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Originally Posted by jyl

How does Swype work? I went to their website but didn't understand it.

Swype is faster and easier than a regular keyboard. In theory it doesn't sound like it would make much difference, but in practice, it's much, much better.

With swype, you basically trace from one letter to the next. The key is that the trace doesn't have to be a straight line and the trace doesn't have to be nearly as accurate as typing one key at a time.

Like, in the image below, you can see that the blue line which is the path that the finger took, traces over the letters q u i c k.



It's much, much faster and easier. It's also more forgiving. With a regular virtual keyboard, it's very difficult to type in a moving car on a bumpy road. With swype, it's not a problem.