I am becoming increasingly frustrated with the Gesture Input in particular. Strike rate for arriving at intended word is perhaps 50%. More annoyingly once an incorrect(or any) word is entered, the system always deselects the suggested word and adds a space. Therefore you have to backspace numerous characters to correct it. And yes, I have unchecked "Automatic space" under Symbols & smileys.
Whereas on my Nexus 5x the strike rate for correct word is nearer 90% AND if an unintended word does get entered it is only ever a single press of the backspace key to clear it and start again. ie the entered word remains selected until the next action occurs and no following space is entered until then. Much better arrangement in my opinion.
For now I have disabled Gesture input as it is not working satisfactorily for me on this small Z5c screen. Frustrating because quick and simple text input is a key usability feature for me. If I get frustrated with the keboard every day I will get sick of the handset very soon. Made worse for me because the Nexus 5x I have been evaluating does such a terrific job of it, accentuating the shortcomings of the Xperia keyboard on the Compact.
Does everyone find the Xperia Keyboard satisfactory in the Compact phone footprint?
I'm having a similar issue. I'm use to using the CyanogenMod keyboard from my old rom with its own gestures. The other nice thing is that it has the symbols on the keys like the xperia keyboard where the google one doesnt for some reason.
Mine's working fine. Infact it has even picked up the Bangla words that I've used so far and so this is making one handed typing extremely easy for me. Well I have been using the xperia keyboard for like 3 years at a stretch now and maybe that's why I'm so used to it
I have been using this keyboard for about a month and still have not gotten use to it. The gesture swiping is only correct maybe 25% of the time at most. I've resorted to just typing more often now. I'd switch to the google keyboard but it lacks symbols on they keys.
eng3 said:
I have been using this keyboard for about a month and still have not gotten use to it. The gesture swiping is only correct maybe 25% of the time at most. I've resorted to just typing more often now. I'd switch to the google keyboard but it lacks symbols on they keys.
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With the Google keyboard you can hold down the symbol button and the symbols will appear on their respective keys. Then you can slide over to the symbol you want.
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With the Google keyboard you can hold down the symbol button and the symbols will appear on their respective keys. Then you can slide over to the symbol you want.
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yeah, I know I can do that, but I'm use to holding down the key. I have to be somewhat precise with the sliding to the correct button so its easy to be off by one. I suppose I have the same risk just pressing and holding but I figure its easier to be precise when pressing a button directly vs stopping a slide.
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Swype beta stopped working an not on list for upgrade. Now what damn it
Yeah, annoying, it still works as a keyboard, but you can't swype.......
Use SLIDE IT in the Market its Free and swypes OK or buy ULTIMATE KEYBOARD that has everything including a swype
I had the same problem with expired swype so installed ultra keyboard based on some recommendations and wow this thing works great on the streak! Seems like it was made for it. There is so much customization and the ability to keep the top row numbers active. Only downside I have seen with limited testing is the tracing is not that accurate. The ability to size the keyboard is especially valuable on this screen size. Try it out.
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As above, and can't see myself going back to swype after a mere 5 minutes with ultra keyboard. Thanks swype for locking me out so I could find a superior replacement!
Does anyone find the ultrakeyboard slow.
I have installed in 2 of my streaks and differents rom version and has always been slow.
Though i like the features included the lag is worrisome and does not allow me to type fast.
one doesn't seem to be able to resize fonts though. Swype had nice big characters.
Slide it is not free, just been on the market and its asking for 6 euro's stupid swype not working no more
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Slide it is not free, just been on the market and its asking for 6 euro's stupid swype not working no more
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the trial version is
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.dasur.slideit.vt.lite
free
Ultra Keyboard is a little pokey (there is a brief pause after entering characters or swiping, so you can't hit the "search" key or "enter" key), but is overall great. It has so many other features (such as copy, cut, paste buttons, cursor movement buttons, and bunches of other goodies) that it makes it worth it. No big inconvenience, and being able to swipe text more than makes up for the issue.
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Ultra Keyboard is a little pokey (there is a brief pause after entering characters or swiping, so you can't hit the "search" key or "enter" key), but is overall great. It has so many other features (such as copy, cut, paste buttons, cursor movement buttons, and bunches of other goodies) that it makes it worth it. No big inconvenience, and being able to swipe text more than makes up for the issue.
