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I haven't tried it yet and indeed I just read his post from 3 weeks ago on how to get back on better tracks. I will give it a try but I couldn't see from its description that it would go beyond its focus on privacy, at least for the moment
Currently florisboard doesn't have prediction nor autocorrect prediction.
Due to complications in the development of that feature (either too heavy to run or not smart enough for prediction...) and the development of the app got stuck, until maybe recently where it seems to get some dev attraction on some topics.
Tho the prediction is still stuck. So you won't have yet prediction or smart things in this keyboard.
Where did you read his post?
Florisboard git > discussions (in the menu should be after pull requests)
Well what else do you need tho, it has glide typing, incognito move and auto correct is in development although would take a while. It's not perfect but it's already very much a fully decked out keyboard or it will be once suggestions are added.
Well my question was specifically about smart prediction (beyond autocorrect). I have found scores of privacy friendly keyboards. The one I have been using for a year is from simplemobiletools (they have a full suite of apps and I use most of them ie contacts, gallery, notes...) but I miss the prediction feature. As you say even autocorrect is not yet supported in florisboard...but that wouldn't be enough for me. Personalised dictionary based on typing would be a start, but swiftkey goes beyond, it proposes the next words before you type them
It is also in the works along with auto correct... You really should try the keyboard first before coming to that conclusion. I am not saying it has everything now but don't assume the developer isn't planning to add more, that's not a good assumption.
Given the project has been paused more than a year, I'll wait and see