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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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Modern smartphones and tablets have touchscreen LCD displays which completely cover the device's surface; for this reason they rely on software keyboards to input text such as text messages. The simplest software keyboards simply display a standard QWERTY keyboard and allow the user to tap on the letters they wish to enter, but this is slow. More sophisticated software keyboards such as SwiftKey facilitate faster text entry through gestures supported by language models. Because this space is still under development, new software keyboards promising better text entry continue to appear.
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[[Black Hat]] is annoyed about [[Cueball]]'s text messages, so he sends Cueball a "better" keyboard that actually doesn't work — with the desired result that Cueball is not able to text him at all. His statement that the app is better than SwiftKey "in some ways" is literally true — it's better for ''him'', not for Cueball.
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[[Black Hat]] is annoyed about [[Cueball]]'s text messages, so he sends Cueball a "better" keyboard that actually doesn't work — with the desired result that Cueball is not able to text him at all. His statement that the app is better than SwiftKey "in some ways" is literally true -- it's better for ''him'', not for Cueball.
  
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The Android keyboard app {{w|SwiftKey}} has been mentioned [[1068|before]], and Black Hat has done something similar in [[156|156: Commented]].
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According to the title text, [[Randall]] agrees with Black Hat that texting is annoying.
  
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According to the title text, [[Randall]] does often try out new keyboard apps, only to be reminded each time that he ends up wasting more time learning the new gestures than he saves in typing more quickly. Alternatively, the increased effort and thought put into typing makes him realize that nothing he would type is really worth it to him anymore.
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The Android keyboard app {{w|SwiftKey}} has been mentioned [[1068|before]], and Black Hat has done something similar [[156|here]].
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Similar problems arise later in [[1586: Keyboard Problems]] and [[1678: Recent Searches‎]].
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
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:[Cueball walks on screen, holding a phone, and starts talking to Black Hat.]
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:[Cueball walking towards Black Hat.]
 
:Cueball: Did you get my texts?
 
:Cueball: Did you get my texts?
 
:Black Hat: You should install this keyboard I found.
 
:Black Hat: You should install this keyboard I found.
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:Cueball: What? Why? Is it better than SwiftKey?
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:Cueball: What? Why? Is it better than swiftkey?
 
:Black Hat: In some ways.
 
:Black Hat: In some ways.
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:[Black Hat begins to walk off-panel.]
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:[Black Hat walks away.]
 
:Cueball: Ok, installing...
 
:Cueball: Ok, installing...
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:Cueball: It's not working. The key area is blank—I can't type anything.
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:Cueball: It's not working. The key area is blank - I can't type anything.
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:[Black Hat has left. Cueball stares at his phone.]
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:[Beat frame. Cueball lets his hands fall to their side.]
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:[Beat frame.]
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:Cueball: ...Hey.
 
:Cueball: ...Hey.
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==Trivia==
 
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*More improved analytic investigations on keyboards are done by Randall here: [http://what-if.xkcd.com/75/ What-If - Phone Keypad]
 
  
 
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