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Can we all agree that whatever version of predictive text we have nowadays is crap, and has been for a long time? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I'm sick of random capitalisations mid sentence. I'm sick of common words being replaced by less common ones or even downright nonsense. I'm sick of it taking three attempts to successfully get the word I want. I swear it's been like this for five years or more. Can we have a better version yet, or at least the old one back?

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[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 17 points 7 months ago

Or how about with apple, when it autocorrects a word, and you want to manually click to the middle of the word, or even to the beginning or end, it fuckin highlights the word endlessly. That’s one of the most frustrating for me.

I’ve Al’s it entirely stopped using swype because it’s so dogshit now. I used to love it.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Swype typing still working awesome for me on Gboard.

[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

What’s Gboard?

Edit: ugh, it’s google? That it’s own problem I’d like to avoid

[-] YIj54yALOJxEsY20eU@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

It would solve two of your problems though, that's a pretty good bargain.

[-] CaptSneeze@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

This sounds like user error to me. Hold the spacebar, then drag your thumb to move the cursor exactly where you want it.

[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago

Fully aware of that function. As I said elsewhere, it just doesn’t come naturally to me to do that. It’s like using the arrows on a keyboard to move the cursor through text. It works, but I just use the mouse and click where I want to edit. If using the mouse didn’t work in certain instances, I’d have the same complaint. I want to click where I want, when I want. Not use a function I don’t naturally use when the computer forces me to. See what I’m saying? Doesn’t change the problem that there’s a workaround. It shouldn’t need a workaround for a super basic, incredibly common function.

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 4 points 7 months ago

Actually using the arrows along with ctrl and shift is much faster than taking your hands off the keyboard and using the mouse. Would recommend

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