I'm similarly picky and have been unable to leave SwiftKey.
But good news, the beta version recently added image support to the clipboard.
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I'm similarly picky and have been unable to leave SwiftKey.
But good news, the beta version recently added image support to the clipboard.
Same. Typing in 3 languages without having to specify which one, is fantastic with SwiftKey. And it supports the rather obscure Colemak keyboard layout!
Hacker's Keyboard. It's the only one other than Gboard I ever use, as it was the only one I had found with a full desktop keyboard. I do terminal and remote desktop shit a lot, so I sometimes need the keys that aren't typically available on a phone keyboard.
I've liked SwiftKey a lot more since they added the bing/ai/chatgpt button. Although I'd say about 25 percent of the time it refused to answer my question claiming I was being argumentative or the answer would be unfair.
Still there's tons of themes and the suggestions while not brilliant I'm sure do speed up my typing a lot.
Minuum Keyboard master race!
Glad to hear Minuum is still up and running. I couldn't get super comfortable with it, but I love the concept... and I still remember that first, awful announcement video with the poorly mixed vocals that made it sound like the founder's name was Will Wompwomp.
I still think it's the future of keyboards. I will die on the hill that QWERTY makes zero logical sense for touchscreen keyboards and that not utilising machine learning for fuzzy typing is a waste of processor.
I'm gonna say messagease is totally better.
I never got into it π
Ooh, just seen one of the developers of Lemmy made a successor for MessageEase https://www.f-droid.org/packages/com.dessalines.thumbkey/
I remember using and loving minuum when it came out especially because I had a smaller phone at the time. But it hasn't updated in quite a while.
Are there any other keyboard apps out there that have the same layout options?
I'm confused about your issue with copying and pasting images with swiftkey. I do it all the time with no issues. Long press copy image - > long press paste. I just tested it copying it into text messages and emails to make sure I'm not insane and it works flawlessly.
Used Swype until cancelled. Tried many gesture keyboards and Gboard is best now.
Simple Keyboard app from F-Droid (Minimal App)
I love the features and customisability of samsung keyboard.
Any FOSS keyboard recommendations that support simplified Chinese?
For customizability, I currently use AnySoftKeyboard, and also like Florisboard (although waiting on next word suggestion).
I still use Gboard the most. My wife uses Samsung keyboard and prefers it over Gboard.
I don't have s Samsung phone so I can't test that.
I like Gboard, Swiftkey was my favorite for a long time before Gboard seemed to outpace it. Clipboard functionally, both history and images, swipe to delete, text input, it's just a tight experience most of the time.
AOSP keyboard or Gboard if i'm using a pixel based ROM
I use Openboard. I migrated from iOS and found Openboard to be the most familiar, with key borders turned on in settings.
Google keyboard by a mile but before that Samsung keyboard which I still love, anyway I have zero interest in trying other keyboards