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
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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
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.
No, haven't tried it. I use voice to text when possible, i.e. quiet environment, no nearby ppl to annoy.
I use both! Mostly tap, but I use swipe enough that I would miss it if the feature was suddenly missing.
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...
Yup, been using Google keyboard pretty reliably for 8 years or so, but still need to use popup options and proofread and make corrections. I find the voice "typing" faster and more accurate now, but don't want to speak to my phone when people are around.
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.
I swipe and tap to type. It really depends on what I'm doing. If I'm typing one handed, swiping is really nice and super fast. I'll also swipe to type if my phone is on the table and I'm only typing with one finger. If I'm using both hands, I will generally tap to type.
Edit to add I used SwiftKeys on Android
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For a long time, maybe since they introduced it until about 2 years ago, and then I feel like they really got the voice to text down, and I mostly use that now
I find it to be much slower and less accurate than standard typing with autocorrect. I try from time to time for fun, or when I have only one hand available, but it's not something to be used day to day.
I only type when I forget I can swipe
This is the first time I try this. This is a lot of fun!
Ever since Swype came out I've been using it. I tried to use swiftkey and gboard when swype stopped updating. But I went back to Swype even if it is deprecated it just feels better to me
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I had to think about this for a bit but I think I do both a bit of swiping and typing with my thumbs. I think swiping is especially useful one handed, imo.
Depends on the keyboard. I'm currently using Florisboard and swipe is nigh unusable. Lol
There are also no suggestions and no autocorrect (even though i usually have it turned off anyway).
Wait, why am i using this again...?
Edit: i am now trying 8Vim. Oh god. Send help.
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.
Not always. I'm not typing so fast.
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 with all of the mistakes
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).
I do if I need to type something really really quickly, but I still type normally if I'm trying to carefully format something with proper grammar and all that (like a Lemmy reply, for example!)
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.
I do more often then not and I’m on iOS
I still to this day hate touch only phones and wish I had physical keys again. That being said, I use swipe, and it makes things a lot more tolerable.
As with a few others I only really use it when I’m using the phone one handed. If I’m eating and want to reply. Otherwise two thumbs tapping away is quicker for me.
Swipe to type always confused me, I just tapaway.
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.