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I had a similar problem and made a change to: Ultra Keyboard Settings->Typing->Protected Controls->Deselect "Enter Key"
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I had a similar problem and made a change to: Ultra Keyboard Settings->Typing->Protected Controls->Deselect "Enter Key"
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*Very nice*!!! That little "feature" has now been disabled, and I thank you for the information. Seriously. That will teach me to remember to go through every possible menu and setting on an important piece of software like a new keyboard.
Hey all,
I am trying to find a keyboard I can get on with that predicts well, and doesn't lag when typing.
The built in samsung keyboard is ok, but with prediction on it lags a bit and I hate the way the text in the message thread goes up and down, up and down as you type and the keyboard brings up the list of words.
Swype built into the phone is ok, but it messes up my words if i'm typing too fast, and as I can't install the new version to tap out my messages, this one isn't the best.
As for others, i've tried swiftkey x beta, and it lags, the HTC I_mod keyboard crashes in email, smart keyboard pro lags.
The only things I definitely want, are dedicated comma and full stop keys, a dedicated smiley key, and no lag! I would love to get rid of the mic key but thats not so important.
Anyway, hope someone can recommend something.
Cheers
Biff.
try the gingerbread keyboard from the market. i used to use the free version and it was great but i upgraded to the pro version because i wanted to be able to change the size and spacing of the keys. no lag, you can set it to show/hide the comma and period keys too. on my current version when the keyboard is on screen i can press the phone's menu button and one of the options is to add a smiley. when you select that a big list pops up with the smiley pictured so it is easy to pick the right one. i used to use it on my atrix and loved it and works even better on the gs2
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Hey all,
I am trying to find a keyboard I can get on with that predicts well, and doesn't lag when typing.
The built in samsung keyboard is ok, but with prediction on it lags a bit and I hate the way the text in the message thread goes up and down, up and down as you type and the keyboard brings up the list of words.
Swype built into the phone is ok, but it messes up my words if i'm typing too fast, and as I can't install the new version to tap out my messages, this one isn't the best.
As for others, i've tried swiftkey x beta, and it lags, the HTC I_mod keyboard crashes in email, smart keyboard pro lags.
The only things I definitely want, are dedicated comma and full stop keys, a dedicated smiley key, and no lag! I would love to get rid of the mic key but thats not so important.
Anyway, hope someone can recommend something.
Cheers
Biff.
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Hey Biffsmash
I've also been looking for a great keyboard for my SGS2 but recently I found Smart Keyboard, which is the best keyboard I've ever tried.
It is extremely customizing so you can change almost everything you want.
Size of buttons, control cursor with the volume buttons, gestures(swipe left, right, up, down), very intelligent dictionary that learn your world automatically, calibration to get the most precisely touch, customize buttons, themes, and MUCH more!
The downside of the keyboard is that it cost money, but it is a small cost and IMO it is nice to support the developer for a such good application. The Danish dictionary is also pretty small, but thanks to the smart and intelligence dictionary it doesn't really matter for me Try it!
Best regards;
Rallerbabz.
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What keyboards have you guys been using for your lg2?
For my comparisons just wanted to state that I type >60 wpm on a regular keyboard and probably 30-40 wpm on the phone. I usually hold the phone and peck with two thumbs, sometimes use one handed Swype peck combo. Also I use a lot of slang and abbreviations when I type.
Google keyboard-
Positives- perfect and consistent level of vibration on key touches. No lag, 7/10 accurate swiping, change of long press duration. I like the spacing between the keys. Like the clean look.
Negatives-3/10 predictive text (usually just predicts words like the, a, on etc.). New update ugly black and white. New update removes comma if you want google voice on your keyboard.
Swiftkey- highest rated. I have used a ton.
Positives- best predictive text engine 9/10. Good cobalt color scheme. Able to shorten long press duration. On lg2 almost lag free and can mostly keep up with me.
Negatives- if you make a mistake it is more difficult to fix errors because of predictive engine. Swype is least accurate to me (2/10). Sometimes the vibration is heavy then soft which I find annoying. Swyping shows you next word,instead of current word. Sometimes I type fast and trigger the Swype = error. No spacing between keys
Touchpal
Positives- cool popup graphics and floating corrections (also negative as can be distracting), almost lag free, but slightly more lag than Swiftkey when typing fast. Swyping very good 8/10. Cool editing option. Many themes.
