Swiftkey virtual keyboard dispenses with need for space bar

[editor]

Anyone having trouble with SK recently? It's gone shit

I switched to the Google one ages ago.

 

[twentythreedom]

I switched to the Google one ages ago.

Is it better?

 

[editor]

Is it better?

Yep. Well, I couldn't really tell the difference at first and seeing as it's something I've never had to think about since, I guess it's doing its job well!

 

[dervish]

gboard is so much better. inline search is incredibly useful.

 

[twentythreedom]

is the Google one a separate app or already in Android?

 

[twentythreedom]

Ah, I've uninstalled SK and am using the Google one now. It works

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I've got so hard wired to where the punctuation key is in SwiftKey I get confused with others.

 

[Badgers]

gboard is so much better. inline search is incredibly useful.

I want to try this but fear change

 

[twentythreedom]

I want to try this but fear change

Fear not, comrade, I have seen the future and it is glorious

 

[Ground Elder]

You go first Badgers

 

[Badgers]

Fear not, comrade, I have seen the future and it is glorious

You go first Badgers

I have got it and it is good. Have got rid of SwiftKey already

 

[wiskey]

Anyone having trouble with SK recently? It's gone shit

I've always used SK but two days ago (predominantly on urban) it started being really weird, it won't post suggested words, or complete words when you start typing, instead I just get a load of nonsense and even if I select the correct word from suggestions it doesn't print that word but instead some random string of letters.

I put it down to my new screen protector screwing up.

ETA: and started using gboard which I hate!

 

[twentythreedom]

I've always used SK but two days ago (predominantly on urban) it started being really weird, it won't post suggested words, or complete words when you start typing, instead I just get a load of nonsense and even if I select the correct word from suggestions it doesn't print that word but instead some random string of letters

Exactly this

I'm finding the Google one ok though

 

[scifisam]

I've always used SK but two days ago (predominantly on urban) it started being really weird, it won't post suggested words, or complete words when you start typing, instead I just get a load of nonsense and even if I select the correct word from suggestions it doesn't print that word but instead some random string of letters.

I put it down to my new screen protector screwing up.

ETA: and started using gboard which I hate!

Yup, I'm getting exactly the same problem. Shame, I'd rather keep using their product than give Google even wider reach into my life.

 

[wiskey]

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ETA: that's typed with swiftkey = this post is typed with swiftkey and it won't do punctuation.

I wonder what on earth has gone wrong with it.

 

[twentythreedom]

Glad it's not just me

CBA to search Twitter but the answer to why it's gone shit is probably there

 

[twentythreedom]

I have got it and it is good. Have got rid of SwiftKey already

 

[twentythreedom]

I think that went well

 

[sim667]

Oooh I've just installed gboard. Likey.

 

[Almor]

Does gboard have cursor keys ,that's the main reason I installed SwiftKey

 

[2hats]

I’ve given in and switched to gboard. Works like SwiftKey used to originally (ie it just seems to work without suggesting gibberish to me). Some of the defaults are annoying (nosing through contacts, symbols awkward to reach) but easily fixed as it is preferences options rich. Let’s see if it degrades as badly over time as SwiftKey did with usage.

 

[Chz]

Yup, I'm getting exactly the same problem. Shame, I'd rather keep using their product than give Google even wider reach into my life.

Are you aware of who owns SwiftKey these days?
That said, I still use it. Because I always have and have no reason to change. I imagine most of the others are as good now, but hell - I paid for it, I'm going to use it.

 

[scifisam]

Are you aware of who owns SwiftKey these days?
That said, I still use it. Because I always have and have no reason to change. I imagine most of the others are as good now, but hell - I paid for it, I'm going to use it.

Nope, I wasn't. If it's also google then that makes me simultaneously less sad about leaving it and more suspicious about it suddenly becoming unusable.

 

[Chz]

Nope, I wasn't. If it's also google then that makes me simultaneously less sad about leaving it and more suspicious about it suddenly becoming unusable.

Nah, you're safe.

It's a Microsoft subsidiary now.

 

[Calamity1971]

Came on here to ask for advice about my predictive text on SK going senile and seen this thread. Installed gboard and no more issues. Why is it only happening on urban?
Cheers

 

[maomao]

It has a bug. When you press the button to use the suggested word it fills in the remaining characters of other word from the beginning rather than from the point the button is pressed. So if you start typing syphilis, get as far as syp and choose the word you want at this point it will type sypsyphi. It also randomly replaces spaces and punctuation marks with the first letter of the previous word.

It only does this to me on Urban (not that I currently use other bulletin boards) but works fine in texts and emails. It's really winding me up but I can't get on with the Google one.

 

[Calamity1971]

It's a bit weird but I nearly had a full on tantrum trying to reply to a pm today.
Even the full stop button was giving me a bloody letter.
Sticking with Google for now, although no defined boxes round the letters is odd.
The real issue is I couldn't be arsed to go upstairs for my laptop, I can't find a thread helpful for that conundrum though.

 

[Idaho]

Yep. User of SwiftKey for years. Have given it a few months to sort itself out.. But just got unusable. Switched to the Google one... Just to give the beast another vector into my soul.

 

[scifisam]

The only problem with the google keyboard is that it has a weird obsession with smoking. Always is ashtrays and tomorrow is tobacco.

 

[Almor]

It has a bug. When you press the button to use the suggested word it fills in the remaining characters of other word from the beginning rather than from the point the button is pressed. So if you start typing syphilis, get as far as syp and choose the word you want at this point it will type sypsyphi. It also randomly replaces spaces and punctuation marks with the first letter of the previous word.

It only does this to me on Urban (not that I currently use other bulletin boards) but works fine in texts and emails. It's really winding me up but I can't get on with the Google one.

Yeah I saw this recently (I don't post much)
It seems OK with swipe typing though

The closing bracket up there was an m 2 out of three times