• willington@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        18 hours ago

        Four of my faves (in the order of what I imagine to be norminess):

        https://f-droid.org/packages/com.menny.android.anysoftkeyboard/

        Boring, reliable, stable, mature, has almost every language or feature that a standard keyboard can have.

        https://f-droid.org/packages/tribixbite.cleverkeys/

        New, and its biggest feature is its sophisticated and configurable swipe typing engine. I am not a huge fan of swipe typing per se, but this is a solid keyboard regardless. Works well in a terminal.

        https://f-droid.org/packages/juloo.keyboard2/

        Works very well in a terminal, reliable, solid, mature, programmer oriented but great for casual use as well.

        https://f-droid.org/packages/com.dessalines.thumbkey/

        My current fave, it’s for single finger speed typing. Do you want to compete with touch typing using only one thumb? This baby is for you. This keyboard requires modifying your typing habits. It’s a pita up front, however, once you learn the thumbkey way, every other keyboard is almost obsolete after that. I do say almost, because some games benefit from ctrl-alt-fn modifiers and a qwerty layout, vim keys are easier on a qwerty, things like that. But thumbkey is a beast jusf for doing fast one finger input.

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          12 hours ago

          Thanks!

          I tried it a few months ago, the issue is I cut the end of my right thumb off when I was a teenager so soft keyboards are a problem. I have issues on iOS but its generally better

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            14 hours ago

            Ah shoot, that would do it.

            Guessing that swipe typing is OK? I remember way back when it was first introduced as a 3rd party keyboard on Android I started using it, but quickly gave up.