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Does anyone have problems with SwiftKey on MN?

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MackerelOfFact · 10/06/2015 22:19

Just wondering if I'm the only one who's posts come out garbled on MN?

Weird thingztlike thisthwordswords btyped twice or randoyrandom dketeddeleted eing tupedisthis, s lole

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MackerelOfFact · 11/06/2015 20:37

Hi Josh,

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BertieBotts · 11/06/2015 19:25

It doesn't happen quite the same with the HTC one. The HTC one has a problem (which swiftkey used to do as well) where sometimes when I get to the edge of the text box it somehow decides that it needs to mash together this word and the next word (without correcting the first word for typos) and often it adds extra letters. Putting a space in doesn't work and double spacing puts in a full stop, which can look odd in the middle of a sentence.

With swiftkey I used to get anomalies like "I amaalso" as Cinde said.

The main issue I get with HTC is the end-of-line text box issue and another weird one which is where the cursor doesn't match up to where it looks like it is so trying to delete letters deletes random letters in the middle of other sentences. But that's not a swiftkey issue.

All of these occur with any typing. But being at the edge of a text box seems particularly problematic.

joshfromswiftkey · 11/06/2015 19:15

@BertieBotts that's odd that it happens with the HTC keyboard as well. Do you see this with using any specific formatting or just any typing at all?

joshfromswiftkey · 11/06/2015 19:11

Thanks to both of you may for the additional detail here. We will do some further testing and debugging on our end. I appreciate your patience as we look into this matter further.

BertieBotts · 11/06/2015 18:52

I used to have the same issue so I stopped using it. Also, it was too big for my phone screen. Not everyone has massive Phablets Hmm

However, I get similar (but not as severe) issues with the standard HTC keyboard, so maybe it was just my phone.

CindeFuckinRella · 11/06/2015 17:48

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joshfromswiftkey · 11/06/2015 17:39

@MackerelOfFact

I work for SwiftKey.

Can you confirm you what type of phone you are using? I'm assuming its an Android phone as you said it was happening in Chrome. It would be awesome to get more information so we can flag it with our technical staff. :)

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MackerelOfFact · 11/06/2015 16:56

Yes shutting down the browser does seem to fix it. I guess it's an issue with Chrome or SwiftKey rather than MN. Glad it's not just my phone though.

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MackerelOfFact · 11/06/2015 16:54

Grrrr

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MackerelOfFact · 11/06/2015 16:54

The only thungthinfees itat fxws

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MephistophelesApprentice · 11/06/2015 15:45

Had a few words appear twice twice (etc) but nothing quite so extreme.

Foreverconfused · 11/06/2015 15:38

Yes I had the same sometimes. I found shutting down Internet and loading it up again worked. Now I just use the Samsung stock keyboard as it works a lot better with mumsnet and the like.

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YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet · 11/06/2015 15:28

Thanks for posting, Mackerel. How odd..

Is this happening to anyone else using SK?

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MackerelOfFact · 10/06/2015 22:23

Translation: words get typed twice or randomly deleted when trying to type (see above example) and it only seems to happen on MN.

Wondered if it was a bug with my phone, the SwiftKey app or the site?

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