Text Editing Hates You Too
How much is poor text input eroding the use of non-latin script worldwide? I.e. how many just give up instead of using poor input?<p>As an example: I use a Swedish keyboard. If I&#x27;m in a situation where ö is missing from the input (because the app is stuck in an en-US keyboard layout say, so I have to hit a modifier ¨+o to type an ö) then there is a very good chance my communication with my colleagues would just naturally be in english instead. I&#x27;d sigh and just give up using it. Rather than using an o for my ö I&#x27;d just type it in english instead.<p>Is this a thing in e.g. asia, israel, or the arab world? Do kids that speak english communicate more in english in cases where the input doesn&#x27;t let them communicate easily using their preferred script? Are there new &quot;hybrid&quot; languages popping up in electronic communication where languages that use non-latin scrpit are written in latin in e.g. text messages? (You could argue that emoji is just that but the other way around I suppose)