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Thanks for the long writeup!
I've been using a BlackBerry Bold, Classic, KeyONE... then the Titan Pocket. Keyboard shortcuts for apps never seemed superuseful for me, while I longed for keyboard shortcuts in apps (e.g. ctrl+l to open the URL bar in a browser).
There's a distinct lack of information on Clicks and other ways to have a phone with a physical qwerty (e.g. the Minimal Phone), esp. about the things that really matter about keyboard usage. Hopefully more people publish their experiences as you did.
yes unfortunately i have searched far and wide for options to enable ctrl L and crtl T and shortcuts to cycle through tabs etc. really what I wanted was to put vim keybindings on firefox like vimperator or vimium but sadly none are supported for android builds. apparently even a few years ago there were options to downgrade to an older version that would allow for some partial buggy functionality with an extension but none worked for me
i am optimistic that there will be more support in the future as options like clicks and titan and minimalist phones become more popular but of course they are likely to remain niche communities. there are a lot of people who use their phones with a bluetooth keyboard on the go as phones become more powerful and laptops start using more power efficient architectures and the lines between phone tablet and computer become more blurred
ideally i would love to have a flagship level device with perhaps an even smaller form factor but better compatibility with apps and a sleeker keyboard built in and maybe even a matte e ink screen... one can dream
how do you like the titan pocket?
Honestly, it sucked a bit. The keyboard deteriorated quickly and I couldn't touch-type without looking at the screen like I did on real BlackBerries. (Plus, it didn't handle accents nor writing in Catalan well :( Also I had my second swollen battery last week, so I decided to ditch it.
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I don't know. Now I have a Pixel 9A and I should play with the Linux VM feature. It should be possible to run Firefox for Linux, which would then support keyboard shortcuts. But even though the Pixel has 8gb of RAM and the processor feels snappy, I suspect it will suck a bit. But really if Linux applications could handle well a physical keyboard...
Yeah, I think it's sad that we had beautiful phones with a physical keyboard as late as in 2018 with the Key2, but no one bought them... and people are slowly realizing that... maybe keyboards on phones are good. I see that Google is adding more and more physical keyboard features to Android, so perhaps some day...
Although my preferred way would be if services such as WhatsApp didn't force people to use iOS or Android, and using niche OSes on niche phones was more viable.