. I still make mistakes but now they are my mistakes. And I can type whatever I want without interference

walterbell 10mo ago
Can be disabled on multiple devices by Apple Configurator MDM XML plist file.
SoftTalker 10mo ago
Wow I didn't realize that was possible. I just turned off all auto correction and predictive text. Working much better already.
- ethbr1 10mo ago
  Apple’s settings are an absolute dumpster fire from a discoverability perspective.
moi2388 10mo ago
I didn't even know this was possible. Thats great.
happymellon 10mo ago
Except that if you watched the video, you would see that this is not true.
vintermann 10mo ago
The importance of letting people make their own mistakes rather than yours, is what our culture is missing in all sorts of areas.
- egorfine 10mo ago
  This is a hugely underrated comment.
BeFlatXIII 10mo ago
I type like a drunkard from the autocorrection on modern phones.
WorldMaker 10mo ago
I keep switching it back on after having it off for a while. I want some autocorrect. I often like the type ahead suggestions. I just really hate the "update behind" mechanic. It's real frustrating that Apple has decided to put just about everything under only a single Settings switch and won't break it out into individual things. It's also frustrating that for about half an iOS version Apple seemed to have caught on that the update behind was catching people off guard and implemented an extra, more obvious change animation. The whole word flashed in a bright blue or yellow when it changed and had a visible undo button. That was useful. But then the button didn't survive the next point release and the animation kept getting subtler again until it disappeared.