Monday, January 25, 2016

An app for touchscreens that predicts which letters are least likely to be typed next and shrinks them




ThickButtons is a free download for touchscreen Android phones. As the user types a letter on the virtual keyboard, ThickButtons predicts which letters are leastlikely to follow and shrinks them. Meanwhile, the keys more likely to be used grow larger. 
Whose idea: Dmitri Lisitski
Why we like it: For the fat-fingered, touch phones can be aggravating. While autocorrect can be really annoying, with an invention like thickbuttons, typos could become a thing of the past.

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