GitHub - florisboard/florisboard: An open-source keyboard for Android which respects your privacy. Currently in early-beta.
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I could not recommend AnySoftKeyboard to my mum. I could recommend Florisboard, tho.

Openboard is virtually dead from what I can see. So that leaves Florisboard as the only open source alternative (that I know of) that could really be used by the masses. And the world would actually be a way better place if we all opensource freaks could install Florisboard on our family/friends phones and them barely noticing anything weird.

The problem is… no word suggestions yet. It’s been years and we are still lacking what is almost an essential feature of a phone’s keyboard.

I wish I could really work on it, but I lack the knowledge to do so; so I hope I am bringing some attention to the project.

Is there any other alternative I am unaware of?

  • InstallGentoo@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    What features does it have that aren’t present in AnySoftKeyboard?

    I wrote a long reply to another comment in this thread. You can check it.

    By word suggestions do you mean autocorrect?

    Word suggestions when you type a few letters. But yes it’s autocorrect is severely lacking.

    Is there some way to get rid of the massive utility row?

    I believe it’s called “smart bar”. It can be disabled.

    Or customize long press length?

    Yes

    Or have only punctuatiom symbols on the period and numbers in the qwerty row?

    I don’t know about this.