Negatives- a bit annoying to Swype up and down for numbers and punctuation when tap typing. Cannot long press for numbers as delay not adjustable and takes too long. Sometimes double tap space does not put in a period- very annoying. Does not use Google voice dictation system. No spacing between keys. Very inconsistent vibration while typing.
Swype-
Positives- best swiping keyboard by far 9/10.
Negatives- laggy at times and very laggy to tap type. Difficult using slang or non proper English. Tougher to edit mistakes.
Lg stock-
Poo pooed this one out of the box, using it for last few days.
Positives- great spacing of keys. Good looking with a few skins. Number row and symbols row at top after finish a word (makes up for non adjustable long long press delay). Good swiping (7/10). Good predictions not as good as Swiftkey). No lag. Vibration consistent. Uses Google voice.
Negatives-vibration a bit too strong and not adjustable. Long press delay not adjustable. Wish comma was to left of space (but getting used to this). Hard to get to "-" key which I use a lot.
Believe it or not my overall keyboard of choice (this week) is the lg2 stock! Can't believe it. Any lag automatically kills a keyboard for me.
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I've used the old FlexT9 Nuance since 2011 and I was pretty attached to it. I loaded it on every device I used for a long time. But since I got a G2, I like the LG stock one just fine. I don't even think about using another keyboard on it..
For the LG keyboard I'm going to have to disagree with you on the prediction. In fact it miss-predicts almost every word I trace. I think at best its 50% accurate. I have been a long to time user and fan of Swype because it is super accurate, but alas it has no number row. Anyone that has used a keyboard without a number row knows how nice it is to have one and not need to long press. This is the only place I have seen the LG keyboard win out. Otherwise, every time I use the LG keyboard I get so frustrated and swear I'm going back to Swype... I still haven't, but only because of the number row!
Personally I'm using the Google keyboard. I love the default LG one, but I cannot stand that the spacebar on the bottom is spaced a little to the left. Whoever works at LG and made it that way needs a punch in the face, because otherwise it feels much better than the rest and even has the number keys on top. With the way it is I keep inputting a comma in when it should be a space and cannot get used to it.
I completely agree that any lag kills a keyboard which is why I don't use swiftkey. I keep seeing rave reviews for it. It's one of the best selling apps. Luckily I got the full version free from the Amazon app store when they put it up for free to download. The slight lag completely kills it for me. The keyboard itself looks nice and functions well except for the lag.
Now the Google keyboard isn't perfect either and the recent changes made it worse. It functions very well, no lag, but seriously lacking emoji and other cool looking symbols the other keyboards have. On top of that now you can't place the mic button on the symbols keyboard anymore. It's either on the main keyboard or completely off. Why on earth did they have to change that??? It was perfect the way it was. Stupid Google.
Why on earth can't anyone out there make the perfect keyboard?? It would need;
1)The keys to be spaced right and the space bar at the bottom wide
2)No lag at all
3)Number keys on top
4)Being able to switch from typing to mic on the fly and not be intrusive.
And last of lesser importance 5)good swipe function and predictive text.
I've tried using the Google Keyboard, I've tried using the stock LG keyboard, but I find myself continually going back to SwiftKey just for the simple fact of the punctuation key. I love that I can swipe left for an exclamation mark or right for a question mark. I know it may seem stupid, but that's why I always come back to SwiftKey.
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I always come back to SwiftKey
Reasons:
- Keyboard layout
- Best text prediction
- You can swype whole sentences in one go.
On a sidenote, keyboards are def. one of the main reasons I use Android. It would be a living nightmare to go back to the iOS keyboard for me.
Using Google Keyboard! LG's one is great but it's absolutely ugly, to the point where I simply can't stand it.
For me it's SwiftKey hands down... I do experience the different strength vibrations, but that hasn't been until the last update I do not believe. But I definitely don't experience any lag at all... I used to on my galaxy nexus, but not on my g2 .
My one complaint about SwiftKey is that sometimes it doesn't learn new words or especially has problems learning combinations of words. But overall it's the only keyboard that I keep coming back to, no others even compare.
