Chinese input method, strange and weird in iOS 6
I have my iPhone 4S and new iPad updated to iOS 6, while I'm happy with almost everything, there's one small change about the Chinese input method which makes the iOS 6 less efficient.
I'm using Traditional Chinese - Cangjie keyboard, in iOS 5 (as in PC and Mac OS), when you input a Chinese character, you first input the key roots, then press space to confirm, for example:
If you type 日月 space 月 space 女戈竹戈 space 日土木戈 space 大月 space, you can get 明月幾時有. You tap "space bar" to confirm the FIRST suggestion of the Chinese character.
But the new iOS 6 changes the behaviour of the Cangjie Chinese input method, you tap "space bar" to confirm the SECOND suggestion.
For example, when you type 日月 space, it shows 冐 instead of 明. If you input 日月 space 月 space 女戈竹戈 space 日土木戈 space 大月 space, you can something like 冐冂 時冇, totally meaningless.
I notice in the Chinese - Pinyin keyboard, there's an option to choose what it does for tapping the space bar (Space Confirmation), I hope you could have a similar option for Cangjie as well.
I am a columnist for a local newspaper and magazine and I usually do a lot of writing (in Chinese) on my iPad soft keyboard, but with the new iOS 6 Cangjie keyboard, the iPad is not a good writing tool anymore, I will... well... have to get back to my heavy PC.
It's the biggest disappointment for the iOS 6. I sincerely hope that you can fix it in the next update.
iPhone 4S, iOS 6