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Swiftkey was almost perfect. Then came last big release (not this one) and started to insert spaces between perfectly written combined words as well as adding w

by eitland 14y ago

Swiftkey was almost perfect. Then came last big release (not this one) and started to insert spaces between perfectly written combined words as well as adding what seems like a hard coded "correction" of i to I regardless of context. (One of the languages I write uses i a lot.) Someone else reported it, I and several others voted the bug, nothing happens. I still use it but now it may take days after a new firmware before I care to reinstall.

sandGorgon 14y ago
can you link to the bug please ? I thought it was something wrong with my typing.
StavrosK 14y ago
They really aren't very responsive. I don't think it should take so long to make changes this trivial. What you describe is a new feature that can tell if you missed a space, but, since it's a problem for you, they should have added a simple checkbox where you can disable it. I have no idea why many companies don't release often. I find that it wouldn't store words I've told it to remember and would constantly tell me they're misspelt, or it would remember bogus words and would continuously autocorrect them. Meanwhile, the stock Android keyboard is pretty nice, I don't know how long SwiftKey will continue selling when they are this sluggish. On top of that, the "send feedback" feature on the mobile phone redirects you to a forum where you have to go through a lengthy registration process just to post something. I'm really disappointed and frustrated by SwiftKey's (nonexistent) customer support.
gareim 14y ago
Not only that, but instead of a newline button now, there's a shortcut to emoticons. Because somehow that's more important than inserting a new line.
- DeadMonkey321 14y ago
  That's customizable isn't it? When I text I'd much rather have emoticons than a newline, whereas it's opposite with emails, and I've found that Swiftkey does a good job switching between them (somehow).
  - gareim 14y ago
    To my knowledge, there isn't a setting that changes it, but if you know of one, please let me know! I tend to send pretty longform texts to my girlfriend, so it's a bigger deal to me than probably most people. Of course, recently we've been using Whatsapp instead and that works perfectly fine.

by eitland 14y ago

sandGorgon 14y ago

can you link to the bug please ? I thought it was something wrong with my typing.

StavrosK 14y ago

They really aren't very responsive. I don't think it should take so long to make changes this trivial. What you describe is a new feature that can tell if you missed a space, but, since it's a problem for you, they should have added a simple checkbox where you can disable it. I have no idea why many companies don't release often. I find that it wouldn't store words I've told it to remember and would constantly tell me they're misspelt, or it would remember bogus words and would continuously autocorrect them. Meanwhile, the stock Android keyboard is pretty nice, I don't know how long SwiftKey will continue selling when they are this sluggish. On top of that, the "send feedback" feature on the mobile phone redirects you to a forum where you have to go through a lengthy registration process just to post something. I'm really disappointed and frustrated by SwiftKey's (nonexistent) customer support.

gareim 14y ago

Not only that, but instead of a newline button now, there's a shortcut to emoticons. Because somehow that's more important than inserting a new line.

DeadMonkey321 14y ago
That's customizable isn't it? When I text I'd much rather have emoticons than a newline, whereas it's opposite with emails, and I've found that Swiftkey does a good job switching between them (somehow).
- gareim 14y ago
  To my knowledge, there isn't a setting that changes it, but if you know of one, please let me know! I tend to send pretty longform texts to my girlfriend, so it's a bigger deal to me than probably most people. Of course, recently we've been using Whatsapp instead and that works perfectly fine.