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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Try giving us back a fucking physical keyboard. Touchscreens fucking suck.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Just carry a full sized usb keyboard to plug into your phone.

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[–] ColdWater 7 points 6 days ago

Looks awful

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The keys are not even the size they are on the screen, what’s getting drawn is just a grid of letters. Touch keyboards are far more complicated than you think.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah. I’m gonna guess this types about the same. This is probally just an aesthetic change for the appearance of being “New!”.

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[–] isVeryLoud 1 points 4 days ago

Has anyone noticed gboard randomly closes now on Pixel 9? Can't find info about this issue anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

maybe the idea is that round keys will have less typos than rectangular keys that are all touching each other?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

They are most likely running an A/B test on exactly those metrics.

We'll know if it's successful if they roll it out in the end.

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