This keyboard is killing me

[Tarah Sorber]

I use iPhone and android i will say i prefer the iPhone keyboard i mess up way less, but i wish they had the # row up top.
On my androids I use Swiftkey and i like it alot more than the stock keyboards.

 

[lattemaker]

I 100% agree with the OP. I have used iPhones off and on since the iPhone 3GS. Everytime I come back to Android I have a horrible time with the keyboard. I am currently using Swiftkey and I'm still having tons of trouble. I think after I type this I'm going to down load Gboard and give that a shot. For me its a burden to have to type anything because of this! Not what I want from a $960 phone!!!

 

[Ca_lvn]

You know iPhones key lay out is different for stock keyboard. You can also change the way it displays keys to make the transaction easier .I recently had the 7+ so I remember the fustruction

 

[dennis246]

Hope you have better luck with Gboard, I haven't been so lucky with either Swiftkey or Gboard. All I want from a keyboard is to be able to type FAST AND ACCURATE. I could care less about customization when I have mistakes in every sentence I type.

I think there is a huge opportunity out there for a Android keyboard that excels in accuracy
when typing.

Love everything else about Android! and for sure a First World problem

 

[dlgus]

Have you tried a voodoo hand shrinkage chief? SwiftKey for me.

lol

 

[Almeuit]

That's why I switched. Because I had options,. I just didn't know how to use them. . And so far I have typed this as fast as my fingers will move and only backspaced onced. This is so much better.

Glad you're sticking with it! . It is a learning curve to see what apps / launchers / keyboards / etc. you like but once you get it down... It is awesome .

 

[Deke218]

My vote is swiftkey, hard to find any better.

I felt the same way for years...
Until I tried G Board. Never looked back.

 

[toenail_flicker]

I felt the same way for years...
Until I tried G Board. Never looked back.

Gboard doesn't learn my typing patterns the way Swiftkey does. it never learned anything I input, not words, sentences, etc.

Swiftkey got it all from day one. I did give Gboard a shot for a month or two though. so glad to be back to Swiftkey.

 

[Deke218]

Gboard doesn't learn my typing patterns the way Swiftkey does. it never learned anything I input, not words, sentences, etc.

Swiftkey got it all from day one. I did give Gboard a shot for a month or two though. so glad to be back to Swiftkey.

Just downed SwiftKey again and am typing this reply with it. I must admit it is MUCH faster and the text prediction is better than G Board. I think I'll stick to this for a while.

 

[Dark Pixels ll]

My main issue with Gboard is how close the letter L is to the backspace bar. Inevitably I hit one by accident and it drives me nuts!

 

[Connert]

I felt the same way for years...
Until I tried G Board. Never looked back.

I used Gboard for a few weeks but never got the performance from it that swiftkey gives me. I just thought it was because I've used swiftkey for years and it has saved all my typing patterns.

I really think the fact we have choices is the best feature of all.

 

[jb4kats]

Yes you are. You're not downloading G Board or SwiftKey

Now I use Swiftkey but you cannot do the live message (on the Note 8) unless you are using the stock keyboard. I hate the stock keyboard because I like the number row above and the arrow keys under the keyboard. It makes it so much easier to go back and do corrections which I have to do a lot but the blinking cursor I cannot stand I can't ever get it to go between letters to correct a word so that is why I like Swiftkey, you can also change the size of the keyboard with it.

 

[jb4kats]

Now I use Swiftkey but you cannot do the live message (on the Note 8) unless you are using the stock keyboard. I hate the stock keyboard because I like the number row above and the arrow keys under the keyboard. It makes it so much easier to go back and do corrections which I have to do a lot but the blinking cursor I cannot stand I can't ever get it to go between letters to correct a word so that is why I like Swiftkey, you can also change the size of the keyboard with it.

One thing I wish they would do is make a keyboard with a full page editor so you can choose it to see the whole thing you have typed instead of just getting to read a line or 2 when you go back to proofread and that's another reason I like the arrow keys on Swiftkey because you can go up or down or left or right

 

[nizmoz]

Swiftkey for the win!

 

[lattemaker]

Since my last post (like I said I would) I downloaded Gboard. It does seem to work a lot better for me. I've only used it for a handful of text messages and a couple emails and it is a little early to fully confirm this but I like it, it seems better than the stock keyboard by far and better than Swiftkey. For me I don't care about the text prediction. I appreciate spell check and like double tapping the spacebar for a period. That's about all I care about.

 

[KupKrazy]

Interesting. I cant stand the iPhone keyboard. When Apple finally let alternate keyboards be be installed, I installed Swiftkey so fast because the amount of corrections I needed to do with that keyboard made me hate typing. Even then, Swiftkey on iOS still wasn't as nice for me as it is on Android. I think it's what you are used to an it takes time to just get used to it. However, I've had both iPhone and Android for almost a decade now and I just cant get used to iOS keyboard.

 

[jb4kats]

Gboard is my favorite also. And it gets better as you use it.

I downloaded and tried GBoard and it looked too much like the Samsung Keyboard so I guess I just won't be able to use the Live Messaging unless I can find a keyboard that will look like Swiftkey and add the live messaging key...LOL

 

[jsk0703]

I'm obviously missing something because I don't understand the issue between the keyboard and live messaging. I'm using SwiftKey and can still send live messages via text.

 

[jb4kats]

I'm obviously missing something because I don't understand the issue between the keyboard and live messaging. I'm using SwiftKey and can still send live messages via text.

Well, I can't find the little live message icon on the swiftkey keyboard so where is it?

 

[DMarie04]

I am an iPhone convert, I am trying to get used to this phone, I really want to live it, but my biggest problem so far is this keyboard. My fingers are not that fat. But I can't type without having to erase and retype 4 or 5 times even in a short text message. It's almost bad enough to go back to my old 6 plus. Am I doing something wrong.

Use the SPen, that's what it's there for... once you get used to using the Spen & swiping you'll never go back- give yourself a little time to adjust to the change, you'll be happy you did!! Gboard is also a good keyboard suggestion.