Yes, that's why I started out by saying "ignoring prediction".

However, it's perfectly fair to note that you can and should enter phrases all at once as opposed to one character at a time, which would reduce the double pinyin input from 3 keystrokes per character to two per character plus one per "input unit".

> Then there is learning. While on OSX's pinyin input 曼德波 requires mandebo the first time, it then becomes the first result for all subsequent inputs. We may assume that most multi-character function names would quickly benefit from similar prioritization.

Yes, I noted this specifically:

>> a lot of repetition means the characters you want are likely to be top suggestions