• BombOmOm@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Yep. And phone typing is the ‘hunt and peck’ method of keyboard typing. Which is unfortunate because it’s ingraining the slowest way to type onto a whole generation.

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        2 months ago

        Autocorrect begs to differ, usually only when the word is out of my field of vision.

        I took typing, on typewriters, but got efficient years later on IRC and ICQ. 60+more wpm. I’m still fairly proficient on a familiar KB too.

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          2 months ago

          any good IRC servers left or did it all move to discord? Ive been meaning to get on an IRC server thats not just a mirror of the in-game chat of the game I play.

          • clif@lemmy.world
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            2 months ago

            Slashnet still exists and it’s fairly active depending on the channel. #xkcd was bumping last time I checked my client.

          • Maeve@kbin.earth
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            2 months ago

            I don’t know, it was a very long time ago. Maybe do a search, based on your interests?

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        2 months ago

        It works well for casual conversation. But if you’re trying to have a technical conversation it will fail on uncommon or custom words or phrases.

    • Altima NEO@lemmy.zip
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      2 months ago

      Yeah, I’m a swiper myself and I can’t imagine anyone being able to swipe without knowing the keyboard layout like one would for typing.

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        2 months ago

        A swiping motion and muscle memory for tapping are two different things. It took a while to get fast with my thumbs even though I type fairly fast on a keyboard.

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      2 months ago

      There’s a mode where you swipe your finger over each letter in order and it auto completes the word. Not sure how often younger people use it (though I wasn’t aware you could do that until I saw someone younger doing it).

        • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          No it’s actually way faster. You can swipe whole words in less than a second. It’s like writing with pen and paper but each letter is actually a whole word.

          • grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org
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            2 months ago

            Agreed, it’s pretty great. And while the computer sometimes misunderstands what you swipe, it will show you potential alternatives you can tap on. Like in this screenshot: example of swipe keyboard showing alternative words