On Jul 10, 2018, at 10:36 AM, FlickType <hello@flicktype.com> wrote:

Thank you David and Benny. I have not yet received any crash logs. Could you please send me any flicktype logs you may have from the same day? Settings, privacy, analytics, analytics data.

Thanks,
Kosta

On Jul 10, 2018, at 08:26, Benny Barber <rebelben@bellsouth.net> wrote:


Yes, having crashes due to using quotation marks. Thanks.
Benny

On Jul 10, 2018, at 12:48 AM, FlickType <hello@flicktype.com> wrote:

Please test the new quote and emoji spacing functionality and report any unexpected behavior, ideally with a small reproducible example.

What's new:
- A space will now be inserted before the first typed emoji. No spaces will be inserted between consecutive emojis.
- Unwanted spaces around quotes will now be stripped.
- FlickType hint announcements have been limited to the first 3 times since launching the keyboard. This will reset whenever the keyboard is relaunched, which happens if you reboot your device, if you update FlickType, if FlickType crashed, or if full access is toggled in the settings. So while this won't prevent the hints entirely for those who really don't need them, it will silence them for the vast majority of the cases.

Previously:
- Touch typing: last-moment key changes right before touching up are now ignored, to avoid accidentally entering characters adjacent to the intended one.
- Touch typing: character phonetic feedback will only be announced while exploring, but not once the character has been entered.
- Setting for "Visual Announcements" will now persist between sessions, and is also available in the Settings screen.
- Fixed settings screen appearing visually broken when accessibility values for "Large Text" are used. Thanks Harry!

Thank you for testing FlickType!

Warmly,
Kosta and Ashley

On Jul 10, 2018, at 08:26, Benny Barber <rebelben@bellsouth.net> wrote:


Yes, having crashes due to using quotation marks. Thanks.
Benny

On Jul 10, 2018, at 12:48 AM, FlickType <hello@flicktype.com> wrote:

Please test the new quote and emoji spacing functionality and report any unexpected behavior, ideally with a small reproducible example.

What's new:
- A space will now be inserted before the first typed emoji. No spaces will be inserted between consecutive emojis.
- Unwanted spaces around quotes will now be stripped.
- FlickType hint announcements have been limited to the first 3 times since launching the keyboard. This will reset whenever the keyboard is relaunched, which happens if you reboot your device, if you update FlickType, if FlickType crashed, or if full access is toggled in the settings. So while this won't prevent the hints entirely for those who really don't need them, it will silence them for the vast majority of the cases.

Previously:
- Touch typing: last-moment key changes right before touching up are now ignored, to avoid accidentally entering characters adjacent to the intended one.
- Touch typing: character phonetic feedback will only be announced while exploring, but not once the character has been entered.
- Setting for "Visual Announcements" will now persist between sessions, and is also available in the Settings screen.
- Fixed settings screen appearing visually broken when accessibility values for "Large Text" are used. Thanks Harry!

Thank you for testing FlickType!

Warmly,
Kosta and Ashley

On Jul 10, 2018, at 12:48 AM, FlickType <hello@flicktype.com> wrote:

Please test the new quote and emoji spacing functionality and report any unexpected behavior, ideally with a small reproducible example.

What's new:
- A space will now be inserted before the first typed emoji. No spaces will be inserted between consecutive emojis.
- Unwanted spaces around quotes will now be stripped.
- FlickType hint announcements have been limited to the first 3 times since launching the keyboard. This will reset whenever the keyboard is relaunched, which happens if you reboot your device, if you update FlickType, if FlickType crashed, or if full access is toggled in the settings. So while this won't prevent the hints entirely for those who really don't need them, it will silence them for the vast majority of the cases.

Previously:
- Touch typing: last-moment key changes right before touching up are now ignored, to avoid accidentally entering characters adjacent to the intended one.
- Touch typing: character phonetic feedback will only be announced while exploring, but not once the character has been entered.
- Setting for "Visual Announcements" will now persist between sessions, and is also available in the Settings screen.
- Fixed settings screen appearing visually broken when accessibility values for "Large Text" are used. Thanks Harry!

Thank you for testing FlickType!

Warmly,
Kosta and Ashley

On Jul 9, 2018, at 5:24 PM, FlickType <hello@flicktype.com> wrote:

Thank you Chuck. Does that mean you lost the text of the last line? Or did it become the first line instead? And is this reproducible?

