Whether it's OS X or iOS, Apple has made a
big step towards developers during theconference of
Mondayby announcing the opening of its systems and the arrival of widgets,
extensions or even the possibility of taking advantage of touch
ID.
Among the frankly unexpected new features presented during the
yesterday's conference, we findintegration of third-party keyboards.
In other words, this means that it will be possible to do without the keyboard
that we know and to prefer another one more in line with our
expectations.
Let's see what this implies without further ado:
In practice, what does that change?
Until now, on iOS when you want to write a text, it is the
Apple keyboard that appears. Whether we like it or not there is really no
choice.
For some time now, alternative keyboards have started to pop up.
tip of their noses. This is for example the case of
Fleksy that we talked about here..
However, given the limitations imposed by Apple, the initiatives
were rather shy especially sincethe keyboard was only usable
in its own application. In practice you therefore have to open the app
keyboard, type the text then copy it to another app of your choice:
email, message, Facebook… Suffice to say that it is not very practical.
With iOS 8, everything will change since we will be able to choose the keyboard
that we like and then use it in all applications, with the
features specific to the chosen keyboard.
This notable opening will make it possible to have a variety of keyboards, with
useful ones such as those allowing you to type by sliding your finger on the screen
without having to raise it between the keys (see below) or futiles with
keyboards why not colored or with original keys.
Keyboards, but not without security
While this may seem trivial, allowing access to keyboards can be harmful.
seriously affect the security of a terminal. Imagine, for example, that a bad app
intention decides to send everything you type to its creator. He would have
then access to your passwords, your emails…
It is for this precise reason and for many others that Apple chose
to deprive these keyboards of internet connection. So no risk that your information
are sent to a remote server without you going there
account. However, those who wish will be able tochooseof
bypass this restriction by explicitly allowing the keyboard to do so.
faire.
Developers already at work
It didn't take much for the developers of the most popular keyboards to
popular people make known their desire to arrive on iOS 8. This is how
Swift Key, Swype et Fleksyhave already made it known that they
are working on integrating their solution on iOS.
For example, Fleksy under iOS 8, a
keyboard we talked about here:
Predictive typing, personalized dictionary, smart shortcuts, writing without
raise your finger and more should therefore make their arrival on iPhone and
iPad.
Also read:
i-nfo.fr - Official iPhon.fr app
By : Keleops AG
