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by JdeBP 35 days ago
If, as there, one swipe gesture per letter is allowable, rather than a gesture encompassing a whole word, then things like Thumb-Key become options.

* https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key

It has a similar sort of 'It doesn't have to have 26 keys on something the size and shape of a mobile 'phone.' thinking as 8vim has, whilst raising a good 'You know 'phones worked fine with a 3 by 4 grid for 60 years, ne?' point, but adding a modern twist of 'We can swipe, in the 21st century.' to the old notion of multiple letters on a button.

There are still these people thinking outside of the typewriter-keyboard-on-a-'phone box. (-:

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Thumb-Key is awesome and I can't live without it. Clearflow sounds promising too, but I have to be able to write my,, repeated symbols and >:) smiley faces with the same speed and finesse as words (not having to thing about it at all).
But why would you want to? Pro-tip, I guess, ",," is normal in German and maybe other languages as a method of quoting, but it looks bizarre in English.
The password for my TimeLimit (to prevent phone addiction a little bit while still being able to cheat quickly ex. to use a browser) is ",,," because it's a good balance between easy to remember but annoying enough to type on a phone I have to put some intention into it. And sometimes,,.. I just take a totally ungrammatical and weird looking thinking break while formulating a difficult thought in casual conversation.