Let’s rewind the tape. Before Gboard became the default king and before Samsung Keyboard stopped lagging, there was a "Big Three" of third-party keyboards: SwiftKey, Fleksy, and TouchPal. While SwiftKey focused on prediction and Fleksy focused on gestures, TouchPal focused on speed .
But every so often, an update changes the game entirely—and not always for the better. For a specific generation of Android power users, the shift from (and later) was a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions.
In the fast-paced world of mobile apps, "updates" are usually a good thing. We are trained to hit that "Update All" button without a second thought, trusting that developers are fixing bugs, patching security holes, and adding shiny new features.
Let’s rewind the tape. Before Gboard became the default king and before Samsung Keyboard stopped lagging, there was a "Big Three" of third-party keyboards: SwiftKey, Fleksy, and TouchPal. While SwiftKey focused on prediction and Fleksy focused on gestures, TouchPal focused on speed .
But every so often, an update changes the game entirely—and not always for the better. For a specific generation of Android power users, the shift from (and later) was a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions.
In the fast-paced world of mobile apps, "updates" are usually a good thing. We are trained to hit that "Update All" button without a second thought, trusting that developers are fixing bugs, patching security holes, and adding shiny new features.