Why “swiping” is being discussed
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if you backspace and try swiping again, you immediately get "grocery lost". with "left wing propaganda" you can backspace and try again 100 times, you will only get "left wring…
by ShinyLeftPad · Nov 8, 2026
The biggest problem with it for me is it also affects swipe typing by tracing over the letters. There’s no way to implement that (and have it be even slightly usable) without so…
by hxtk · Nov 8, 2026
It's still predictive. It's using the context of surrounding words, and guessing the whole phrase. Try swiping "grocery lost" and it will predict "grocery list", even you swiped…
by scosman · Nov 7, 2026
I'm a pretty quick and accurate swipe typer, and it's so frustrating to repeatedly get the wrong result and get NO signal that it's not my error, meaning I usually try one or tw…
by pj1115 · Nov 7, 2026
All swipe to type is predictive. It's ignoring 80% of the letters you swipe over, and guessing your intent. You didn't "swipe Ireland", you're swiping something like IUYTRERGHJK…
by scosman · Nov 7, 2026
I'm sorry, how the fuck swiping over `iReland` predictive of `iCeland`, when they're on the opposite sides of a keyboard?
by wiseowise · Nov 7, 2026
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