You just tap the first letter, and then slide your finger over the other letters until you’ve finished the word. Then you lift your finger and do the next word. It’s faster than tapping because you don’t need to lift your finger off the screen nearly as much. Especially when you only have one hand.
That being said, I do really miss my old phone that you could turn on its side and slide out a physical keyboard.
I find it gets it wrong way more often, it’s just not only naturally faster to me, but also more precise. And I think that that’s the reason it’s not standard. It’s like using a Dvorak keyboard, a different style that may be faster in theory if you’re willing to learn it, but for the majority that’s just not the case.
Also I feel uncomfortable smushing my finger tip around on the keyboard, it generates friction and introduces more screen smear, I just don’t see how it’s possibly faster than typing like you would on a keyboard, though I have forty years of practice so maybe it’s a generational thing.
You just tap the first letter, and then slide your finger over the other letters until you’ve finished the word. Then you lift your finger and do the next word. It’s faster than tapping because you don’t need to lift your finger off the screen nearly as much. Especially when you only have one hand.
That being said, I do really miss my old phone that you could turn on its side and slide out a physical keyboard.
I find it gets it wrong way more often, it’s just not only naturally faster to me, but also more precise. And I think that that’s the reason it’s not standard. It’s like using a Dvorak keyboard, a different style that may be faster in theory if you’re willing to learn it, but for the majority that’s just not the case.
Also I feel uncomfortable smushing my finger tip around on the keyboard, it generates friction and introduces more screen smear, I just don’t see how it’s possibly faster than typing like you would on a keyboard, though I have forty years of practice so maybe it’s a generational thing.