I’ve been using SwiftKey for waaaaaaay too long. I shoulda switched when Microsoft bought them out.

But old habits die hard. And I love the skin I use.

Help they know everything I’ve typed on a phone. That can’t be good for anyone.

Edit: Holy fuck everyone, thanks for all of the responses!

I went with Heliboard, and typing this, it looks like I have to change a couple more settings to get it like I had Swiftkey, but I already like it more.

The fact you can basically make your own skin by changing all of the colors of the keyboard is amazing.

Fuck microsoft’s ai keyboard.

Heliboard for lyfe!

Edit edit: trying to delete my data from Swiftkey was INSANELY hard. I couldn’t do it from my phone, so I had to login with a computer. They think they are slick… Fuckers…

    • Go-On-A-Steam-Train@lemmy.ml
      10·
      9 months ago

      Darn it, I popped into this thread to suggest Thumb-Key, and was beaten to it by the maker of the keyboard!

      Thank you for making my phone usage much faster and enjoyable (written using Thumb-Key of course!) :)

    • Muun@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      9 months ago

      I use this after messagease suddenly decided to charge a subscription fee.

      It’s pretty darn close in functionality. Highly recommend taking the time to learn it.

      • Dessalines@lemmy.ml
        7·
        9 months ago

        Thx! Ya the main reason I made it, was because messagease development died, and all my emails to the messagease team (their only contact email) went unanswered for like 2+ years. So it seemed like a good opportunity to do a from-scratch open source rewrite.

        • Muun@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          9 months ago

          I actually forked your code so I could customize the keyboard a little bit. I was impressed that I didn’t have any problems building the thing right away. Doesn’t always happen for me with open source projects.

          One thing that was driving me nuts was how sensitive the swipe gestures on the spacebar are. I guess my thumbs always do a slight swipe when I’m pressing space and it was moving the cursor position on me. I wiped out all of that code. If you’re taking suggestions, a way to disable swipe gestures on the spacebar would be a cool add. I’ll see if I can get together a PR for it as well and be a part of the solution.

    • Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
      2·
      9 months ago

      Hey! I tried your keyboard out when I was setting up my new phone - very cool and innovative idea!

    • Broken@lemmy.ml
      2·
      9 months ago

      Thanks for the recommendation. I see there’s gesture typing support if you load a library. Which one do you use if any?

      • N4CHEM@lemmy.ml
        1·
        9 months ago

        I followed the recommendation of the developer and installed the file from GApps packages (“swypelibs”). They provide a link in Heliboard’s README, scroll down to the FAQ section and look for “How to enable glide typing”

    • xyx@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      9 months ago

      +1 vor HeliBoard. I was in the same position and switched about half a year ago. The only thing I missing so far is a dedicated voice input button.

  • MapTheft@lemm.ee
    9·
    9 months ago

    Been using Florisboard for a while. It is the most like gboard, although the swipe typing is not as good. All in all though, I’d still recommend.

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
    112·
    9 months ago

    irregular expressions.

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    • N0x0n@lemmy.ml
      1·
      9 months ago

      Also FlorisBoard is back in the game !

      Note: Due to various reasons development has been quite stuck in the past year, but things are slowly improving again and new releases/features will follow in the near future, please see the roadmap for details!

      florisboard

  • Trent@lemmy.mlEnglish
    5·
    9 months ago

    I’ve wandered through a bunch of them. Used to use Florisboard. Unexpected Keyboard is pretty good too. The Hacker’s Keyboard for some stuff. Mostly these days Heliboard for general typing.

  • billgamesh@lemmy.ml
    2·
    9 months ago

    Simple Keyboard on fdroid. Others have more features, but I can’t switch. The swipe delete and swipe to move cursor are so smooth and I can’t make any other keyboards work as well for me. I wanted florisboard to work, but it just felt clunky

    • §ɦṛɛɗɗịɛ ßịⱺ𝔩ⱺɠịᵴŧ@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Be sure to switch as soon as Fossify releases their fork of it, Simple Mobile sold out HARD! Thankfully the 2nd in command at Simple Mobile created Fossify and is releasing all the apps to keep everything open sourced.

      • billgamesh@lemmy.ml
        2·
        9 months ago

        Didn’t notice that one. I’m using the first simple keyboard, from rkkr. Think the simple mobile one must be a later addition

  • Dog@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    9 months ago

    I use Gboard cause it’s the only keyboard that has the preferences that I want. I’m on GrapheneOS, so I just disable the network connection for Gboard.