Ged MaheuxMar 3, 2023
I swear to god I’m spending way too much time correcting autocorrect these days. It’s gotten SO bad. 😩
Show threadShadowbottleMar 3, 2023
@gedeonm so fucking bad. The shit where iOS changes the key hit boxes in anticipation of what you’ll press next is also driving me fucking bonkers, too. Resetting and retraining hasn’t done jack either. Used to be so much more usable.
Show threadTim Mar 3, 2023
@shadowbottle @gedeonm Wait does that actually happen? There’s always a few letters in certain sentences that I can never seem to hit and I couldn’t figure out why.
Show threadShadowbottle

@ezwal @gedeonm yup! Patented since 2012:

https://appleinsider.com/articles/12/07/31/apple_granted_patent_for_predictive_text_input_ui.html

Apple granted patent for predictive text input UI | AppleInsider

Apple on Tuesday was granted a U.S. patent for the graphical user interface used in iOS which changes the "hit region" size of a virtual keyboard's buttons based on predictive text data.

AppleInsider
Mar 3, 2023 at 7:29pmIvory for iOS