But I will say that I typically use two hands like you and peck at it with my thumbs. What I absolutely love about SwiftKey is that I can type strings of three or four words together and it figures it out
I too find myself coming back to SwiftKey. On older phones I would find myself flipping between different keyboards because SwiftKey has that bit of lag. But on this phone, while I can still make it lag if I really try, it is so much smoother than any previous phone I have used and the lag is very rare and slight at worst. And even when laggy on old phones, the simple fact of the matter was that with the way I type, I can consistently type faster and more accurately on SwiftKey than on any other keyboard. That is what has kept me using it. The fact that it looks nice and clean compared to say, TouchPal is a plus. The old Google keyboard is nice too, simple and quick but I can type faster with others. LG's keyboard I wish I could give a holo theme or something, but for the most part I like it. The number bar has been quite useful. But again, most of the time, I type faster with TouchPal and SwiftKey. TouchPal is a bit ugly, it's just busy looking, but it's theming capability has mitigated that somewhat, not by directly reducing that but by adding a nice elements to the look to compensate I guess. I can type much faster on it than Google or LG. But in the end, I still type the fastest and most comfortably with SwiftKey. No question about it.
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I've tried using the Google Keyboard, I've tried using the stock LG keyboard, but I find myself continually going back to SwiftKey just for the simple fact of the punctuation key. I love that I can swipe left for an exclamation mark or right for a question mark. I know it may seem stupid, but that's why I always come back to SwiftKey.
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I know what you're saying. I don't understand why other keyboards make it so tough to find punctuation. Only thing that I don't like about SwiftKey is they recently changed the layout for the special characters but I don't use them that often so it's not a huge deal.
The lg stock keyboard has definitely grown on me but one thing i have noticed is that i have way more typos than on swift key or Google keyboard.
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The LG keyboard was autocorrecting words to things that weren't even real words, and in general having terrible prediction. Had to get rid of it. Plus the punctuation keys changing the short press every time I long pressed to get to a different punctuation was annoying. Swiftkey is the best predictor out there by far that I've used.
Used either Google or Thumb Keyboard on the old GNex. Haven't yet found one I really like on the G2. I don't swipe so that's irrelevant for me. Never tried Swiftkey, but I probably will.
The LG board blows for the most part. Amazingly poor auto correct and the comma key should be left of the space bar, IMO.
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LG hands down for me for just the Number row alone! But I do mess up on the space bar often. I'm sure I'll adjust soon.
Google keyboard or Kii Keyboard. Kii Keyboard is probably the best I've ever used. Try it out
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Fleksy beta for me. I find it really accurate. It doesn't have any swiping capabilities but I don't swipe at all so I love it. It does have a learning curve to it though.
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Google keyboard or Kii Keyboard. Kii Keyboard is probably the best I've ever used. Try it out
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I've been using Kii for a while now, too. Definitely the best I've used. All keyboards have faults, but this one doesn't have many (occasional autocorrect with duplicate words comes to mind)
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I used big buttons keyboard for years but liking the stock keyboard. Just wish there was some nice themes for it...the stock ones are boring
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After a few days went back to the grey boring Google keyboards. Damn its just too fast and the multi touch makes me fastest in it. Boring but true. Also takes up much less real estate.
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Can someone recommend a good keypad for the Tab S,I find the Samsung keypad to small.i installed the Jellybean keypad which was a lot better but could not get the back key to work so I uninstalled it.anyone got any ideas.Thank You.Longlegs
Try SwiftKey Tablet on Playstore
Lo Xa thank you installed Swiftkey and its a lot better.Thanks Again.Longlegs
The best keyboard for tablet that I would recomend is, thumb kerboard. It has a lot of customizations - like key height, width, and spacing between the keys, keyboard height etc. So if you have time to tincker a bit, I think you'll like that the best
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I vote for TouchPal
I also vote touchpal.
Swiftkey for me on my 8.4 lagged horribly. Not to mention it was slow opening and closing. I actually think my review was removed because i said the same thing on the play store lol
TouchPal because:
1) delete word gesture (from backspace)
2) numbers by gesture (UP from upper row)
3) symbols by gesture (DOWN from lower row).
4) predictive text (works quite nicely for me)
5) sentence based prediction (for frequently used phrases)
6) quick access of speech input
7) quick change of input language
Cons:
It does lack the cut/paste gestures of swype
No uppercase Gesture (but usually you find uppercase in the suggestions)
No auto uppercase for "Du", "Ihr" etc (this is German specific and uppercase depends on the grammar)
I highly agree with the Thumb Keyboard recommendation. I got Thumb Keyboard 4 free from the Amazon Appstore awhile back and it's the best one for tablets. Especially if you're typing in landscape position. The letters are split into sections to the far left and right, and they have arrow keys and numbers in the middle. It's my Go-to Keyboard for any tablet.
