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swiftkey vs. swype?

There is a thread on this I'm sure.
I liked Swype better, but then I moved away and got a decent normal keyboard.

Swype looks better, generally better at predictions for me.
Also, I like the idea for a word like "Book" you start on B slide to O then make a circle on the O then to K.

Slide it you just miss one O out which sounds better but didn't work for me.

Though, Swype is a private beta too, or was last time I looked.
 
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Some dissatisfied users of swiftkey point out that the keyboard is a little too small, and the space bar could be a little bigger too. Does this seem to be the case for some of you???

I do wish the spacebar would be a little bigger, yeah. I sometimes press it, it therefore inserting the next prediction mid sentence or at the end of one.
for example today this happend.

"Aye ok i'll let you know when im coming over xx settings"
 
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Some dissatisfied users of swiftkey point out that the keyboard is a little too small, and the space bar could be a little bigger too. Does this seem to be the case for some of you???
Yeah, I that's true on both counts for me. The space bar is a bit too narrow even in landscape mode and sometimes I accidentally hit the predicting bar at the top when I'm speed typing.

I still like it though.
 
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I found this thread yesterday and pretty much instantly downloaded the trial version of Swiftkey X (i'm on the Desire S, and am having the same issues with the message deletion screen appearing randomly when i hit backspace). The install was fine, and the interface is fine, but when i've finished typing and hit "done", nothing happens. I have to use the "back" key to save the message as a draft, then re-enter the message to send it through the android default "send" option. Is there something i've forgotten to disable?

Otherwise, i like the interface, and the predictive text seems smarter than that of the android OS, especially after it updated through my SMS history. Nice touch. Finding the automatic space after word completion annoying though, as i keep ending up with spaces before my full stops...
 
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Just by way of an update, i've now uninstalled this app. Whilst the predictive side of things was good, i found the text input method somewhat frustrating. On the careful setting, which relied more on predictions, it kept inserting spaces before punctuation. I thought i'd try the rapid mode instead, assuming it'd correct spelling mistakes, etc. It corrected things like "yeah" to "YeH", and couldn't spot the need to correct things like "wasnt" to "wasn't". Also, there was a list of words/phrases above the keyboard, which i could scroll through, but which didn't change/update. I don't know if i've missed a trick here, but aside from the improvement in text prediction, i see no reason to pay for this app. I think i'll try swype...
 
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