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submitted 1 day ago by O_R_I_O_N@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Hey guys, im just got rid of gboard and im already missing the autocorrect and swipe to type features. I know there has to be a privacy friendly option out there. Thank you for your help; im fat fingering every other key, pls save me

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[-] Yauriki@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

I was too looking for a Japanese keyboard as a new Japanese learner. None of them seem to support it yet.

Fctix has been kind of a blessing to me, since I don't own a PC sadly. I agree the typing kinda sucks, it has less functionality. But as for space after a selected suggestion word you can configure that behavior in the settings.

Anyways I do hope the Japanese keyboard input will be supported on the more optimized keyboards eventually, if you find anything better before I do please let me know!

[-] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 3 points 20 hours ago

Felt that. I definitely miss having a kana flick keyboard on my phone, I prefer it to qwerty conversion. I especially needed a good keyboard cause I was using FOSS apps to do my Wanikani reviews on my phone (Smouldering Durtles).

If someone does make something good, I'll try to notify you, or make a notice in the Japanese learning communities on Lemmy 😉

kana flick was non-negotiable for me so, while im not proud of it, for now I'm using ms swiftkey in incognito, no Google play, network permission revoked (capability of Graphene OS).

another reason i chose it is handwriting input for Chinese.

anyway this is just until fcitx implements kana flick, per below issues.

other kana flick options:

  • i also tried Simeji keyboard but deleted when i found out it was owned by bytedance.. or was it Alibaba
  • another is Takt (タクト) keyboard which is closed source but claims to have directly adapted Mozc code for modern android. YMMV... personally i couldn't use it cuz the flick sensitivity and other ux elements were too far out of my comfort zone.
this post was submitted on 04 May 2025
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