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I do when one handing my phone, but when I unfold it I use both thumbs usually
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.
Honestly, I have never been able to do this. I guess I am terrible at typing.
I have a Z Fold as my phone, so I tend to switch between tapping and swiping depending on if its open or closed. I can only really swipe on the smaller screen, and have to tap on the big one. It made me wonder what others do, because before this I can't remember the last time I tapped for anything other than correcting spelling of tougher words to swipe.
It’s really the only way I type on a phone or iPad
Is it a native feature now or do you need to use a different keyboard for it?
Nope
It’s usually more accurate for me and requires less energy since I don’t have to lift up my finger much.
I thought it was going to be next level when I first saw it, maybe a decade ago. Tried it, did not like it at all.
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.
Swiping can be useful if I have fake nails on but largely I just individually tap with my thumbs
iPhones can do this natively now. I use it sometimes. It really depends on a lot of factors. How long is my message? How many hands are free? Do I feel patient right now?
Could never get into it. I'm forever pausing to think mid-word or mid-sentence, and it doesn't seem to work well in that circumstance.
The only time I've ever used swipe was when Nintype/Keyboard69 was still supported. The two finger swipe was the only time swipe could keep up with my tap typing speed, and sometimes exceed it, but since then nobody has come in and done anything as revolutionary with the typing game, and Nintype is simply too out of date and buggy, but man, I really miss it.
The only time I've ever used swipe was when Nintype/Keyboard69 was still supported. The two finger swipe was the only time swipe could keep up with my tap typing speed, and sometimes exceed it, but since then nobody has come in and done anything as revolutionary with the typing game, and Nintype is simply too out of date and buggy, but man, I really miss it.
I tend to swipe (on Android btw) whenever I only have one hand available, and type when I have both. It works really well and barely ever comes up with a wrong with.
I use it, and combining it with autocorrect and suggestions I find it really easy and fast to use.
Yes, I use it all the time, it really works well and I am much faster than typing
From time to time yeah, I heard that with enough practice I should be able to type faster
swipe for common 3+ letter words, tapping for unusual words and uncommon pronouns, and very short words. I guess I've learned what swipe is good at guessing and what it's bad at.
I use it when I'm typing one handed, but I'm also a bit of an oddball who uses the Dvorak keyboard on my phone, which comes with it's trade-offs.
For two-handed typing I like it a lot, with the vowels all on the left side of the screen I feel like I alternate between my left and right thumb pretty well.
But it does seem to make swipe typing a bit less accurate because all the vowels are all clustered together so for example bat/bot/bet/but/bit are all a bit closer together than they would be otherwise (although Gboard usually seems to a pretty good job of sorting it out from context)
Yes, started using it about a year ago and it's amazing how much easier it is.
I do. Not exclusively, but more often than not.
99% of the time I just tap the letters but maybe once in a blue moon I swipe in something. I'm closing in on 50 so it's probably just me being old
I'd love to, my phone doesn't support it, though. In the past I've used it every time.
I've been using it exclusively for nearly a decade at this point.
I use a hybrid. If I'm typing with both hands, and I need to be speedy I'll typically use regular typing, but if I'm just causally typing stuff out or only have one hand I'll use swipe. I like having the option