What is the best keyboard in your opinion? I have a Moto Droid X. I have Swype and Multi-Touch keyboards. I like Swype and Like the Multi-Touch keyboard, but I'm just wondering if there is a better one?
I have tried a few different keyboards. I actually bought Ultra Keyboard, but just didn't like how accurate it was. I then use swiftkey and was hooked. My advice would be to start trying demos of these programs. Ultra keyboard has a demo, same with swiftkey. Try swiftkey first.
I've tried tons of keyboards, and found it's all a matter of personal preference. The one that works best for me, Smart Keyboard Pro, might not work best for you.
I like it too, SKPro
I liked SwiftKey at first, but the word prediction got irritating, instead of better. I really like Swype, I don't find it all that inaccurate. I think one of the problems is people don't understand if they swype something wrong, then hit the spacebar, it automatically adds it to the dictionary - don't hit the spacebar, hit the backspace to get rid of the word and start again. If the word isn't in the dictionary, type it out and then type a space to add it. I've been carefully building my dictionary up with words I use all the time, things are getting better and better each time I use Swype.
I'd been on Kii for quite a while, but I believe I like the new Swype best. Kii is great as far as giving it the look and feel you want, but Swype just works better. I have full versions of Swype, Swiftkey and Kii, and think they're all great... but Swyping for now.
Also Swipe never seems to go over 25mb running, while Kii goes over 100mb occasionally.
tcat007 - you were right, the new Swype (paid) is pretty good. And at $.99 it's a steal compared to other paid keyboards. I still like the ability to configure Kii but I've been using Swype since my post above and I find I'm needing to make less corrections than with either Kii or SwiftKey Flow. I also really like the way they lay out suggested words and I really, really like the way they do their punctuation by swiping from the key to the spacebar. I'm going to have to take some time and do a three-way test of the big three again. I guess in the end all three are really good but it's nice to see Swype (the original) make it's way back into the game!
Another thing I like in Kii that Swype does not have is a dedicated arrow row. When moving around to fix mistakes I find the arrows much easier than moving the little blue edit tab.
Now I have gone back over to Kii. I found one thing that I really missed that Swype apparently does not have is the shortcut menu. I have programmed in a fairly large list of shortcuts that I use quite a bit and once I realized Swype did not have that capability it was back to Kii for me.
I reset the Kii keyboard size to stock with no padding and I find I make less mistakes, pretty much on par with Swype. Another thing I like in Kii that Swype does not have is a dedicated arrow row. When moving around to fix mistakes I find the arrows much easier than moving the little blue edit tab.
So it's back to Kii for now. But I'll keep my eye on Swype and also SwiftKey Flow. It's about time to give that program a try again!
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