Why do people like using Swype? It seems more complicated than useful.

[gspitman]

Originally Posted by solarflarex

anyone have a link to the latest version?

Stick with the 2.0 version, all of the problems that mess other phone settings up are from the newer version.

[THE-COPS]

gspitman
I'm NOT bashing Swype nor am I bashing the users who like it. I created this thread out of curiosity. I wanted to know why so many seemed to like using this in place of normal tapping or even the hardware KB. I wanted user opinions. See, I found I had a hard time with this app so I didn't understand what all the rave was about. IMO, I didn't like it. Coming from a user who recently had a Motorola Q9M, I am used to typing on a hardware KB. And even with the touchscreen, it just seemed a lot easier to tap the letters than to draw through them. Also, I did have some of the issues mentioned in earlier posts. For instance, having to backspace to make the contacts name pop up. I already have issues with incorrect contact names popping up, and that just made it worse. Having the other built-in keyboards vanishing, until I uninstalled Swype.

And what was this other typing interface app that some of you mention? I would be interested in trying it, just for the heck of it. I'm willing to try anything once.

And.... KABLAM! to the user who said they use this while driving. That's a BIG NONO! I'm not about to change the thread subject but, DON'T EVER do that.. or even think about texting or using apps while driving. A friend of mine got in a wreck 2 months ago just because some asshat was typing a txt message on his phone and rear ended him.

Now back to Swype.

Thank you all for your opinions and useful feedback. This was what I was looking for in the first place. No flames needed.

[cbreze]

I don't care for it. I still prefer to use proper spelling , grammar and punctuation. A lost art I know. It seems harder to do with this type of app. Good for quick, one-handed responses perhaps. (just my $.02)

[amw1972]

I'm on the swype bandwagon...and have been since it was ripped out from the omnia(?) I think that's where the first cab came from...Have KNOWN about swype-type apps for onscrn keyboard since the 1st gen iPhone was jailbroken...(there was an app for that)

I love it, there's a time and a place for all the multitude input methods that's available to us TouchPro2 users. I love the onscreen for inputting info to setup email acc'ts, online logins, etc. Composing email is definitely a hardware keyboard job. Little texts to friends and family...HELLO SWYPE. I don't abbreviate my texts, and I don't believe the app does either. Once you have had practice, and the app "learns" your tendencies...its almost magic.

Opinions are like "you-know-whats" and everyone has one...so this is mine. By the way, the backspace to get your contact to auto-populate might be an install thing. I do have the latest vers which have the bigger buttons...its cooked in to the ROM that I'm using...and the contacts populate normally.

edit: Not Omnia...think it was the Imagio...

also to the OP...its good to ask for opinions...because you might learn a bit more about the app...that you might want to give it another go. Read that this is your first PPC...keep asking questions...and your knowledge base will grow...and instead of giving up entirely on an app...you might work to get it working for you.

[Da Uniq 1]

Originally Posted by austin420

were you using the tp2 clean up cab?

Naw I didn't use that one. I saw the trhead and the disclosure about running at your own risk if you've already installed things lol.

I had already installed and customized my Start menu.

That's a big thing for me is the lack of customization on the Start menu.

I might have the time & patience to start over from scratch, hard reset and then use the clean up cab 1st lol.

Dealing with my phone is one thing, but hers (she is technology illiterate) takes a lot of my time. especially showing her what files, to use, utilizing task manager etc lol

[gspitman]

Originally Posted by cbreze

I don't care for it. I still prefer to use proper spelling , grammar and punctuation. A lost art I know. It seems harder to do with this type of app. Good for quick, one-handed responses perhaps. (just my $.02)

How does Swype detract from spelling or grammar?

[op12]

Originally Posted by tracerit

what bugs me is that it still inserts the auto-space when i'm typing a URL... i'd turn it off but then typing non-URLs would be a hassle.

It takes an extra second or so, but if you hold down the space bar, it cycles to two other options. The first is tab, but the second is "NO Auto-space" and this will turn off the auto-space before the next word you type.

Originally Posted by RicoRich196

Sometimes my finger gets in the way but so far the app is cool.

I got around this issue by changing the settings to allow for sloppier input. Then you just have to gesture "towards" the letters you want...it doesn't even matter if you don't actually hit them. So as long as you're vaguely close, it'll figure out what you're trying to write.

Unsurprisingly, there's more delay when you change the setting for sloppier input, but you can actually keep typing even while it's figuring a word out and it will keep up. And worst case, it'll get something wrong, and all you have to do is double-click on it to get a list of potential corrections.

[JustLok]

I actually find Swype rather convenient when I don't want to bother sliding out the keyboard to type. It's great for one handed replies sometimes, and sometimes the predictive spelling cuts the time where I would try to type on the keyboard. However, I find it a bit annoying that after a period, when I start another sentence the word is not spaced so it'd look like 'blah.blah' instead of 'blah. Blah'. Anyway to fix that? Other than that, I like it and I think it's a nice alternative to the onscreen keyboard (which I find for my taste sluggy and annoying at times).

[mathiass]

I friggin love it, it's extremely accurate for me it's right 95% of the time

[Oditius]

I don't even use the keyboard anymore. I like swype, works great, can send a text in no time flat and don't have to abbreviate anything.