iOS4 Auto Correction is Overreaching
I have a complaint to lodge against the iPhone. Specifically, the auto-correct feature in the iOS4 operating system that I installed on my 3GS.
When you use the onscreen keyboard, you are likely to make errors. Apple has obviously spent a lot of time determining the most commonly mistyped words, and automatically correct them. I appreciate that very much, and in a general sense, the feature works quite well. I often take for granted how well it is fixing my typos as I hammer out text.
However, it feels that with iOS4, the auto-correct feature has become overreaching. The results are not always pretty. I’m getting fed up with the changes it makes to my text. There have been countless times that I’ve had to send two text messages instead of one simply because I have to follow a bad auto-correct with an explanation. I’m tired of wasting texts!
I’ll list a few examples of what I mean, but there are many more examples than the few I’m going to mention.
- When I type the abbreviation “msg” in an email or text message, the iPhone automatically changes it to a capitalized “MSG.” This happens every single time. I can only assume that it thinks I am talking about either Madison Square Garden or monosodium glutamate. Now, why the hell would the average user write about either of these in a text message? Why in the world would this be the default auto-correct? It is truly amazing.
- Every time I type the word “hell” it is auto-corrected to “he’ll.” Annoying. The same is true for the word “well.” It is made into a contraction, but the vast majority of the time I am simply saying, “Well, blah blah blah.”
- Just a few days ago I wrote a silly text to my brother, quoting the movie Weekend At Bernies. When I hit SEND, I realized the phone had corrected my joke to “Weekend At Bermuda.” The joke was ruined, and I had to send a second text to explain the screw up. This kind of thing happens to me every day.
I’ve had to turn off the auto-correct feature. I am simply tired of every thing I say being altered into something completely different. I’ve had enough! From now on, I’ll handle my typos on my own.
Okay. I admit that since writing this, I’ve turned the auto-correct back on.
I just found a funny website dedicated to complaints about the auto-correct feature that is worth viewing.
http://damnyouautocorrect.com/