What keyboard?

Zascar

What keyboard do you guys use and which ones do you think are best? Right now I'm using the gingerbread keyboard, i like it over stock but for me its not perfect. I used Swype, liked it at first but soon went back to a normal typing one. Also tried Swift but didn't quite see what the fuss was about.

Maybe I just did not give enough time to get to know them, but what do you guys think is the best keyboard to use?

Ste-

I paid for SlideIT keyboard find it the best, find typing hard now after swiping for so long now.

Saadyst

Couldn't do without Swype

Saruman

SlideIT for me. Even if you don't like the swipe action it is far better than the stock keyboard for just typing on I think.

Then again it's all down to personal preference.

Professey Chin

FlexT9 for me. Best of each world :pac:

Mimikyu

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Inquitus

Swype ftw imo

seanybiker

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Using the gingerbread. One now and its muck. Finally found a rom I like so may get a decent keyboard now.

Tea_Bag

im using swiftkey but i find it very buggy on my DHD. it was better on my Hero! god i miss the scroll ball though. sometimes ive to revert to the stock HTC keyboard (with the arrows underneath) to move inbetween letters/words.

ive downloaded 8pen and will try it out as soon as i have time on my hands. its an interesting concept.

Seifer

Swype but it's been broken since my Nexus One updated

plonk

Swiftkey for me but have never tried any others

Mr E

SwiftKey for me. The predictive words on it are scarily accurate once you get it to analyse your sent SMS messages to learn your language.

gollywog

Im having problems with swiftkey.... at first it was amazingly good but now it wont remember any words even when i enter them over and over, ive uninstalled it, re installed it and downloaded new language modules etc but nothin.... any ideas????

Keano

I'ev tried practically every other keyboard and keep coming back to SwiftKey.

seanybiker

Keano A Legend wrote: »

I'ev tried practically every other keyboard and keep coming back to SwiftKey.

Just installed that a few minutes ago. I like it so far.

BionicRasher

+1 Swiftkey -
Its hard to beat it and it now takes a fraction of the time to write a sentence with it. it throws some wobbles at times and gives a bit of a freeze but I find my Desire needs a reboot every once and a while (once every couple of weeks maybe) and that clears up anything with Swiftkey too - not sure what it is thats happening but its no big deal to do.

I have tried lots of keyboards and find Swiftkey to have the best prediction, best layout, best key spacing and overall seems to fit my needs best

Another good one is ThickButtons - makes the next likely button you will press large and its prediction is pretty good too

@gollywog - try going to language Modules -> My Language -> Clear My Language Data and then get it to learn from your SMS again or delete your language data file (dyn.lm4 Ithink its called) and then get SwiftKey to relearn from your SMS.

Squeeonline

I'm currently using the gingerbread keyboard that came with Darkys mod for SGS. There are few options with it though, so cant delete custom words but it does look like it scans contacts names and stuff.

gollywog

tui0hcg wrote: »

+1 Swiftkey -
Its hard to beat it and it now takes a fraction of the time to write a sentence with it. it throws some wobbles at times and gives a bit of a freeze but I find my Desire needs a reboot every once and a while (once every couple of weeks maybe) and that clears up anything with Swiftkey too - not sure what it is thats happening but its no big deal to do.

I have tried lots of keyboards and find Swiftkey to have the best prediction, best layout, best key spacing and overall seems to fit my needs best

Another good one is ThickButtons - makes the next likely button you will press large and its prediction is pretty good too

@gollywog - try going to language Modules -> My Language -> Clear My Language Data and then get it to learn from your SMS again or delete your language data file (dyn.lm4 Ithink its called) and then get SwiftKey to relearn from your SMS.

Hey i did what you said and BINGO..... back working perfect! cheers man i owe ya one!

bd250110

Gingerboard keyboard on my desire is lovely. A nice, quick, accurate keyboard. The suggested words line above the keyboard is great, and I love that punctuation pops up in that box at each spacebar input. I generally get better results with this than on my iPhone keyboard, which is probably the benchmark for touch-screen keyboards.

I have been using swype lately, but keep going back to gingerbread. I find myself spelling out each work in my head to make it work properly. Feels less intuitive and I really have to concentrate to make good progress.

Eoin_Sheehy

Swiftkey, brilliant, so quick!

Rowley Birkin QC

Using Gingerbread but having to delete unwanted full stops constantly, maybe I'm just a bit clumsy with it but I tend to type one handed and in portrait layout so swype got a bit annoying after a while.

Jackobyte

Use swype. Tried 8pen for about half an hour and decided the learning curve was too big and swype was still faster.

god's toy

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

Using Gingerbread but having to delete unwanted full stops constantly, maybe I'm just a bit clumsy with it but I tend to type one handed and in portrait layout so swype got a bit annoying after a while.

Yep I stopped using it over the same thing. Could not find a way to turn it off.

Squeeonline

god's toy wrote: »

Yep I stopped using it over the same thing. Could not find a way to turn it off.

There is a way in the options for that keyboard.

Jarren

Big Buttons keyboard for me,only because I have big fingers :pac:

angel01

I use a mix.. I use the stock keyboard for certain things like Twicca and I bought swiftkey which works well on other applications I alternate between the two.

I find the stock one a bit slow entering data (probably a Galaxy S issue )

god's toy

angel01 wrote: »

I use a mix.. I use the stock keyboard for certain things like Twicca and I bought swiftkey which works well on other applications I alternate between the two.

I find the stock one a bit slow entering data (probably a Galaxy S issue )

I dont know what fermware your running but up until 2.2.1 mine was the same. Now its super nippy at showing up.

Luckycharm

Do people use the voice recognition part much for Texts?

Mimikyu

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BionicRasher

Luckycharm wrote: »

Do people use the voice recognition part much for Texts?

Make sure your language settings are correct in the voice input -output settings on the phone and then it's great. I have English generic as my setting and it even recognises Irish names and my local accent!!
I use it a bit but not in company as you look like a fool talking to the phone in a wierd voice !