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I don't think any method of input that relies on auto-complete, suggestions or predictions can ever reach the utility of a physical keyboard. Also, most people
by purplelobster 14y ago
I don't think any method of input that relies on auto-complete, suggestions or predictions can ever reach the utility of a physical keyboard. Also, most people have invested years learning the normal qwerty keyboard, I don't see how people would be willing to adopt anything new unless it's better in all cases (including corner cases like <>!/\{}[]), or they have absolutely no choice (T9).
The only way I could see any improvement for touch screens is if you could track finger tips while they're hoovering, so that you get more information to disambiguate what the user is intending.
- jiggy2011 14y agoAutocomplete is a bugbear of mine, since it's the fastest way to type on a touch keyboard and people have a bad habit of not proof reading stuff that they are sending. It seems that at least every few days I get an Email like this. Subject: Very Important! < Incomprehensible > Sent from my iPhone
- purplelobster 14y agoWell, that is certainly one of the main problems with it. For me it comes down to the edge cases. My Apple password contains letters, numbers and special characters. It takes me about a minute to type it on the iPhone. If you have to rely on auto complete for edge cases, then you can never accomplish more than the most shallow content creation, such as sexting or 5 word emails.