Thanks,
Kosta

On Jul 9, 2018, at 16:28, Chuck Dean <cadean329@gmail.com> wrote:


Hi kosta,
I was typing in my journal app and after I dismissed the keyboard, the last line of text was replaced with a repeat of the first line of text.
I had this problem in previous builds.
Thanks,
Chuck

On Jul 9, 2018, at 5:07 PM, FlickType <hello@flicktype.com> wrote:

- Disabled gesture to change keyboard height. We will revisit the non-fullscreen mode once some more foundational work is in place.
- Touch typing: Ignore last-moment key changes right before touching up, to avoid accidentally entering characters adjacent to the intended one.
- Touch typing: Don't provide character phonetic feedback after the character has been entered.
- Setting for "Visual Announcements" will now persist between sessions, and is also available in the Settings screen.
- Fixed settings screen appearing visually broken when accessibility values for "Large Text" are used. Thanks Harry!

On Jul 9, 2018, at 16:28, Chuck Dean <cadean329@gmail.com> wrote:


Hi kosta,
I was typing in my journal app and after I dismissed the keyboard, the last line of text was replaced with a repeat of the first line of text.
I had this problem in previous builds.
Thanks,
Chuck

On Jul 8, 2018, at 10:45 PM, FlickType <hello@flicktype.com> wrote:

This wishlist is really helpful, as we are looking to re-prioritize the various planned items. I've been sick for the last couple of days, but as soon as I'm feeling better we'll get back on track, smile.

Warmly,
Kosta

On Jul 7, 2018, at 1:57 AM, FlickType <hello@flicktype.com> wrote:

Another experimental build, based on some of the earlier feedback.

- Added a 3-finger flick up and down gesture to switch between fullscreen and standard size modes. Standard size is the same size as the iOS keyboard, and only supports touch typing. The idea is that you would use the standard size mode instead of dismissing the keyboard entirely, and potentially resume fullscreen typing with a 3-finger flick up. The keyboard will commit all changes to the underlying textfield upon entering standard size mode. The keyboard will always default to fullscreen mode when popping up.

Please keep the ideas and thoughts coming, smile!

On Jul 7, 2018, at 5:48 PM, David Nason <dnason@gmail.com> wrote:


Hi all,

Some people have been mentioning what they would like to see in terms of development. So I thought I'd send out my own wishlist.

Larger dictionary. All too often I tap out relatively common words but find they are not in the dictionary, or not offered to me, so have to type it out manually.
More variations / derivitives of words. For example the plural of many common nouns are not in the dictionary. And different tenses of verbs. For example, I try to type "subscribed". FlickType offers me "subscriber" as the first option, showing that I got the pattern right, but neither "subscribed" or "subscribes" appear in the suggestions list at all.
Learn what I type. For example, I type my name, "Dave" regularly, signing emails etc. However it almost never offers me "Dave" as the first suggestion, usually offering "face" first, with "Dave" appearing somewhere in the list requiring me to swipe down. No matter how many times I have made this change, it still never offers me "Dave" first.
Better accuracy of manual typing. It still sometimes selects the letter beside the one I wanted.
Insert a space before the first emoji that comes after words or punctuation. I say this because I would want a space in that case, but I do not want a space between two emoji characters.
Fix for issue with FlickType inserting spaces before or after quotation marks. Currently I have to go back through my text with the iOS keyboard to fix these. I'm not sure about this one because sometimes I get unwanted spaces and sometimes I don't, so maybe there is a trick to it, or maybe it behaves differently depending on whether the word inside the quotes was tapped or manually touch typed?
Support for text expansion shortcuts. Preferably accessing the ones I've already created in iOS settings.
Option to switch off the announcements when you open the keyboard. Related to this, the keyboard is sometimes slow to become responsive when opened.

The half screen keyboard would be nice to see too, if full functionality could be added and we could fully interact with the elements of the app in the top half of the screen, but for me the above list would take priority.

What do other people think?

Dave

On Jul 8, 2018, at 8:07 AM, Salman Haider <salmanhaider.purdue@gmail.com> wrote:

I would agree with all of what Dave has here.

On Jul 7, 2018, at 8:48 PM, David Nason <dnason@gmail.com> wrote:


Hi all,

Some people have been mentioning what they would like to see in terms of development. So I thought I'd send out my own wishlist.

