New Ingognito Funtionality
So I see in the latest update that incognito mode is automatically enabled when in an incognito chrome tab. This is great! I asked for this a long time ago, and the transition is very smooth. However, I have a couple big issues with how it's been implemented.
I can't turn it off. The toggle is just gone when in an incognito tab. Seems like defaulting to the mode is fine, but I want to be able to choose. Let people choose. Why? Next point...
The theme is fixed, and doesn't have secondary characters. I have to do a lot of work (access my work email) in an incognito tab. I'm used to the secondary characters for the rather technical writing I need to do. That's gone now, and is costing me time and sanity. Either allow the user to set the incognito theme, or add secondary characters.
I'm always a proponent for letting the user choose. Bury it in an advanced settings mode and hide it behind a warning if you want, but give us access to these toggles. Especially in the beta.
Cheers.
"I can't turn it off. The toggle is just gone when in an incognito tab. Seems like defaulting to the mode is fine, but I want to be able to choose. Let people choose. Why? Next point..." => You mean to turn incognito mode off? I don't see the point if you're already in the incognito mode.
"The theme is fixed, and doesn't have secondary characters" => they are still there, all you need to do is to long-press.
@Alpert
The point is that sometimes I want to be in incognito mode in chrome but not my keyboard. This is partially because I do a lot of typing in incognito mode, and so want to be able to train the keyboard (especially since it's a unique set of training). And also because in its current implementation, incognito mode fundamentally changes my typing experience. This is mostly the forced theme change. And yes I realize the secondary characters are still there... But I'm not pro enough to have memorized all of their locations, which leads to me wasting time hunting for them.
Hey. 2 years later and the problem isn't solve??!
Is there really no chance to use the normal autocorrection keyboard within in the incognito mode of chrome or firefox???
Thanks!
... I've changed my phone recently and I can't work well with the Swiftkey Keyboard :-(.
@Diana
I'm curious what you mean by "normal autocorrection keyboard"? All of the autocorrection features still work for me in incognito mode. The only differences now seem to be the theme (which defaults to something very close to the Magnetite theme), and the fact that the keyboard isn't learning new words while you type in incognito mode (which is still something I would like to see addressed by allowing the mode to be toggled, as I do work in chrome's incognito mode, which the keyboard can't learn from since I can't switch back to the non-incognito keyboard). But all of the other core functionality of the keyboard seems to be intact.