RIP Windows Phone

cu3ed · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:00

The WordFlow keyboard is actually very very popular.

Skeeter · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:04

WordFlow being the stock keyboard, or a 3rd party one? Can you install 3rd party ones now?

cu3ed · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:05

WordFlow is the stock one from MS, and now they seem to be getting SwftKey as well, or buying it.

Kenai · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:06

Skeeter said:
Oh God the keyboard! I'd forgotten about that! If your going to force people to use a single stock keyboard, for the love of God make it a decent one!

Well Microsoft have just bought SwiftKey haven't they?

Skeeter · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:12

cu3ed said:
WordFlow is the stock one from MS, and now they seem to be getting SwftKey as well, or buying it.

Can you install 3rd party keyboards?

Kenai said:
Well Microsoft have just bought SwiftKey haven't they?

Hmm, not sure I'd be that please about them buying a company who appear totally unable to stop automatic spaces after punctuation...

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cu3ed · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:14

No you cant install 3rd party.

You did say you owned one right?

AndyCr15 · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:17

gareth170 said:
but that's u, not everybody else

Yes, and as I said, that's a very weak argument that you have to install something to get something is a bad thing. Most of what WP is missing can't be helped in any way.

AndyCr15 · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:18

cu3ed said:
WordFlow is the stock one from MS, and now they seem to be getting SwftKey as well, or buying it.

Isn't it funny that MS are more interested in Android apps than WP

They're bringing out some quite interesting ones.

cu3ed · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:19

AndyCr15 said:
I thought I've seen at one point a widget app that will basically make a shortcut to an app, which you then simply resize on your homescreen. I could be wrong though.

Seems a little weak to me tbh. I couldn't care if it's baked into the OS or just an option from the most commonly used 3rd party launcher. It's possible.

Most of the 'funky' stuff that Android can do that others can't comes from the developer scene. That's one of it's strengths. It's also one of the things I didn't like about WP. Really don't like the keyboard, can't even hold a letter down to produce a number... and last time I tried, I couldn't even change the keyboard to a decent one.

Yes, you can.

cu3ed · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:20

AndyCr15 said:
Isn't it funny that MS are more interested in Android apps than WP They're bringing out some quite interesting ones.

Yea, its like they are two completely different parts of MS working on each thing, crazy.

AndyCr15 · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:21

Okay, I don't think you could last time I had WP. (To check, you do know you could have deleted everything else but the bit you were replying to?

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cu3ed · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:22

AndyCr15 said:
Okay, I don't think you could last time I had WP. (To check, you do know you could have deleted everything else but the bit you were replying to?)

Available since 7.5.
Theirs two ways you can do it in fact in WordFlow.

AndyCr15 · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:22

Hmm, I tried 8.1, was sure I'd tried. I guess not though.

Skeeter · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:25

cu3ed said:
The WordFlow keyboard is actually very very popular.

cu3ed said:
No you cant install 3rd party.

You did say you owned one right?

Lol, "popular".

"The WordFlow keyboard must be good, its used by everyone on Windows Phone"

Yes I do have one, a Lumia 620, but its not been a regular use phone for about 6 months as I replaced it with an iPhone 5C (which was more of a sideways move than a forwards one, but thats a different discussion

). I'm therefore not fully up to speed on the latest changes as I've just been using it to try out W10 Insider Builds, so don't know where the 8.1 system has progressed to.

cu3ed · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:25

Hold along the top of the key board, side options pop up.
Press the "&123" key and flow along the top, as you finger travels it will go the symbols and numeric keyboard, then flip back to the normal keyboard.

And you do reviews?

cu3ed · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:26

Skeeter said:
Lol, "popular".

"The WordFlow keyboard must be good, its used by everyone on Windows Phone"

Again, just because you don't like it, no one else could possibly like it coming to Android and iOS?

Kenai · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:26

cu3ed said:
Available since 7.5.
Theirs two ways you can do it in fact in WordFlow.

Give me an idiots guide, I can't make it do that on 8.1 :confused:

Skeeter · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:26

AndyCr15 said:
Hmm, I tried 8.1, was sure I'd tried. I guess not though.

I had this exact same complaint about the keyboard on 8 and 8.1, so your not alone. Whatever you were doing wrong, I was doing wrong too.

Skeeter · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:27

cu3ed said:
Again, just because you don't like it, no one else could possibly like it coming to Android and iOS?

You said it was "very very popular". Popularity requires people to chose it, which they don't with WP.

AndyCr15 · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:28

cu3ed said:
And you do reviews?

Are you talking to me? Yes, of Android's. Why would that mean I know how WP works?