swype for big people?

nakhleh926

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so, my thus are huge, and I keep making tips when I use store, and I was writing if there was a bigger keyboard layout for it or something that someone made? like a new skin that makes the letters larger?

ABOVE is how I type without having to go in and correct it, this is the spell checked version, where I type really slowly or delete a LOT. usually make more errors, too.

so, my thumbs are huge, and I keep making typos when I use swype, and I was wondering if there was a bigger keyboard layout for it or something that someone made? like a new skin that makes the letters larger?

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I agree I have the same issue. I cant see where I am swyping because f my thumbs and seem to be trying to look over my thumb to do it. I can't get used to it so i just use the regular keyboard.
 

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It takes time, I think everyone does that at first but you end up getting good at it like anything else.

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It takes time, I think everyone does that at first but you end up getting good at it like anything else.

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I've been using it for a month :(, I'll try a bit longer because I really like the idea of it, maybe I need to mess with the dictionary and add my own words/remove ones I don't use like mcgrath or izaak.

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I agree I have the same issue. I cant see where I am swyping because f my thumbs and seem to be trying to look over my thumb to do it. I can't get used to it so i just use the regular keyboard.

exactly what I've been doing, I have swiftkey which is great but I type while laying down so swype is now convenient.

now = more

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That really does help. And I guarantee if you give it some more time you'll never go back because you'll be texting so fast. I love swype if you can't tell lol.

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That really does help. And I guarantee if you give it some more time you'll never go back because you'll be texting so fast. I love swype if you can't tell lol.

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lol I don't blame you, I would love it too if it was my friend! now I only like-like it, with a man crush, we'll see how this relationship progresses.

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you really have to mess with the setting to get it to your liking. i was making all sorts of mistakes before, but i go the sliders just right now so i dont make many mistakes any more.

i love me some swype :)
 
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you really have to mess with the setting to get it to your liking. i was making all sorts of mistakes before, but i go the sliders just right now so i dont make many mistakes any more.

i love me some swype :)

every time I messed with that I made it worse lol, playing with it now though.

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I really enjoy the swipe feature. It does take some getting used to though.
 

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Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but I Swype using my pointer finger. I guess I could use my thumb, but I'd never thought about it. Though, I find the phone a wee-bit too big to try to Swype and hold in the same hand. I don't do too bad with the Pointer Finger Method.

I started using Swype as a beta on my Eris and was pleasantly surprised to see that Swype was already loaded on the X.
 
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Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but I Swype using my pointer finger. I guess I could use my thumb, but I'd never thought about it. Though, I find the phone a wee-bit too big to try to Swype and hold in the same hand. I don't do too bad with the Pointer Finger Method.

I started using Swype as a beta on my Eris and was pleasantly surprised to see that Swype was already loaded on the X.

I can't do it with the same hand unless it's a really short response, left hand is holding my phone while my right is swyping, granted I'm laying down so it's probably harder just because of that to begin with.

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I never got fast enough with Swype to really make it worth using.

I do like playing with it, but after using it for almost a month, I realized I can actually text a lot faster & with WAY LESS typos using TouchPal KB.

~John
 

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I'm ready to be bashed, but I hate swype. I like the normal keyboard. I'm currently using the Gingerbread keyboard. Which has smaller keys, but they are spaced out more, preventing typo's.
 
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no bashing :), it's all preference, I like the gb keyboard too, but when I'm not using swype I use swiftkey because my brain remembers I payed two dollars for it.

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