Geekzone: technology news, blogs, forums
Guest
Welcome Guest.
You haven't logged in yet. If you don't have an account you can register now.


zocster

1983 posts

Uber Geek

ID Verified
Trusted
Lifetime subscriber

#195629 27-Apr-2016 13:47
Send private message

Who's trying the WordFlow keyboard on iOS? Thoughts?





 

Andy Ghozali
Geekzone Member

Logo
E: andy@ghozali.ru
M: +64 21 395 458
A: Andy's Business Services, 231 High St, Christchurch 8011, NZ
www.andy.mobifacebook icon linkedin icon instagram icon 

Create new topic
littleheaven
2130 posts

Uber Geek


  #1544931 1-May-2016 17:22
Send private message

I should try this. I can't type to save my life on the touchscreen keyboards. I'll report back if I get around to trialling it.





Geek girl. Freelance copywriter and editor at Unmistakable.co.nz.




littleheaven
2130 posts

Uber Geek


  #1547020 5-May-2016 09:41
Send private message

Downloaded it, tried it. It's really good at the predictive words, but the keyboard is quite different to normal so I found it frustrating looking for the punctuation and whatnot. I guess that would come with time. 





Geek girl. Freelance copywriter and editor at Unmistakable.co.nz.


gehenna
8495 posts

Uber Geek

Moderator
Trusted
Lifetime subscriber

  #1547024 5-May-2016 09:52
Send private message

I've been using it for a few days.  I find the distance between the space bar and the punctuation button to be not enough, as I constantly put a full stop instead of a space.  The swipe functionality is pretty good, in fact it is better at knowing the word I'm spelling by default than Swiftkey or Swype were, as with those there was a period of training them on my writing style.  I like the one-handed function too.  But I still find 3rd party keyboards on iOS to be very clunky - doesn't matter if they're set as default or not, you often have other keyboards showing up in apps where the 3rd party one should be.  I realise iOS reverts to the default keyboard for things like password entry fields, but my frustration is outside of that scenario in a place where you'd expect to see the keyboard you've chosen and it just doesn't come up. 




schnopp
28 posts

Geek


  #1590984 13-Jul-2016 14:04
Send private message

I have checked these all out. TouchPal wins. Swipe number keys (the QWERTY row) up for quick numeric. Swipe punctuation keys (ZXCV row) down for quick punctuation. Pulls up a usable numeric keypad in banking apps. Swype messed that up. GBoard and WordFlow don't punctuate, but of course that might be my problem, wanting to punctuate anything.

 

 

 

Guy


chiefie
I iz your trusted friend
5877 posts

Uber Geek

Retired Mod
Trusted
Lifetime subscriber

  #1591022 13-Jul-2016 14:40
Send private message

Can't find it on NZ App Store.





Internet is my backyard...

 

«Geekzone blog: Tech 'n Chips Takeaway» «Personal blog: And then...»

 

Please read the Geekzone's FUG

 


gehenna
8495 posts

Uber Geek

Moderator
Trusted
Lifetime subscriber

  #1592171 13-Jul-2016 18:39
Send private message

It's not in the NZ store, nor is GBoard which I've been using exclusively since it came out.  Liking Google's attempt a lot better - seems to handle my swipe method a lot better than some others.  Not that I know what's different about me that the others can't figure out :)


toyonut
1508 posts

Uber Geek


  #1592233 13-Jul-2016 20:16
Send private message

That one handed mode looks really good, Wish Microsoft would bring it to Android and Windows phone. Was really interested in it when they released some prototypes for it a few years ago. I think it is a seriously innovative idea that nobody else has done.





Try Vultr using this link and get us both some credit:

 

http://www.vultr.com/?ref=7033587-3B


Create new topic





News and reviews »

Air New Zealand Starts AI adoption with OpenAI
Posted 24-Jul-2025 16:00


eero Pro 7 Review
Posted 23-Jul-2025 12:07


BeeStation Plus Review
Posted 21-Jul-2025 14:21


eero Unveils New Wi-Fi 7 Products in New Zealand
Posted 21-Jul-2025 00:01


WiZ Introduces HDMI Sync Box and other Light Devices
Posted 20-Jul-2025 17:32


RedShield Enhances DDoS and Bot Attack Protection
Posted 20-Jul-2025 17:26


Seagate Ships 30TB Drives
Posted 17-Jul-2025 11:24


Oclean AirPump A10 Water Flosser Review
Posted 13-Jul-2025 11:05


Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7: Raising the Bar for Smartphones
Posted 10-Jul-2025 02:01


Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 Brings New Edge-To-Edge FlexWindow
Posted 10-Jul-2025 02:01


Epson Launches New AM-C550Z WorkForce Enterprise printer
Posted 9-Jul-2025 18:22


Samsung Releases Smart Monitor M9
Posted 9-Jul-2025 17:46


Nearly Half of Older Kiwis Still Write their Passwords on Paper
Posted 9-Jul-2025 08:42


D-Link 4G+ Cat6 Wi-Fi 6 DWR-933M Mobile Hotspot Review
Posted 1-Jul-2025 11:34


Oppo A5 Series Launches With New Levels of Durability
Posted 30-Jun-2025 10:15









Geekzone Live »

Try automatic live updates from Geekzone directly in your browser, without refreshing the page, with Geekzone Live now.



Are you subscribed to our RSS feed? You can download the latest headlines and summaries from our stories directly to your computer or smartphone by using a feed reader.