Any good keyboard recommations? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by akilou@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Every year or so I try one or more privacy focused keyboards. I always end up right back on SwiftKey after a couple of weeks because most of the keyboards I try have the same problem: the predictions suck.

Ok, I get that surveillance is good for predictions. Put another way, predictions are tough without collecting everything everyone types. Is there a best-of-both-worlds keyboard out there? I'd be patient enough to give it some time to learn how I type and get better.

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[-] otter@lemmy.ca 14 points 11 months ago

Closest I got was Florisboard because of the customization options

The main things I'm looking for (in order) are

predictions
better support for emojis and gifs
built in translations

Google Keyboard works really nicely and it's hard to give up on some of that

[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Can you link me? Searching it in the Play Store turns up some weird results.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 months ago

It's on fdroid :)

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dev.patrickgold.florisboard/

[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This sucks. What kind of suggestions are these?

[-] Render@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 months ago

The dev is implementing his own word suggestion engine. It will take time before it's properly implemented.

[-] jacktherippah@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Suggestions aren't a thing in Florisboard yet. Still a WIP.

[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago

Then why the hell is the top comment recommending Florisboard and saying predictions are highest priority?

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago

ok yep that's pretty terrible

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago

If you need word suggestions use OpenBoard. If you dont, Florisboard is king.

I always turned off these "you cant type and I know it better anyways" suggestions. Also bilingual + colloquial is not great

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