Larger dictionary. All too often I tap out relatively common words but find they are not in the dictionary, or not offered to me, so have to type it out manually.
More variations / derivitives of words. For example the plural of many common nouns are not in the dictionary. And different tenses of verbs. For example, I try to type "subscribed". FlickType offers me "subscriber" as the first option, showing that I got the pattern right, but neither "subscribed" or "subscribes" appear in the suggestions list at all.
Learn what I type. For example, I type my name, "Dave" regularly, signing emails etc. However it almost never offers me "Dave" as the first suggestion, usually offering "face" first, with "Dave" appearing somewhere in the list requiring me to swipe down. No matter how many times I have made this change, it still never offers me "Dave" first.
Better accuracy of manual typing. It still sometimes selects the letter beside the one I wanted.
Insert a space before the first emoji that comes after words or punctuation. I say this because I would want a space in that case, but I do not want a space between two emoji characters.
Fix for issue with FlickType inserting spaces before or after quotation marks. Currently I have to go back through my text with the iOS keyboard to fix these. I'm not sure about this one because sometimes I get unwanted spaces and sometimes I don't, so maybe there is a trick to it, or maybe it behaves differently depending on whether the word inside the quotes was tapped or manually touch typed?
Support for text expansion shortcuts. Preferably accessing the ones I've already created in iOS settings.
Option to switch off the announcements when you open the keyboard. Related to this, the keyboard is sometimes slow to become responsive when opened.

The half screen keyboard would be nice to see too, if full functionality could be added and we could fully interact with the elements of the app in the top half of the screen, but for me the above list would take priority.

What do other people think?

Dave

On Jul 7, 2018, at 12:05, Benny Barber <rebelben@bellsouth.net> wrote:

Kosta,

I like where you are going with this.

I would like there to be consistency in the focus when the custom keyboard
is invoked. Sometimes it will open, the initial announcements are spoken
and you can start tap typing immediately (optimal scenario). Other times
when it opens there are no announcements. If I start typing, the initial
announcements begin to speak and I have to clear my taps and start over. As
stated in an earlier email, I would prefer the option to toggle off the
initial tutor announcements. I would prefer the announcement to simply be
"FlickType Full Screen" or FlickType Standard Screen".

When one does the 3 finger flick up or down, I would like the same FlickType
screen announcement (Full or Standard). With the 3 finger gesture either
way, I would like to see the focus to remain in the custom keyboard until
you either touch near the top of the screen or flick out of the standard
screen. I understand to put focus back into the standard screen, that you
must either flick back into it or touch in it. Of course when you 3 finger
flick up, the focus should be immediate and ready to tap type in the full
screen. For clarity, when I say "focus", I mean "in a ready to type Mode".

I don't think I am in favor of a standard sized full featured tap typing
screen. Maybe those that have some usable vision may prefer that, but if
you have limited or no vision some of the gestures could be difficult,
especially some of the 3 finger gestures and any other flick up or down
gestures that might be introduced. Again, this is just my opinion. I
respect those that have differing thoughts. Thanks.

Benny

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Another experimental build, based on some of the earlier feedback.

- Added a 3-finger flick up and down gesture to switch between fullscreen
and standard size modes. Standard size is the same size as the iOS keyboard,
and only supports touch typing. The idea is that you would use the standard
size mode instead of dismissing the keyboard entirely, and potentially
resume fullscreen typing with a 3-finger flick up. The keyboard will commit
all changes to the underlying textfield upon entering standard size mode.
The keyboard will always default to fullscreen mode when popping up.

Please keep the ideas and thoughts coming, smile!




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On Jul 7, 2018, at 5:48 PM, David Nason <dnason@gmail.com> wrote:


Hi all,

Some people have been mentioning what they would like to see in terms of development. So I thought I'd send out my own wishlist.

Larger dictionary. All too often I tap out relatively common words but find they are not in the dictionary, or not offered to me, so have to type it out manually.
More variations / derivitives of words. For example the plural of many common nouns are not in the dictionary. And different tenses of verbs. For example, I try to type "subscribed". FlickType offers me "subscriber" as the first option, showing that I got the pattern right, but neither "subscribed" or "subscribes" appear in the suggestions list at all.
Learn what I type. For example, I type my name, "Dave" regularly, signing emails etc. However it almost never offers me "Dave" as the first suggestion, usually offering "face" first, with "Dave" appearing somewhere in the list requiring me to swipe down. No matter how many times I have made this change, it still never offers me "Dave" first.
Better accuracy of manual typing. It still sometimes selects the letter beside the one I wanted.
Insert a space before the first emoji that comes after words or punctuation. I say this because I would want a space in that case, but I do not want a space between two emoji characters.
Fix for issue with FlickType inserting spaces before or after quotation marks. Currently I have to go back through my text with the iOS keyboard to fix these. I'm not sure about this one because sometimes I get unwanted spaces and sometimes I don't, so maybe there is a trick to it, or maybe it behaves differently depending on whether the word inside the quotes was tapped or manually touch typed?
Support for text expansion shortcuts. Preferably accessing the ones I've already created in iOS settings.
Option to switch off the announcements when you open the keyboard. Related to this, the keyboard is sometimes slow to become responsive when opened.

The half screen keyboard would be nice to see too, if full functionality could be added and we could fully interact with the elements of the app in the top half of the screen, but for me the above list would take priority.

What do other people think?

Dave