Swiftkey virtual keyboard dispenses with need for space bar
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RubyToogood
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In that video there seems to be a button on the right hand side which he's using to scroll through predictions. I don't seem to have this but I'm pretty sure this is the version I have.
I'm liking the sound of this. Based on Markov chaining, it seems.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain
Underneath all the impenetrable maths in that page, the basic idea is that you predict what is about to happen based on known prior patterns.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain
Underneath all the impenetrable maths in that page, the basic idea is that you predict what is about to happen based on known prior patterns.
ChrisC
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ChrisC
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Yeah I like it, and only used it a few times. Cheers.
purenarcotic
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I have just installed the free trial. It's taking a bit of getting used to but it certainly speeds things up. Not having to use the space bar is well confusing though. 
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I still prefer it to Tapatalk. Most of the time.Editor already cheated me out of £3 saying forum runner is good
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Tapatalk is great and well supported to.
my dads got himself an ipad, after being completely technophobic for many years (he was the pioneer in my house, when I was a young'un, being the only one who knew how to program the timer on the VCR, but then got left behind by his kids and my ma when home computers became popular...).
Is there anything similar to swiftkey for apple devices? Either that or a keyboard that comes in traditional alphabetical order? Anything simpler than learning "qwerty" when you've been eligible for a free bus pass for a few years, anyway.
Is there anything similar to swiftkey for apple devices? Either that or a keyboard that comes in traditional alphabetical order? Anything simpler than learning "qwerty" when you've been eligible for a free bus pass for a few years, anyway.
I might try swiftkey because typing more than a paragraph on a tablet, even a 10" one is a bit of an ordeal.
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http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1356798
I wouldn't say it is great, it doesn't let you vote in polls or even see them, it doesn't alert you to alerts, it has a horrible 'love' button instead of like, and it doesn't like Joomla. It's better than forum runner but it isn't great
@Jon
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1356798
I wouldn't say it is great, it doesn't let you vote in polls or even see them, it doesn't alert you to alerts, it has a horrible 'love' button instead of like, and it doesn't like Joomla. It's better than forum runner but it isn't great
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
Swiftkey is shite (for me!)...Not a day goes by where it 'flips' and stops letting me enter every word, like when I go to the next word it replaces whatever word I typed with a space.
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hiraethified
Apple doesn't like consumers to have choice when it comes to keyboards so you've got no chance.
magneze
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That one seems to have been fixed by the latest update.
There is a free alternative to Swiftkey that I use on my Samsung Galaxy S3. It is called Go Keyboard. It works in the same way as Swiftkey putting a green line on the keyboard where you swipe. I am getting on better with this than an old version of Swiftkey that I tried on my HTC.
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hiraethified
You should maybe give the never version a go. It ain't 'alf good.
One of the things that I missed from my HTC that isn't on the S3 is the mini trackball that lets you move the curser back and forth across the text. With Go Keyboard it gives you a set of arrows for moving the cursor forward, backward, up and down. I don't see that on your picture of Swiftkey. Gwan go download it and check it out. It is free.
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