Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Swipe typing
Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 7 years (2020–2026), in 4 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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After a decade of use, still cannot type effectively with swipe typingUnreviewed
20202026- Swipe typing often picks the wrong word for similar words and doubled letters2026-06-24
- Swipe typing turns 'a lot' into 'alot' and user must manually add it to dictionary2023-11-14
- Swipe typing is unusable and the touchscreen registers many typos2021-04-01
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 4 complaints
- Swipe typing often picks the wrong word for similar words and doubled letters2026-06-24
- Swipe typing turns 'a lot' into 'alot' and user must manually add it to dictionary2023-11-14
- Swipe typing is unusable and the touchscreen registers many typos2021-04-01
- After a decade of use, still cannot type effectively with swipe typing2020-08-19