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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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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (17 children)

I miss T-9 and physical buttons. I could type out War and Peace with maybe one typo without looking at my phone once. The on-screen keyboards we've had the last ~17 years have been a huge downgrade, IMO.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 5 points 7 months ago (5 children)

i want my sidekick back. best form factor ever

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

Never had a Sidekick, but I had several phones with similar landscape slide out / flip open keyboards. Those were the days.

My current daily driver is about 8 years old (a OnePlus 3 that's aged very gracefully thanks to LineageOS), but I do need to replace it soon. Looking at something like the Cosmo Communicator that has a full flip-open keyboard.

[–] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago

Never heard of planet computers until you mentioned the Cosmo Communicator. Their products look really cool!

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