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Swiftkey 3 now available

After several hours of using this...imo....

Pros
-symbols are more bold.
-if you forget or miss a space, it often predicts 2 words.
-words predicted are smaller to fit the buttons better.
-bigger space bar.
-after a while, some punctuation is easier.
-quicker, easier speech to text access.
-I've discovered many special characters I didn't notice before.

Cons...
I've been having problems with predictions of contractions. I usually don't have to add apostrophes for it to predict a contraction. (but this seems to be because it is learning my writing style... Hopefully that's all.)
-having two commas makes it less easy to accurately hit the exclamation point (you'll see why).
-now the pressed letter is shown above your finger while it is on the screen. I find it distracting, unnecessary, and even seems to slow me down.
-having small letters in the prediction buttons when the words are small may be slowing me down in landscape mode.
-the letters are smaller in landscape position. (but perfect in normal position, whatever they call that.)

The only thing that would cause me to go back to SwiftKey X is the considerable amount of hesitation. It lags. Along with the keys flashing above the buttons pushed, it slows me down.
 
I have been using Go Keyboard. It is a fine keyboard except my typing precision sucks and the predictions are not the greatest.

Swiftkey 3 predictions from Gmail and SMS? Sounds good to me. So does the sale price. Trying it now...
 
I just can't believe typing "im" doesn't give me I'm. The FAQ section if you section said you have to update your language to get the contractions. I did, rebooted, but it still doesn't work.

Otherwise I like the update. Ive tried (see shouldn't it update Ive!) a ton of different keyboards and this would finally be a winner but the contractions thing is really annoying. It shouldn't have to learn them.
 
^^^I know what you mean. (And it took me a while to find those first three arrows pointing up characters. They've switched things around a bit. I even discovered a whole bunch of special characters in the process.)
I'm also finding that it's slow!! WTF!! SO MUCH HESITATION. This might cause me to go back to SwiftKey X, if possible.
 
When I strike just the letter I, it gives me I'm as one of my three choices. But "I've" is still a problem, it's not giving me that one.

As to response time, mine is lightning fast. I don't know how it could be any faster.
 
I moved this thread to the Android Applications section so that more users will see it.

I upgraded from SwiftkeyX to 3 a couple days ago when it was released and yes it was free. I had been using the Swiftkey3 beta for a while and I love it. The new ICS theme is so nice.
 
I've tried it and find it much improved over Swiftkey X. It still tries to be too clever though. After I've typed a paragraph, I do a quick search for any words it might have inserted. Other than that, I'm finding I actually prefer it to the iOS keyboard. It has its faults but makes up for it in the sheer speed I can rattle out text.
 
I, like many of you, am having my issues with SwiftKey 3. When I was trying to beta, it didn't bother me as much because I could just switch back to SwiftKey X. It's been so terrible for me (with lag, contractions, and other listed issues) that I've decided to "attempt" to switch back and I can't find SwiftKey X anywhere.

If anyone could please shed some light on how to get back to it. I paid for it, rightfully. But I can't seem to "downgrade" to SwiftKey X. I've tried Google Play and the Amazon App Store and both only have SwiftKey 3.
 
I've updated. Although the contractions are now working, I still sense the lag that others are speaking of. I am still trying to find a way to get SwiftKey X back.
 
I am not having lag, but I can't go back to X. I quit using it as soon as I got ICS because it looked so bad compared to how ICS looks.
 
I've been a big fan of Swiftkey x and now Swiftkey 3. I've noticed for about the last month that sometimes the auto corrections row above the keyboard (row with 3 possible words) doesn't show up. I'm using Go SMS Pro. When this happens, I have to hit back out of it and go back into Go SMS Pro to get the auto corrections to show up again.

Is this happening to anyone else? I just recently changed from Handcent to Go so maybe that has something to do with it?
 
I've been a big fan of Swiftkey x and now Swiftkey 3. I've noticed for about the last month that sometimes the auto corrections row above the keyboard (row with 3 possible words) doesn't show up. I'm using Go SMS Pro. When this happens, I have to hit back out of it and go back into Go SMS Pro to get the auto corrections to show up again.

Is this happening to anyone else? I just recently changed from Handcent to Go so maybe that has something to do with it?

Happens when I get a popup over the lock screen and try to reply.
 
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