What.are.you.talking.about.the.iOS.keyboard.is.just.fine

AnotherGoodName 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

This isn't just double space = '.' either since you can just turn that off in options.

iOS also changes the keyboard layout depending on usage. So when you're in a browser like safari or Chrome and you tap the address bar which these days is 99% used as a search bar with no particular need for a prominent '.' you get a prominent '.' for no good reason.

A huge '.' right next to the space that's not even correctly recognizing the touch area in a context where you actually likely type '.' less often than any other form of writing. You cannot change this behavior.

Fwiw i made a mistake of switching to iOS from Android due to a lot of peer pressure. "iOS is better, you should switch" the wife said. Well I've switched. Now i have a terrible keyboard, i don't have any call screening and non existing text spam filtering. I'm yet to see any improvements.

	▲	rogerrogerr 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		There’s two great reasons to have a prominent . key in the search/address bar: 1. For typing actual web addresses 2. More importantly, for typing “site:reddit.com”

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nixpulvis 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I remember when this first became an issue, then they tweaked something and I noticed it a lot less. Something changed again recently (last couple years) where this is happening a lot again.

I appreciate how Apple pioneered the touchscreen mobile device, largely due to the implementation of the keyboard, but it needs to be more stable than this.

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rationalist 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Rhe Androidmkeyboard is jusr fine roo.

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striking 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

SwiftKey was actually good. I could pound out a solid 30WPM without even trying, no typos. But then they added a "Ask Bing" context menu item to all my selections after an update and after leaving it on principle I've been suffering ever since.

	▲	pzo 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Yeah also I thinkc they rewrote it in some crappy way because app got so bad and laggy and irresponsible that I had to remove it.
	▲	mackeye 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		try thumb-key [0] if you're willing to go for something unorthodox :-) the swipe-style keyboard cut my typos by ~90% (though i was particularly bad at using phone keyboards, lol). [0]: https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key

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verall 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

this is what all of my texts from my pixel look like

but it's nice to hear it's no better for the apples. misery enjoys company :)

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oulipo2 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

that's the most annoying to me, when they put a large "enter" key, or "@" or "." just next to the space, and you want to type with both hands, and you keep hitting that with the right thumb

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altairprime 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeahxright, worksnfor me