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Wait this keyboard doesn’t support swipe typing? Hmmmm


Because is a huge effort to make a full swipe algorithm based on a potential custom layout and Keybee keyboard is still a one person project. Marco.


Yeah I mean that makes perfect sense, just means it’s probably not for me. Best of luck to them though


sort of. swiping triggers every letter you cross


Exactly! That's the main innovation. What you can build on top (like a text algorithm) is adding speed and efficiency.


Oh dear. I'm afraid I'm not going to the take the requisite dozens of hours to be sure by learning this keyboard and making a truly "fair" comparison, but I'd bet I'm faster swiping with the current keyboard than I would be on this one. Swiping is why I can use words like "comparison" or "requisite" on a phone without giving it much thought anymore. I'm still faster on a real keyboard, especially as I rarely get those "tried to write 'hello', got 'grump'" sorts of errors with a keyboard, but it's a lot closer than it was when mobile devices first came out out and Palm's Graffiti input was considered a major breakthrough. (Laughable by modern standards.)


That’s a bit different




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