I dont, because I dont feel like getting correxted by a fucjing program. So whay if I make a lotvof typos?
I have the spell check toggled on, but not autocorrect. I hate having my text changed when it is what I actually want, but having the mistakes underlined so I can fix them manually can be useful
I don’t because most of the time, it’s correcting words that are already spelled correctly into a slightly different word that doesn’t fit the context and ends up taking more time to type something than just manually correcting any errors.
Like its to it’s and vice versa. Or fuck to duck.
I feel like it’d erode my abilities over time like others say, but primarily I just find autocorrect worse than useless for efficiency. I keep disabling it every time I try on new devices.
What abilities would it erode? Your ability to spell? But the only difference is whether you take the 10 seconds to google the spelling or let autocorrect do it for you. That’s not a meaningful difference.
It’s a meaningful difference for me personally.
No. Because I don’t want to rewrite everything it got wrong, and when you regularly write in three different languages that happens constantly.
Also, it makes the onscreen keyboard bigger.
Duck auto carrot.
Jokes aside, I prefer to have errors be marked with an angry red squiggly line and suggestions. No automation beyond an upper case letter at the beginning of a sentence. Even that is too much on a computer.
I did, but I just turned it off two seconds ago. I had been fed up for a while with all the “ducking” and other stupid autocorrects that I did not intend. I can type well enough and if not, that’s on me. But autocorrect makes worse errors than I do. I usually proof read my texts anyways, so that should catch 99% of all preventable errors.
Of corse
No, never! They are more painful than useful.
I used to be so much better at spelling than all these spell checker things.
Recently, they have improved and I am getting old 😉 but I still see them making so many mistakes with new/modern words, and when I use terms from different languages… still no good.
I’ve been using swipe to type on my phone, but I do wonder if I spend more time correcting it than I save by using it. If I have a physical keyboard keyboard, hell no. All spelling errors are entirely my own.
Swipe is really bad on iPhone. I remember some frustration at times on Android but on iPhone it’s infuriating. I use it anyway.
I have SwiftKey. Autocorrect is switched off, but it still auto, ahem, “corrects”. Because apparently when you type “have” you must have meant “haven’t”.
Does anyone know a keyboard that doesn’t do dumb shit like that?
“Anysoft keyboard” is able to behave, usually.
On mobile I definitely do because I like to type really fast and sometimes I don’t have to patience to hit every key with 100% accuracy.
I don’t see a need for autocorrection, when I have autocompletion. When I make a typo, I just press the correct version on the suggestion row of my keyboard.
To be honest, I can’t comprehend how so many people can withstand autocorrection and not use completions.
I do! Being reasonably accurate as possible when typing is something that I value! It helps, as sometimes I am a goose on the loose, and don’t proofread my sentences before posting. The obvious errors are at least caught before they become final.
I don’t because my keyboard doesn’t have it
Yes, because my spelling is atrocious and I need help.
