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[-] tempest@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I feel like the only people who crave the physical keyboard on a phone are the ones that still refuse to use a Swype style keyboard on a touch screen.

When they were first released it was pretty good and now it's basically perfect.

I have not had a physical keyboard since my palm pre died and have not felt the need to go back.

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 15 hours ago

The physical keyboard meant you could type under the table at a meeting, text in complete darkness, or type while watching something else. They nailed the keyshapes so that your fingers knew they key positions.

[-] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago

Swipe was great like 6 years ago. In the last five at least it's been steadily getting worse, and it's gotten significantly worse since they replaced whatever existing algorithm with their AI bullshit. Now my keyboard tries to put in slurs because the prediction is based on the internet. You delete them from the dictionary and they just pop right back up. It misspells commonly misspelled words now too.

[-] Zarobi@aussie.zone 6 points 1 day ago

~~Trash everytime In your issuing Thurs shoot us and exerciser inn frustratingly~~

~~Yah Everton I use thistle shot of an exerciser on gridiron~~

Yah everytime I use this shot is an exerciser in frustration

Close enough

[-] Zoot@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago

You know that you can change keyboards right? Futo swipe texting works great.

[-] boobookittyfrick@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

Swipe gang rise up

[-] peacepath@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Why use swype keyboards when you can use thumb-key ?

I mean, unless your hand are such that you can type using 10 fingers while holding your phone, using a typewriter machine's keyboard (so that the branches don't mix if you type too fast?) is a total non-sens!

[-] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

That looks interesting but I'm kinda turned off that it's made by an authoritarian propagandist. And yes I know he made Lemmy too, and he's also why so many instances block ml.

[-] peacepath@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

If yo prefer a non-free option, made by a profit oriented company, "message ease" offer a similar system...

Also, using a qwerty keyboard doesn't force you to love neither Remington nor Mr Sholes...

[-] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Oh i know it's a nonsense position to take and I'm probably gonna check out the keyboard anyway, I just don't like that guy's values.

[-] peacepath@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I haven't checked them, but I think I am banned from at least some .ml things ; I am not sure if I can still see them.

[-] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

They're in a tizzy trying to convince the fediverse not to vote dem in the midterms. It's transparent as hell.

[-] mika_mika@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Using a mixture of the suggestions, swipe, and thumb typing on a touch qwerty I can write faster than I could on a keyboard, it's super easy. Even when I was practicing touch typing on a physical qwerty, my brain couldn't manage more than average 40wpm I don't think. Which is slow, if I remember. Much faster using a mixture of input styles depending on the word I am about to input. My mind pretty much instinctively knows which is gonna be the fastest method of the 3 at this point. I don't think limiting one's self to a single input style would make people like me any faster.

[-] tempest@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Honestly it's because I never felt the need to change. Looks interesting though.

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