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Swype vs ShapeWriter vs android keyboards

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Oh, and as jasnmb said, the space isn't inserted until you add another word -- that way, a period or comma go right after a word instead of separated by a space. Don't expect to see a space there right after you finish a word.
 
How do you type out more complicated letter sequences like email ids/urls etc in Shapewriter. Somehow if its not an English word, it does not seem to work very well.

For eg.....to type Big255@yahoo.com I cannot add "Big255" as a word in the dictionary whereas Swype will allow me to.

Also....since you cannot swipe through the period....it turns out as @ yahoo. Com which is really annoying when you are trying to input an email address or url.

Also.......I use a password with multiple Uppercase letters and I've never managed to enter a password successfully with Shapewriter.

But I really like the auto caps etc and want to use it...but Swype definitely has WAAAY better documentation
 
Never mind I found out how to set it as the default keyboard. It does not allow you to type in spanish unless you save the words with the Add button. I've added the words I use the most and it works flawlessly even in spanish.
 
magnus said:
Also....since you cannot swipe through the period....it turns out as @ yahoo. Com which is really annoying when you are trying to input an email address or url.

Also.......I use a password with multiple Uppercase letters and I've never managed to enter a password successfully with Shapewriter.
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you can always type normal with it as well to counter act that issue :)
 
BiGMERF said:
you can always type normal with it as well to counter act that issue :)
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You know what....I honestly did not think about that!

Now any way to type something like this out? "mYhoUSe" I don't think even tap typing will help as it only cycles through cases.
 
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Now any way to type something like this out? "mYhoUSe" I don't think even tap typing will help as it only cycles through cases.
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ShapeWriter clearly is not intended for typing camel-case things like that. It is possible but inconvenient: type it all in lower case (using literal mode to avoid an initial capital, if it's in a context where one would be added), then move the cursor back following each character you want in upper case and hit the "toggle case" key. If the cursor is anywhere except at the end of a word, only the single character immediately preceding the cursor is affected by the "toggle case" key. At the end of a word, it cycles the word through lower case, initial capital, and all-caps, as you said.
 
Just putting in my 2 cents. I've used shapewriter and swype on my droid for a few weeks each. Overall I prefer swype due to much greater accuracy.
 
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