Swiping vs TouchType

[dkhmwilliams]

For those who prefer swiping, which keyboard do you use? I've always used swiftkey for touch typing but with swiftkey flow I kinda prefer the stock keyboard

I use the stock keyboard on my Nexus. It is the best in my opinion.

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[MaccaBird]

I use gesture/swipe. Sometimes it will give me issues, and I will have to type out the actual word I need. Other than those few times, its so much faster. The Samsung stock keyboard even knows "lol" when swiping. Usually, keyboards will put in "oil" or "loll". So the fact that I can swipe "lol" really made me a super happy person.

I may once in a while type normally, but swiping is so much faster. And I like to challenge myself, to try and use long words that I'm not sure how to spell, and then when I see the word pop up, its kind of rewarding.

 

[ztyankov]

I have Swiftkey with Flow enabled. I would say I use Flow 80% of the time and touch typing 20%. Flow has been pretty accurate so far. If you need to enter a password or email, you need to touchtype...

 

[gnr_2]

I use the stock keyboard on my Nexus. It is the best in my opinion.

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I think the stock 4.2 keyboard is now the newly released Google Keyboard. I can't see any difference between them. This way, I guess, they can add features that you couldn't get updated on stock. And anyone not on 4.2 can share in the experience.

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[SneakySnufflez]

Have tried to use the swiping method and just can't get used to it. So I'm a touch typer

 

[dkhmwilliams]

Have tried to use the swiping method and just can't get used to it. So I'm a touch typer

I felt the same at one point, but I kept using Swype and then I switched to an iPhone and didn't have Swype and I realized how much I really liked Swype. Now that I have my Nexus, I am happy to use Swype all the time.

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[gnr_2]

And I like to challenge myself, to try and use long words that I'm not sure how to spell, and then when I see the word pop up, its kind of rewarding.

SwiftKey Flow never gets this right.

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[thekC]

I'm in the wine business, and emailing countless words (wine names) from many different countries on a daily basis would make swiping pretty useless I think. Plus, Dora the Explorer says no swiping.

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[Rule9]

Depends on the humidity lol

 

[gnr_2]

I'm in the wine business, and emailing countless words (wine names) from many different countries on a daily basis would make swiping pretty useless I think. Plus, Dora the Explorer says no swiping.

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That's why you would use something that allows you to do both swipe and type when you need to.

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[scandroid2]

Personally, I think the swipe on these s4 are some of the worst I?ve encountered. I had a LG Esteem that put my s4 to shame in that department. Perhaps it's a fat finger issue:-! What an outstanding addition it would be IF they could polish off the operating ability of what should be a well refined technology by now. All other function work fine for what I use it for. Business, personal etc.. But the swipe is one of the most frustrating features of the phone. Voice to text is second on the list. Apparently both a technology that has a long way to go.