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SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Yes please I hate fucking virtual keyboards and haptic feedback.
tell me about it. i’ve recently been sort of forced to switch from android to ios (some special circumstance) and holy shit, the virtual keyboard is atrocious.
I would immediately jump on a blackberry keyboard phone when and if one ever gets released.
What keyboard do you use? They are not all the same
God I don’t know how anyone like the haptic feedback. Turn that shit off.
Swiping is pretty cool though.
Boomers and normies appear to love it.
I fucking love haptic feedback. They suck only when the system used is a motor with a half-weight. The linear oscillating weight ones are amazing.
I like it if it’s really really subtle. Basically the minimum length vibration, which is 2ms on heliboard.
Anything longer, I find annoying.
I can’t even use they keyboard properly without haptic feedback.
I’ve been swiping for years. I can’t believe no one else in my tight circle does it.
I’ve always swiped but somehow just install voice to text. Game changer!
I’m in too many places where chatting to my phone wouldn’t go over well.
I can’t get my head round it.
It seems to work terribly on iphones, even with Google’s keyboard. (Source: one single iphone which was entirely uncooperative.)
Start with swiping not too fast and keep track on prediction bar, you often don’t have to swipe the whole word. You can take breaks mid-swipe, no problem.
I never tried swiping. Maybe i should look into that.
I hate tapping away on the glass but swiping works okay, until the phone decides a word couldn’t possibly be what you’re trying for. My most recent frustration was New Zealand, which of course worked fine this time.
I use a FOSS keyboard and it’s not very accurate, but all still way better than typing everything.
Haptic feedback maxed out plus the tap sounds with the volume turned up to 100% is the way to go.
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Might as well use a typewriter. youtu.be/o4nwe7cW_og
“Boomer mode”
Check out Unihertz. Can’t offer any advice or if they’re good, but they look interesting.
I’m very satisfied with mine. Some UI tweeks were required to adapt to the small screen.
Keyboard feels great to use but their current layout sucks majorly
narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I can type 60-70 WPM on the virtual keyboard of my phone without autocorrect. While that’s nowhere near the speed of me using a regular-sized physical keyboard, I can’t type that fast on a physical phone-sized keyboard like a Blackberry one.
I know quite a few people miss these physical smartphone keyboards, but I’d argue they were never all that great. YMMV.