Why would anyone vote for Touchpal X?
Since I bought my Tab S 10.5 I'm still evaluating which keyboard suits my needs best. I crossed Touchpal off the list very quickly as it doesnt support landscape mode typing: srsly there is no split option available?!
Swiftkey does many things very well, but the two things I noticed are: I got only two predictions shown in total in thumb mode and there is still to date no chinese language support. Although my wife is using her IPad Air most of the time, it's still nice to have Chinese input available without having to switch to another keyboard. Otherwise the typing experience is lightning fast. Although this might be because I used Swiftkey on mg GS3 for the last two years.
Kii Keyboard fits nearly all of my needs. It just got one very big minus: the suggested word is in the middle of the screen and unreachable for any fingers without breaking them.
I guess my search will continue some more.
I assume some of you got the 8.4 version and don't require smooth thumb handling in landscape mode. 10.5 users may shine some light upon my troubles.
you are right, it does depend on the form factor. I have the 8.4 tab and I do type mainly in portrait orientation. I do gesture based input at almost same speed as on a full size physical keyboard. Probably 50% times faster than finger typing on the touchscreen (in landscape) and 2 times faster than thumb typing. So I don't really need a (split) thumb typing mode.
With swifkey you can change the form factor depending the orientation !
ie : normal in portrait, split in 2 in landscape
You can also make it floating, which is very useful
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you are right, it does depend on the form factor. I have the 8.4 tab and I do type mainly in portrait orientation. I do gesture based input at almost same speed as on a full size physical keyboard. Probably 50% times faster than finger typing on the touchscreen (in landscape) and 2 times faster than thumb typing. So I don't really need a (split) thumb typing mode.
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The question 'What's the best keyboard app to use?' isn't as easily answered as it may look like at first glance. Nothing tops a physical keyboard, that's for sure. But with the right app we might come close enough.
Whoever answers this question should also state his preferences and device usage style.
I like Thumb Keyboard because you can custom assign the top row of buttons to various handy functions such as copy, paste, smiley face, etc.
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For now I will stick yet again to Swiftkey. I tried most if not all present keyboard apps and Swiftkey suits my typing habits in landscape mode best. Although it's far from perfect. Compared to all other apps it has no major drawback except maybe for some missing languages.
Could anyone host orginal samsung keyboard ?
I have an strange issue. Can resize stock keyboard , and can't make it undock.
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Nothing tops a physical keyboard, that's for sure.
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Unfortunately the experience with physical keyboard is quite restricted in Android. I am using it with an Apple Wireless Keyboard. It is fully functional with shortcuts and special keys.
I was using it in conjuction with a BT Mouse.
But android UI isn't build for mouse control andf you don't really get a cursor, true cut-n-paste, or full undo. And, no gestures (using GMD gesture control).
So finger based navigation is much quicker than mouse.
Also you do waste time changing from input to navigation (true for both, mouse and touch based).
Overall, I am quicker with touch based navigation+swyping, than with a physical keyboard.
I also tried wireless touchpad, but that's even worse.
Is this a bug with the keyboard software on the LG G3, or some kind of feature? I know it's not my touch screen, because the touches are registering properly through the developer options "show touches". Note: the circle is the location I'm touching that is being displayed by that option. I have to click almost like a whole row lower than what I want. It only does it on the characters that come up with long pressing the period, so I'm thinking software bug? Does your keyboard do this?
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Is this a bug with the keyboard software on the LG G3, or some kind of feature? I know it's not my touch screen, because the touches are registering properly through the developer options "show touches". Note: the circle is the location I'm touching that is being displayed by that option. I have to click almost like a whole row lower than what I want. It only does it on the characters that come up with long pressing the period, so I'm thinking software bug? Does your keyboard do this?
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Yes, same issue here--drove me nuts...and back to Google Keyboard. Did it on the symbols pop up, and bad on numbers row, as well. Too bad, and I sort of liked the layout. But, Google Keyboard is still my go-to keyboard app.
Yeah, I had a similar experience. I switched before I could really care too much though, I usually bounce between Swiftkey and the Google keyboard. The goggle keyboard, android L preview edition is my go-to as a daily