FOSS keyboard under active development? (Android) (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by soullioness@lemmy.ca to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

36 comments fedilink hide all child comments

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/3468141

I have been looking all day for a FOSS keyboard that's under active development. It seems like more of not all of the ones I've seen recommended haven't been updated in over a year some three years. I don't mind if it's a long time between updates but I want to know bugs will be fixed eventually.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] MoonWalker@reddthat.com 9 points 1 year ago

FlorisBoard used to be my keyboard, but a couple months ago I found the Unexpected Keyboard. Both keyboards don't have spell suggestion.

FlorisBoard didn't have update for almost a year, but the developer is still working on it. The Unexpected Keyboard had an update last month.

Between those keyboards I prefer the Unexpected Keyboard.

[-] janguv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

I tried Floris recently. It looks really promising, but I found the swipe input to be maddeningly frustrating - obscure words chosen over common alternatives etc. That was the reason I most wanted to migrate from Gboard. Alas. There's still nothing out there in this respect which beats the old Swype back in the day for me (though of course it wasn't FOSS).

[-] MoonWalker@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, I forgot about. I suffered from the same problem. It also happened when I tried swiping long words. I would get a completely different word or nothing at all.