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I use Gboard.

The main things I like about it are:

  • Very customizable (I like having number row always visible, and having long press for symbols on each letter).
  • Has gif support built in.

My biggest pain point is:

  • It auto corrects words that are spelled correctly to other words. I type "our" and it changes to "out", I recently typed "purpose" and it changed it to "purple". Autocorrect is awesome and necessary, but I hate that it corrects words to other words and not just typos. I wish I could find a keyboard that has the things I like without this annoyance.

Am I looking for a unicorn? Let me know! ๐Ÿ˜„

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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Thumb-Key

It took a few weeks to get used to it and a few more to get comfortable, but now I don't think I can go back. Before when I messed up, I would keep repeating the mistake until I was forced to slow down. Now I can get 40-50 WPM when I try.

I do miss some things but they really aren't deal breakers:

  • Clipboard History
  • Emoji Search
  • Autofill Integration
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just installed it and am finding it very slow going so far. Why are all the letters randomly placed?

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's not random! The placement is based on letter frequency.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

So not a pattern an actual person can spot, whilst not being totally random.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

It's a pattern that will feel more natural the more you use it

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah you can't really "infer" where a letter is, it just takes time to learn the loiations by heart. I think I have used this for 6 months or so, and I'm able to write 40wpm without looking at the keyboard. But damn was it slow in beginning

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I have been using Thumb Key for a few months and while I generally like it, I have not been able to figure out how to remove things like the voice typing, pasting, and undo shortcuts. Every so often I accidentally hit undo while typing, which just erases my whole message irrecoverably since my other thumb hit the next key right after. I wish I could remove all those swipe controls on the side altogether since I never use them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I love this too! However I switched to FlickBoard, which employs the same concept but has more features. For example, I can put the number keys left to the letters. I encourage you to give it a try!

https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/se.nullable.flickboard

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I actually did try it! Though I don't use numbers enough to justify the smaller hitboxes for the letters so I went back.