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Title: iOS 10 wish list: Easier keyboard management Post by: HCK on April 20, 2016, 04:05:19 pm iOS 10 wish list: Easier keyboard management
Custom keyboards are a great addition to iOS, but how we add them could be improved. I've said repeatedly that I think extensibility is one of the most significant developments in the history of modern computing. Just like web sites became unbundled into web services available in many different ways, including through apps, apps have now become unbundled and features can be accessed from other apps, from share or action menus, from notifications, and more. Yet this bold new era of interface decoupled from logic is not without its frustrations — in this instance, custom keyboards. I haven't used a custom keyboard in a while — which is part of the problem, but Bitmoji got me using them again. A lot. On the surface, custom keyboards in iOS is a great idea. People who, for whatever reason, don't like or can't use the built-in QuickType keyboard can swap it out for SwiftKey, Fleksy, or even something silly-fun like Bitmoji. But doing so isn't anywhere near as simple or easy as ena... Source: iOS 10 wish list: Easier keyboard management (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/9e0pRU43DnM/ios-10-wish-list-easier-keyboard-management) |