when using swipe typing, because you usually get the whole word wrong.
When editing pre-existing text, such as personal notes
Also, this is the way that GBboard works by default, plus the spacebar swipe cursor move acts this way.
Additional idea: keep erasing by character for the first word, then, when the first word is entirely erased, start erasing by word. Or some kind of "accelerated sensitivity" - the more you've already erased, the more you'll erase with each additional millimeter of finger movement.
This is usable:
Also, this is the way that GBboard works by default, plus the spacebar swipe cursor move acts this way.
Additional idea: keep erasing by character for the first word, then, when the first word is entirely erased, start erasing by word. Or some kind of "accelerated sensitivity" - the more you've already erased, the more you'll erase with each additional millimeter of finger movement.