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Everything included in Insider Basic, plus the digital magazine, extensive archive, ad-free web experience, and discounts to partner offerings and MIT Technology Review events. Learn more and register. To continue reading this article, please exit incognito mode or log in. It splits the keyboard into two mini-keyboards: Hello, We noticed you're browsing in private or incognito mode.

But that design approach somehow seems more human-friendly, in the larger context of keyboard usage. So how can we un-blowify touch-screen typing? Hello, We noticed you're browsing in private or incognito mode.

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Revert to standard pricing. Why we made this change Visitors are allowed 3 free articles per month without a subscriptionand private browsing prevents us from counting how many stories you've read. You've read all your free articles this month. Typing entire words even short ones with one thumb is slow and awkward. So how can we un-blowify touch-screen typing?

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