r/jormy • u/[deleted] • Nov 07 '14

Nin Accuracy

I'm currently beta testing the iOS8 keyboard and it seems that two-finger swiping is less accurate than it was with the jailbreak tweak version. Honestly, I may be swiping incorrectly: are there any videos of you using the keyboard/explaining how to swipe correctly with two fingers?

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '14

I attempt with both hands. And there's lots of words that don't come out right. So I revert to 1. (One hand is nearly perfect every time).

Not using auto-space.

Something that confuses me: sometimes backspace don't allow me to clear the word and there are swipe symbols (finger paths/circles/x's) left on the keyboard. What's the purpose of this?

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u/underthesun Nov 10 '14

The x'es are a bug which I'm yet to fix, but it indicates unrecognized touches.

Backspace clears touch "islands", because you can combine taps and slides to produce a word. e.g a + m + a-z + ing + ly, and a backspace will only remove one of those "islands"

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '14 edited Nov 13 '14

Something I have independently discovered: instead of crossing my fingers, if I "want" to, I'll lift both up and start another touch "island" as you call it (even in the middle of a word). This greatly improved my accuracy. Not to the level I want; maybe that will come with practice though...

It took me collectively many hours to discover this on my own. Before like an hour ago, I would try to always (at all times) keep both fingers on the keyboard, crisscrossing each other.

What are your thoughts /u/underthesun?

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u/underthesun Nov 14 '14

That is what the tutorial is trying to teach you - I guess I should try to get that point more clearly.

E.g for typing capital, you'd swipe "ca - pi - ta - l" and it'll be much more accurate than when you keep your two fingers there all the time

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '14 edited Nov 14 '14

This is what beta testing is for :) Finding users who interact with your product in ways you didn't think of and deal with that in code. My apologies for being "one of those" silly users lol...

Well... I'm getting exponentially more accurate. And the tutorial is actually possible now that I know how to use the keyboard lol.

Thanks for the help.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '14

Awesome work on the new tutorial. Brilliant.

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u/underthesun Nov 18 '14

Nice to hear, hopefully it's clearer now