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.
One handed or laying down or just lazy = swipe
I started using it with SwiftKey and when that went shit started using it with Gboard so probably 10 years...? If I have to do it cave man style it feels impossibly slow. My wife still types each individual letter out quite happily.
It's ironic because I used to have a BlackBerry back in the day and thought I wouldn't be able to cope without a physical keyboard
I’m on Android and I swipe mostly unless autocorrect doesn’t give me the word I wanted. Very good for one-handed typing.
I don’t understand how with all the ai we have not it can’t auto correct properly with the context of the sentence, but I still can’t use letter typing as an alternative, it’s too slow
It's the only way I could have typed anything of substance for the past 2 months with a fractured elbow.
One handed and to a degree even without looking. I checked before sending, but this text right here has been written without looking at the keyboard.
I do now. I’ve been using OpenBoard for a few years after ditching the Google spyware keyboard, and recently I’ve learned about a fork of OB with gesture typing. It’s perfect if I have just one hand available.
I’ve swiped since the early days of Swype. This forked version of OB let’s you swipe only on the English layout. Swipe doesn’t work for the other two languages I use. And English isn’t my main one. Don’t see much development for the keyboard either, so I’ll probably have to wait a long time to use it as a daily driver. So, sadly I’m stuck with GB for now…
You can try AnySoftKeyboard or FlorisBoard, but both are more experimental than OB the commercial products.
Thanks for linking! Currently using OpenBoard but not a fan of the lack of swipe. FlorisBoard is en route to swipe but it's still very much in beta (but feels like alpha)
I’m not optimistic about Floris. A while ago they’ve made the decision to completely rewrite everything - a common occurrence among small-time FOSS projects, and almost always results in the project completely dying (or in a “better” case scenario, coming out of the ordeal as only a shell of its former self). Floris Board… Has not had any receipt in a while.
But fortunately with this fork of OB existing, there isn’t much need for it anymore. It would be nice to have a selection of modern FOSS keyboards, but, ah well.
Oh nice! Will try this out thanks for sharing!
Does it work with password manager apps like Google keyboard does?
Idk I don’t use those.
Almost always. I never really got the hang of tapping – I don’t write all that often on my phone, so I don’t have the accuracy down. Swyping lets me use my general knowledge of the keyboard to make up for my poor accuracy.
Constantly! Probably like 30%-40% of my typing is one-handed by swiping.
Well let’s be honest it not better when you are typing with two hands… But with one hand it’s actually looks daddy and convince are r to
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This was a wild one
It just knows what you type one handed.
Testing swipe to type. Fast when correct. But damn did i have to teepee so many times.
Ever since I had a smart phone
Type.
Swipe is weird and I don’t like it.
Always, it’s faster
No. I tried it but I wasn’t patient enough to get it calibrated to my needs.
Nope, typing this with buttons on a virtual keyboard right now! I mainly use a desktop for most of the day, so I just prefer using the same system on mobile too.
Yep, super helpful for one handed use, especially with how big phones are these days
I enabled it by accident once, can’t say I understand how to pull it off!
Test test. Okay it’s kinda faster… I’m gonna try to use it more often!
Been using it since it came out.
It’s really cool for typing one-handed.
I used it for a while back when SwiftKey was good.
Fell out of the habit years ago, it never felt any faster for me.
I started out using the Swype app back before it was a common feature. It works well for me and I’ve been using it ever since. The learning curve is not steep and it speeds up my typing back at least a factor of two.
Sausage fingers. Swiping is much more reliable than trying to hit the little squares…
Swipe to type always confused me, I just tapaway.
I use both! Mostly tap, but I use swipe enough that I would miss it if the feature was suddenly missing.
hate to admit it but yeah mainly when i’m driving.
For your safety, and more importantly, the safety of other drivers, bikers, and pedestrians… DONT TOUCH YOUR PHONE WHILE DRIVING!
You might not care about your life, but please dont take others. Please dont be selfish
No, haven’t tried it.
I’m typing using a wild mix of swiping and typing…
I’m bilingual and the English keyboard is way better than the German… I have to type way more if I write in German. Which is quite annoying - therefore I tend to use a lot of English vocab when writing with my family because it is just plain faster.
Good ol’ Fruit Ninja typing. Love it!
i never do. im quite an old school mobile typer in general - i dont use any autocorrect features, barely use autocomplete word suggestions… i type with two fingers which are my left index finger and right thumb. call me crazy, but it works wonders for me, and whenever i display my mobile typing speed people are amazed. can definitely recommend trying to type without any assistance for a while because it can ultimately lead to some very strong results :3
Aussiemandeus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
For years now, and people are still amazed to watch me to it.
Today@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Same, mostly my iphone friends. I don’t know why fewer of them seem to use it.
basskitten@lemmy.world 1 year ago
iPhone didn’t have native swipe keyboard until 2019. I’m guessing a lot of people had iPhones for years without having a native swipe option so they just never bothered with it. I’m definitely in that category. Honestly I totally forgot it was even a thing until reading this post just now. After years of practice I’m crazy fast with two thumb typing, I can only imagine swipe would slow me down to the point of irritation.