Submitted 1 year ago by atocci@kbin.social to [deleted]
https://kbin.social/m/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world/t/191686
Is this how most people type on mobile these days, drawing lines all over a keyboard instead of tapping the individual keys? I've never had an iPhone so I don't even know if they can do this natively, but I know you can switch keyboards at least, so it should still be an option if not.
I do. Google’s Gboard even work well in multiple languages.
It took me a few days to get familiar until it’s clicked.
I switch. I’m typing this comment out key by key. But I swipe onehanded just as fast.
I usually just type as I find swiping unreliable.
As a side note, I just got a new phone with advanced haptics. This is the first time typing on a touch screen feels responsive 😯
It’s an option on iOS. I use the FUCK out of it on every device that I have, even on tablets (though only in portrait mode, and with a reduced keyboard.) Yeah sometimes we mis-swipe, and some words (like “mis-swipe!”) are not going to be recognized. But you type the weird words, swipe the rest, and then fix any mistakes by tapping on the word suggestions as you go. Besides, it’s not like you shouldn’t read it over once when you’re done. People like to blame autocorrect for their mistakes but fr what the heck happened to editing your shit??
So yes, I use swipe, and it’s objectively more efficient so everyone should!
I did use it but over the past months the input recognition got worse and worse so I switched to something completely different: thumbKey github.com/dessalines/thumb-key
Funny thing that I discovered it nd the same time I switched to lemmy as it is developed by the same guy…
It’s really unbelievable how bad swiftkey is, especially after seeing what language models can do nowadays. The number of times it has entered a totally absurd and exotic word in the wrong language in the middle of a very common phrase like ‘see you later’, is just ridiculous.
I’m testing thumb key right now. There’s definitely a learning curve, but i’ll see how fast I can get. Thanks for the tip!
I’ve used it since it was available. I would say 90% or more of my typing is swipe.
Swipe typing is the only thing that keeps me using google keyboard. Their implementation is the only one that works well for me. I think I used to use Swype before, that feels like forever ago
It was about 5 years ago that I last used Swype, and man do I miss it. Gboard, like you said, does very well. But I recall fewer frustrations with Swype when it was still supported. Sigh...
I worry about Google using the keyboard to violate my privacy so i moved to 8vin. It is a really odd keyboard but you get used to it after a few weeks.
I feel like I’m much faster swiping.
Anecdotally, around me I’m the only one that swipes. I see a lot of my friends don’t swipe, and have even had people ask me about it.
Yep, although I tend to use a combination of typing and swiping. Mostly swiping though. SwiftKey keyboard ftw (Microsoft, I wish I could quit you).
First time I ever used this was about a million years ago using (I think) the first keyboard app to introduce this; ‘Swype’ on Android. Dedicated GBoard user for years now, but swiping to type is so fast and accurate…
I have never tried it but just typed this using it and 8 have to say I quite like it. Very good
I tried it once years ago and couldn’t get into it, found it kept guessing everything wrong or I was using it wrong, not sure. But just recently I got a smartwatch and heard many people recommending it and on such a small screen, it’s incredibly good at what it does. I may try it again on my phone soon as I’m starting to like it.
no I don’t. I use a chorded keyboard called pentikeyboard
Oh, that looks interesting but with a high learning curve, haha! Kinda interested in trying it, but not sure if it supports Norwegian characters though.
It does take a bit of getting used to. But typing on it feels awesome. since it uses just 5 keys, I have also implemented a version of it that works on my digital piano to type on my pc using midi (useful for loading sheet music on screen without having to get up.
Also, I use termux on android. I like the keyboard because it doesn’t take up half the screen by itself and also allows me to “easily” use function keys and modifiers.
I’ve never tried it before but wow… It’s kinda interesting…
May play with it more now but it doesn’t really feel faster to me.
I only type when I forget I can swipe
i only do regular “tap” typing
i tried swiping and its just annoyingly inaccururate
I don’t, but I also tend to talk about stuff that tends to involve a lot of atypical names or words or slang that gets autocorrected to something wrong a lot when I use swipe, and I can’t be arse to figure out how to get it to work for that stuff, so I just stick to typing it out most of the time. It just feels more natural for me.
Honestly no
By the time it was added to iPhones I was already entrenched enough in just tapping that I never bothered learning how to swipe type.
I’m a two handed typer though, so I can see the benefit with a single finger typing
I used to do it when phones had smaller touch screens. Now I type with both thumbs. That is a lot faster than swiping with one finger
A lot of keyboards have a one-hand mode that really helped and kept me using the swipe typing even as the screens kept getting bigger.
Yes, even though my language makes it a bit frustrating to use at times.
When the stars align and my text mostly contains dictionary words, it can even be faster than typing on PC. However… my language is agglutinative, meaning that we like to add stuff to the end of our words to mean possession, direction, objective case, person, etc. That means that for every single unique case I need to add that modified word to the dictionary to be able to swipe it the next time. However, after a few years, it seems to be working really well : ).
Yes, 100%, I use an iPhone 13 mini and iOS’s one-handed swipe keyboard (right handed swiping on right side singlehand keyboard mode) is my default way of messaging. It goes very fast and detects language changes very accurately as well!
I find it too hit or miss at the speed i want to swipe at. It usually has a hard time getting the word, so it would just be faster to type it even without all of the mistakes
This is the first time I try this. This is a lot of fun!
Not always. I’m not typing so fast.
I still use nintype even though the dev disappeared years ago. Simultaneous double swiping and a VERY good learning dictionary. You can hit like 80 wpm without much effort.
Yes, I have been using swipe typing since the Nokia N9, which had this feature. However, there was a gap in my use when the iPhone didn’t support custom keyboards. It wasn’t until they introduced the capability and implemented it natively that I started using swipe typing again.
I do more often then not and I’m on iOS
It’s usually more accurate for me and requires less energy since I don’t have to lift up my finger much.
Yes and I love it. Was so happy iOS added it natively
Tag365@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I don’t use swiping motions to type, at most I’ve used it a few times over the years.