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[–] quant@leminal.space 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

I wanna switch to FOSS alternatives but swiping is either funky (FUTO) or not available for now (Floris). I ended up downgrading gboard to an older version since all this emoji stuff (especially the bitmoji sticker nonsense) really grinds my gears.

[–] 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] Kyle@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Oh my gosh, I don't think info like this is found anywhere on the internet, thank you.

[–] quant@leminal.space 2 points 2 days ago

Thank you so much internet stranger. Just made the switch!

[–] Imprudent3449@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago

Did you try Heliboard? It can be setup to swipe, though I mostly tap type. When i have used the swipe it has worked well though. I have been using it for over a year now and really like it.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Swiping seems to work fine on Heliboard (I guess because it uses the same proprietary library as gboard)

[–] theboomr@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

See, I guess my problem is I never liked gboard's swipe algorithms back when I used gboard. Cause man heliboard's swiping with the gboard library really pisses me off sometimes lol