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I don't understand this. If I'm typing on a computer and I make a typo, I'll fix it. Why not on my phone with autocorrect? Either have it on and fix the "errors" (more like false positives) it makes, or turn it off. π€·ββοΈπ
Naw, trying to fix the corrected correction for autocorrect is so annoying. Agreed with the computer scenario but with phoneβ¦β¦ maybe if it was a flip phone, you have more con control with that, not a βsmartβ phone.
I'm going to just take a guess: Most people who have a problem with autocorrect type each letter individually by pressing each letter?
I almost never have an issue with autocorrect because I type in either of two ways:
In both cases, correcting is very fast. Much faster than corrections using a real, physical keyboard, which you said you would do. So really, logically I have no reason to be annoyed with autocorrect β and I am also actually not annoyed with it. π
I hope this might help someone.
Possibly. I'm in that group, for what it's worth.
Then there is/was this feature that resizes key hitboxes on the fly, based on prediction. I'm unaware if that's still a thing, but at the time, it absolutely screwed with my thumb-typing muscle-memory in the worst way. Until I learned about this, I was convinced that I was just garbage at hitting the keys, then I started seeing it mis-register keypresses when I looked closely.
From all that I think I see the problem. These systems are compromises for a huge range of different users and communication styles. So it's going to be pretty mid for a lot of folks until (people like me) move to the middle where the software wants people to be. Were it not for the sake of clear, personalized, and expressive communication, I'd be on board with that.
It's been pretty great for single-thumb typing ever since it started being common, many years ago.
Could you give me an example of this? Also which keyboard do you use as input? iOS/Android?
I'm using whatever the stock keyboard is on Google Android. Since we're on the topic, I'm open to suggestions. Especially if I'm going to re-train to swiping inputs.
It's hard to pin down anything specific as an example. If I had to sum it up, its usually where I want to use a long word with a common root for others. There could be eight or so different ways to go for auto-completion, but my choice is seldom in the top three.
Is the stock keyboard GBoard nowadays? That's what I use. It has swipe typing built-in. But if you want more privacy, I'd try FUTO keyboard. It's pretty darn solid IMO, especially for a FOSS and gratis keyboard.
I understand your position and for me Iβm not sure if itβs my age or starting with flip phone I can type faster than smart phone with no error.
When technology evolved your examples came in order of 2 then 1. I did do option 2 but the phones kept getting βsmarterβ. At this point I just over it and these βsmartβ phones are doing too much. Which Im slowly reverting back to a flip phone. Well a smart flip phone if theyβre still around, need some apps to live in this world.
I understand if age might be a limiting factor here. I'm nearing 40 myself. But I still think phones are getting smarter, rather than "'smarter'". Phones are incredibly capable these days. It's the app makers who are making shit apps, more like. Designed to hog our attention and waste our time.
But the phones just run what they're told to run, bless them. π₯°
My kids keep asking me if they can play games on my phone, which can definitely run games very well. I tell them I have no games on it (which is the truth), and they let me have my phone to myself. π Also no TikTok or Snapchat and garbage like that. π They will learn to be bored and find/make entertainment themselves, like I did damnit!
the amount of effort it takes me to ignore a typo that I've noticed is far greater than what it takes to fix it
however, seeking typos in a long passage is admite story
I'm not going to edit that word, duck it
The thing with swipe typing is that it is also touch typing, so you can tell immediately when you make a mistake, just like with a physical keyboard. So while typing this comment e.g., I only paused to look down to type "e.g." because it involved the periods. Otherwise everything was done looking at the text itself, allowing me to catch errors immediately. π No need to search.
I keep turning it off, but it always finds its way back on somehow. It pisses me off.
Which keyboard do you use, out of curiosity?
I was using Google's until recently. Now I am using FUTO.
Ah yeah. I tried FUTO but I felt like it was less accurate than GBoard. Otherwise I would definitely use it. Great product for the price. π