Fact · Typing and writing speed
In the same study, more assertive suggestions reduced the number of keyboard actions needed to enter text and were subjectively preferred by participants.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“increasing the assertiveness of suggestions reduced the number of keyboard actions to enter text and was subjectively preferred”
A Cost-Benefit Study of Text Entry Suggestion Interaction, Philip Quinn and Shumin Zhai, Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM), 2016, Abstract.
Open the original (DOI 10.1145/2858036.2858305)- What it measures
- Assertiveness was the tendency of the interface to present suggestions by itself.
- What it does not show
- Preference was self-reported; it is not a measure of speed.