I hope rants are allowed on r/apple… didn’t see anything about it in the rules.
My iOS keyboard has new behavior since a few days ago. I have most of the QOL features turned off because I sometimes mix different languages, use abbreviations and sometimes need to communicate scientific names/concepts that aren’t saved in dictionaries. I do like the “predictive” option because it saves me from typing commonly used words. Apparently there is now an auto-fill feature that is grouped with the predictive keyboard option. So, if I type “Backe” (german for cheek) but iOS thinks the most likely word I am writing is “backed” it will automatically add a “d” when I hit space.
I
HATE
THIS
Please for the love of god put all the auto-correct / auto-format / auto-fill / auto-bulls*** options separately from the other QOL options. Predictive text options IS NOT the same as typing things automatically for me. It should never be combined.
Anybody else experiencing this frustration? Does anybody have a workaround? I have never really experimented with custom keyboards before but maybe I should.
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This feature is the only thing i hate about the keyboard on iOS compared to Android. Its also driving me insane how many times i have to go back and fourth to edit a sentence and sometimes delete a message entirely i sendt
Even when it’s not autocorrecting, the suggested words at teh top are regularly really bad. Plus this keyboard lags real bad if you type fast. Switched to Gboard the other day and it’s a massive improvement in performance
I honestly think everything about the new keyboard/iMessage is abysmal.
Having AutoFill right next to paste means accidentally clicking into my contacts three times a day, there’s two dictation buttons if you have that on, and the new app tray is so unbelievable cumbersome (and takes up the entire screen).
No idea what they were thinking this update. I feel like I used to be able to type like a wizard a few updates ago and for the last few months I’ve been struggling to adapt.
That’s ducking awful.
omw
Wait sorry I mean
On my way!
Also since we’re airing grievances why the heck isn’t the stop watch part of the clock app a live activity. The timer is but the stock watch isn’t…
I honestly think everything about the new keyboard/iMessage is abysmal.
Having AutoFill right next to paste means accidentally clicking into my contacts three times a day, there’s two dictation buttons if you have that on, and the new app tray is so unbelievable cumbersome (and takes up the entire screen).
No idea what they were thinking this update. I feel like I used to be able to type like a wizard a few updates ago and for the last few months I’ve been struggling to adapt.
Even when it’s not autocorrecting, the suggested words at teh top are regularly really bad. Plus this keyboard lags real bad if you type fast. Switched to Gboard the other day and it’s a massive improvement in performance
This exactly is why I’m still using swiftkey.
like swiftkey but is there a way to get it to show emoji when I type a word? That is one thing I use all the time in ios keyboard. So if I type “lol” the laughing emoji will show up in the suggestions at top. Or if I type “Omg” or “sad” or “cry” etc
This exactly is why I’m still using swiftkey.
That’s ducking awful.
Strangely, after using iphones since the very first, there are spelling corrections coming up constantly that are incorrect. For example, while typing the word corrections, it popped up with corrextions. This is not ok.
Is there a way to replace Apple’s dictionary check with a third party? I’m not talking about Grammarly which I have (I don’t like the Grammarly ios keyboard).
Strangely, after using iphones since the very first, there are spelling corrections coming up constantly that are incorrect. For example, while typing the word corrections, it popped up with corrextions. This is not ok.
Is there a way to replace Apple’s dictionary check with a third party? I’m not talking about Grammarly which I have (I don’t like the Grammarly ios keyboard).
All I know is that Apple said they’ve improved the keyboard with iOS 17 and frankly I’ve never been more frustrated with it. I don’t know what they even did but here’s the problems I’ve been having:
- Swipe typing has become nigh-unusable for me. Gets the wrong word nearly every time, takes forever.
- It is incredibly annoying to put the cursor where I want it now because it’s constantly selecting things, and when I actually do want to select things, it selects the wrong things and becomes very fiddly to adjust.
- General autocorrect, much like swipe typing, has become extremely inaccurate.
I used to love alternate keyboards on Android and tried to keep up with them once I moved to iOS but it’s usually not a great experience here because of Apple’s restrictions. But at this point the stock keyboard has become so bad that I feel like I have no choice. It has been making my phone demonstrably worse as of late.
Anybody have any third-party keyboards they recommend?
Press and hold the spacebar for fine control of the cursor
I’ll do that and put it exactly where I want and sometimes it just goes right back to the end. This is what I mean; that was a function I’ve used since it was a force touch feature and it’s gotten worse and worse since. Now I just find it weirdly unreliable.
I just take an extra 30 seconds to read what I wrote and edit accordingly.
I just take an extra 30 seconds to read what I wrote and edit accordingly.