unexpected keyboard
this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2023
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For day to day use, I think it's a bit hard to use. But I use unexpected Keyboard as secondary keyboard for editing code, or using CLI (termux, ssh to servers, ...). I will however give a try to anysoft for other uses...
Oh wow! The Unexpected Keyboard is a very pleasant surprise!
My new default. Thanks for the recommendation!
Seconded
The default keyboard is a bit of a mess, I'll need to get around to writing a new one.
My favorite keyboard that I hardly ever use, it would help if it had some variety of autosuggestion (as I'm dyslexic so I rely heavily on it) but otherwise I love it
Anysoft keyboard.
I agree. So far I have not found any open source keyboard that supports swiping as well as Anysoft does. It's also very customizable.
I've tried this before but there's a hugely annoying bug where the backspace will not just erase the letters, but also the spaces between previous words. It's pretty much unusable on my device.
Installing! I'm keen to get back a swiping board
Simple Keyboard
https://f-droid.org/packages/rkr.simplekeyboard.inputmethod/ https://github.com/rkkr/simple-keyboard?tab=readme-ov-file
I have been using simple keyboard, works well and does not track your data.
Have to say that other than Microsoft's Swype keyboard, ASK is the most accurate of any Swype enabled keyboard I've tried.
I've been using swipe for years, so glad to have a not-microsoft alternative now!