8.1 Keyboard... Inefficient use of real estate?

[Reebs Reebs]

I love the keyboard, but it always annoys me that so much of the screen is used by it. First, the buttons height is a bit oversized, but that's not a big deal. The major disadvantage is the menu band in the bottom and the word prediction band, both of which are so wide. And leave so little real estate for the rest of the screen. On my 925, it's about 60% of the screen height.

The image below shows what I mean. Does this affect you as well?

 

[11B1P]

It is for the people with bad eyesight! :evil:

 

[Zulfigar]

You know... Good point, but I wouldn't expect to change until maybe Windows (Phone) 9, and hopefully they give us an option to change it.

 

[Futra Hurairah Salleh]

It's for ppl who have:
1. bad eyesight
2. big fingers
3. small screen phones
4. dont use Word Flow

 

[RumoredNow]

Portrait doesn't bother me... It's the lack of reduction in ratio when going to Landscape that irks me.

IMHO, Portrait is for quick typing like web addresses or SMS, Landscape is for longer composition such as email, forum posts and Word.

 

[Ivan Hristov]

I'm makim so much mistakes when using the portrait keyboard. Just big fingers hitting the wrong letters. I need wider buttons.
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[pedmar007]

? Why do people want wp to be unique and yet still look and act like iphone and android????????????????? Stop comparing them in visuals as they are different entities!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All you want is for wp to f.....g work, full f....g stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Reebs Reebs]

? Why do people want wp to be unique and yet still look and act like iphone and android????????????????? Stop comparing them in visuals as they are different entities!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All you want is for wp to f.....g work, full f....g stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I see your frustration, but how does it apply here? No one is comparing, simply providing feedback about the keyboard.

If unique is to have a keyboard take up 60% of the screen, then I'm not sure I'm for it anyways.

 

[VICOGameStudio]

I agree, they certainly can optimize screen usage of the keyboard. Possibly hide the menu bar when using the keyboard.