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  1. Version 4 - Punctuation and emoticons (smileys, smilies) not predicted anymore.

    Recently, I updated from swiftkey version 3 to 4 on my Galaxy S2 on Android 2.3.4. I have the feeling (as I had from 2 to 3) that this update deleted half of the words and phrases swiftkey had remembered. And what's more (and worse!) punctuation and emoticons are no longer predicted. I have a couple of phrases, mainly greetings for beginning and ending texts and emails, that always have the same punctuation and emoticons.

    E.g. Best regards, myname. =)
    or Love, yours myname. :*

    Before the update, those phrases were predicted almost from the first letter on. Now swiftkey…

    716 votes
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      78 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

      Hi everyone.

      We chose to stop predicting punctuation as in most cases it is a waste of a prediction space (that could be used for a word) when all the common punctuation can be accessed with a single tap or slide.
      We realise that smileys are an exception here, so we’d like to hear your comments on what situations make predicting punctuation worthwhile.

      Thanks,
      Sarah

    • Bring Swiftkey to jailbroken iPhones through the Cydia store.

      Jailbroken iPhones allow for third party customization and Swiftkey is in high demand with many people willing to pay for this tweak.

      646 votes
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        10 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
      • Enable swipe to delete in Swiftkey 4 flow mode

        Enable swipe to delete in Swiftkey 4 flow mode. Implement the swiping in the spacebar only.

        396 votes
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          25 comments  ·  Keyboard functions  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
        • No space after username

          While using predictions for inputting usernames and email ids, SwiftKey automatically includes a 'space' after selecting the prediction, hence resulting in a wrong username. Please fix this.

          267 votes
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            4 comments  ·  Keyboard functions  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
          • After flow show 3 suggestions for the word (instead of showing next word predictions)

            At the moment, it only predicts one word when flow mode is on and we use it, or 3 words when we type letter by letter. Why not give us 3 options of words when we use the flow mode? I know once we release the finger only 1 word will be written, but my suggestion is: If it had 3 possible words (1 middle that would be the one chosen if you release at any moment, 1 left, and 1 right) and we could slide our finger to the left word, for example, and release it there, then it…

            288 votes
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              12 comments  ·  Keyboard functions  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
            • 442 votes
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                16 comments  ·  Keyboard functions  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
              • Don't autocorrect a word when the user backs up and deletes part of it,. People want it: http://redd.it/122sp3

                Don't autocorrect a word when the user backs up and deletes part of it.

                Whenever SwiftKey autocorrects a word that is almost correct (e.g. "bikes" instead of "bike"), don't autocorrect the word back to "bikes" if the user deletes the 's'.

                As of right now, #1 post on Reddit!: http://redd.it/122sp3

                3,111 votes
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                  29 comments  ·  Keyboard functions  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                • 86 votes
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                  • Switch to Samsung handwriting keyboard on Note 2 with S Pen.

                    Have the ability to switch to the Samsung handwriting recognition software when s pen is out on Samsung Galaxy Note 2

                    2,523 votes
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                      166 comments  ·  Keyboard functions  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                    • Kalq layout

                      Including the kalq layout of Max Planck Institute would improve typing speed (for the ones willing to use it like myself). http://www.mpg.de/7104427/kalq_keyboard

                      53 votes
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                      • We all want emoji and unicode. Why not make it into a whole different language keyboard that we can download?

                        So, we can have different languages and it's a breeze switching between different language keyboards once you have downloaded. We all want more emoji and Unicode. Especially the black heart symbols, outlined heart symbols that was featured on the stock keyboard. *hint hint* Why don't we just make Unicode keyboard and make it available as language so that we can just swipe the space key to switch?

                        62 votes
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                          3 comments  ·  Keyboard functions  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                        • Own spelling checker dictionary i Swiftkey

                          Add words to your own userdefined spelling checker dictionary to get rid of typing errors. Swiftkeys correction by learning is not good enough if you by mistake repeat typing wrongly spelled words. It will on the contrary learn wrongly spelled words

                          73 votes
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                          • Either learn how I use elipses (...) or don't automatically space and capitalizes after them. An option in settings would help.

                            I rarely end sentences with elipses but I use them frequently. It is very frustrating to have to backspace and shift to correct SwiftKey.

                            193 votes
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                            • Toggle Diacritics / Normalization of Unicode text output

                              Can you please implement output text normalization of Unicode text? For example in Central and Eastern Europe people are used to write emails and text messages without punctuation, i.e. in Latin alphabet without special local characters such as "ľščťžýáíéúäňô". They would simply type "gulocka" instead of "guľôčka". It even looks weird if people do type with punctuation.
                              Implementation of this functionality is quite simple by using Java Class Normalizer. Many thanks.

                              45 votes
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                              • 25 votes
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                                • Option to Disable Flow-Through-Space

                                  It is a nice feature, but when I am not trying to use this feature and I sometimes flow too close to the spacebar, SwiftKey starts the Flow-Through-Space feature. This unfortunately requires me to pay closer attention to the prediction and ensure that the Flow-Through-Space feature does not start. I find that it is quicker for me to Flow single words at a time. Thank you & I love SwiftKey!!

                                  Current Version: SwiftKey 4.0.0.106

                                  60 votes
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                                    4 comments  ·  Keyboard functions  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                  • Special characters

                                    Samsung keyboard has many special characters such as ♣▼▲★♥♡《》
                                    I would like the ability to have characters like these available, or at least be able to add your own characters from a different keyboard through shortcut keys like the smiley shortcut

                                    415 votes
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                                    • Condensed mode for one handed operation (slide all keyboard to one side).

                                      Single hand mode will reduce the size of the keyboard and justify it to the left or right (depending on settings).

                                      1,329 votes
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                                      • It does not seem to "learn" my Email address.

                                        It does not seem to "learn" my Email address. I would like to see a added email as a word suggestion. But it does not seem to give me that.

                                        694 votes
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                                        • Be able to shift the keyboard to left or to right for easier one handed use on the galaxy note 2

                                          Be able to shift the keyboard to the left or to the right for easy one handed use on the galaxy note 2

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