I had to use iOS for a good long time last year, the camera was a huge surprise, really the best fixed lens digital camera I ever used. However I couldn’t get over how bad the keyboard/text prediction was, it’s terrrrrrible, aggressively bad. So many issues, that it seems to purposefully ignore ‘bad’ words, makes woeful predictions from swipe, and then will actually retroactively change text in the split second before you hit send, it was amazing. How can it be so bad when they have so much money and so many users?
The best thing about using an iPhone for a good stretch was learning to appreciate Sailfish all over again.
Well Presage works sufficiently good, I also had trouble with iOS, but as said, I had to use it in my previous job, and the list about things I hated with Apple was looooooooong
I mean, I also hate a lot of things Apple does and I definitely love so many from sfos, but keyboard, XT9 and typing experience in general is just bad.
Well, just to add a different perspective: I used to think the same (typing experience on mobile OSes being bad in general), but then I had to replace an ASUS tablet with a Samsung one (both android)… and I’m baffled at how much worse the experience is on the Samsung compared to everything else I’ve used.
Like, it is consistently, actively ruining what I type, to the point where people can now tell when I’m typing from there instead of my SFOS phone (or a computer) because of the many more “wrong” words (wrongly autocorrected by the keyboard without me noticing) that slip into the messages I send, whereas the ASUS keyboard was bearable and learned my typing habits in a much more sensible way. SFOS with OKBoard is also much better in that regard.
So yes, I can understand what Meego-Junky says: even among non-ideal options, the worse ones still hurt more than the rest
No.
The whole raison d’Être of Sailfish was to continue the Linux-based mobile operating system(s) that Nokia started.
The slide gesture interface was introduced (afaik) with the N9.
Personally I don’t believe any standard mobile phone camera lens is even Good, and never will be because they’re simply too small.
But they compensate a lot with a) megapixel overkill and b) software.
And damn, that software is good. They (both iOS and Android) know that it’s something even a layman can see. It’s a huge selling point.
Interesting as, whilst not defending iOS, I have found their Swype keyboard really good. I turn off auto-correct and edit myself. On my SailfishOS, I use OKboard and I find I need to be really careful and precise with the swyping and keyboard.
I’m probably used to small, my main digital camera is a M43, and my favourite is an Epson RD1 with a tiny sensor, so the iPhone camera (15 Max pro) is fine. The fake DOF is occasionally shitty, and the telephoto is crappy, and the macro is not a real macro, but the normal objective is just amazing, especially in low light. It’s a little like having a Tri-Elmar style lens, a wide, normal and tele, but a shit tele.
But yeah, it’s nothing compared to a ‘real’ camera, but when I was carrying it around as a phone it was amazing to have that level of quality, compared to the camera in the Xperia 10 III, which is bad enough and then laggy as hell with Sailfish.
Really hoping the new phone camera is at least OK. That is the only really weak aspect of these phones.
Is it also intuitive when you try to access the quick controls by swiping down from the top of the screen, but instead the application you are in just vanishes before your eyes, because, depending on context, a swipe down can also close the current app?
The one still availabe if you use Xperia lll is great. It learns how one spells and does not impose imported patois that then needs to be corrected. The space bar long press to move cursor is missing though. Even UT has that.
I asked Jolla 4-5 years ago if there’s any chance to add more languages and if there will be an update if I remember correctly.
They replied to me that XT9 is heavily outdated (even then) and should be updated but they don’t have any eta.
Imagine the company itself knowing that something is dated for many years and yet some insist that it’s great. Good enough “for me” and actually great is not the same thing.
For me the combo sfos keyboard layout/theme - XT9 - missing languages - 21:9 aspect ratio of 10 III is a benchmark for what could be the worst typing experience on a phone for this century. Rivaling Nokia 3650 and 7600.
The regning os duopoli imposes their own language worldwide. The much maligned aspect ratio of the Xperia lll is specifically to optimise video viewing. As stated in spec documentation
I agree. Completely overthrowing everything just to be “disruptive” would be nonsense.
Regarding options: I also prefer to have many of them. On the other hand, overwhelming (new) users with too many configuration possibilities is bad. However, I could happily live with an official “Advanced UI Options” module on the Utilities page of the Settings app, or the decision that such additional options are only visible when Developer Mode is enabled, or something similar. Yes, one can apply a bunch of patches instead and live trouble-free … until the next OS update.
Many things have already been proposed in the past. Some have been implemented more or less, for example the feature which I called “Aimed scrolling“ in the posting below - it exists in the Gallery app for quite some time already, but should be available in other apps too:
Other features remained mere proposals as of now:
I think that with this year’s new Jolla phone, some careful UX/UI refreshing and enhancing should be done too. Again, without trying to completely overthrow the signature Look & Feel of Sailfish OS.
Wow, you actually think car controls are intuitive?
Car controls are among the most unintuitive inputs in any end-user product.
That’s why you have to go to driving SCHOOL. Duh…
