Swype pioneered a new way to type on smartphones–now it’s dead

Re:Swype pioneered a new way to type on smartphones–now it’s... by andybak on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @02:31PM (#16432220)

Yeah. I had the same reaction. Who sw(i/y)pes with their thumbs!?

I swipe almost 100% of the time but I feel the system could be improved massively with some better prediction. The Android keyboard consistently gives me the wrong input for some really common words. How does "sine" appear so often instead of the everyday word I was trying to type (I think it's "don't" but I can't remember exactly)? Why doesn't it learn as I correct it every time? Why doesn't it look at the context.

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Re:Swype pioneered a new way to type on smartphones–now it’s... by anigbrowl on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @03:04PM (#16432489)

I don't know why developers don't just use Zipf's law to pick the most likely of several possible candidates. I too get annoyed when rather obscure words are suggested in preference to ones that rank near the top of the language corpus. Google's one works a bit better than the stock offerings, but of course that means another vector by which you tell Google every thought you see fit to express via mobile.

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