Grrrr Spacebar

Droid800 · 01-20-2011, 03:31 AM

I swear to GOD if my Nexus drops another spacebar touch I'm going to boomerang it into a light pole!

Seriously though, has anyone noticed how crummy the responsiveness is? I don't know if its the placement of the keys (They go right to the edge instead of leaving a gap between the keys and digitizer edge, like it is with the portrait keyboard and the iPhone's) Touch sensitivity is, of course, bad at the edge of screens, so that's why I think it keeps missing the touch.

Hopefully google fixes it in a future update. Just a millimeter would be enough!

onthecouchagain · 01-20-2011, 12:07 PM

Are you on the stock Gingerbread keyboard?

I've spoken out about this issue, and issues of typing on the stock keyboard in general, many times before. You're not alone. The space bar often doesn't register hits despite clearly seeing the popup preview showing that you pressed the space bar. It results too often in words likethis.

However, at the same time, it'll sometimes do the exact opposite and register two hits when you've only pressed a key once. Usually it results in words like tthis or thiss.

Both these things happen way too frequently. I share your frustration.

I talk more about it here in this thread: http://forum.androidcentral.com/sams...sensitive.html.

I also argue that the iPhone touch screen and keyboard is far more responsive and reliable. It's a shame Gingerbread keyboard doesn't compare. Have you tried Better Keyboard 8? That's a wonderful alternative and I see those issues occur less frequently.

bclapper · 01-20-2011, 03:51 PM

On a somewhat kind of similar note I've noticed that when I'm playing Angry Bird and I'm pulling the slingshot almost straight down to where my finger is at the edge of the screen it stops sensing my touch and pulls up a little. This always f's me up... I've realized how dumb this post is now and don't expect anyone to respond but I've typed it so I'm gonna post it.

Simer03 · 01-20-2011, 08:00 PM

I have the Gingerbread keyboard on my N1, and i have to agree on the above issues. Too often i get words like "thiss" or "thhis" and its really odd!

KCphotog · 01-20-2011, 08:05 PM

That drove me nuts on that phone. The Gingerbread keyboard works perfect on my Vibrant and not on the phone it was designed on. Just another notch on the list I guess. My guess is its the curved screen.

Rush Lindsay · 01-20-2011, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by KCphotog

That drove me nuts on that phone. The Gingerbread keyboard works perfect on my Vibrant and not on the phone it was designed on. Just another notch on the list I guess. My guess is its the curved screen.

It also work flawlessly on the EVO. That's so strange how it doesn't work well on the Nexus S.

Smokexz · 01-20-2011, 09:59 PM

Uh... I am typing this on my Nexus S with such simplicity. I have not a clue what issue you guys are talking about.

Sent from my Nexus S

Jalarm · 01-20-2011, 10:52 PM

I love the gingerbread keyboard. Works great for me except when I try to press the backspace I end up pressing "m" but it's a awesome keyboard for me.

Grimmy · 01-21-2011, 04:27 AM

I can't say I've noticed this issue. I find the Gingerbread keyboard to be the best tap typing style keyboard I've used on a mobile device.

On my Nexus One, I used to use Swiftkey, but relied heavily on the prediction as the tap-typing was a little off for me. I still can't decide if I like the Swype method of input better though.

grindking · 01-21-2011, 10:17 AM

I've had absolutely no issues with typing on the Nexus S. It's been an incredible upgrade in typing ability with the multi touch keyboard. I literally do not slow down now when typing. I am a plumber and have noticed that some days if my hands are rough or caloused that can affect the capacitive sensing on the typing and then you have to concentrate on getting the pad of your finger exactly flat on the screen. This isn't really anything to do with the touch sensor and more with the body defending itself from work related things