Gboard is preparing to add an "Undo" function
Gboard is preparing to add an "Undo" function
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*Gboard is preparing to add an entirely new kind of activity to log and send to Google along with all of your normal keystrokes
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I haven't really found a particularly good alternative. I used to use AnySoftKeyboard, but stopped after I found that it was the cause of some performance issues I was having that would occasionally cause characters to be entered out-of-order on a slower Android device.
The lack of decent open source onscreen keyboards was actually one of my larger surprises when I hit Android. I thought that there'd be keyboards with user-specified macro keys, keys that could be dragged into a new layout or added and removed, etc, but no.
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I have been using OpenBoard recently and it feels exactly like GBoard, except I have an issue where using backspace/deleting characters also randomly removes spaces from words I've already typed. So words will start gettingmashedtogetherlikethis. Unfortunately it seems unmaintained so I guess I will just have to move back to GBoard for now.
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Well, there is Florisboard but it hasn't received an update for about 10 months. (Edit: found out its still developing but I think its sloooooowww)
Openboard is ok.
AnySoftKeyboard is ok.
Simple Keyboard looks too simple.
Eh, i use florisboard. it doesnt exactly suit my needs, but it gets the job done. -
I use Unexpected Keyboard when I'm working in Termux. It's Open Source and does allow some layout customization.
Unfortunately it doesn't support "glide/swipe typing" so I find it doesn't replace Gboard for everyday usage.
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GBoard is actually federated since 2017🤦♂️
https://ai.googleblog.com/2017/04/federated-learning-collaborative.html?m=1
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This is good from the privacy point of view right?
But maybe bad from your phone resources being used to train Google's platforms.
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I usually have internet access disabled for Gboard.
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This! 😁
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Just disable internet access. Your data will be local :D
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The one feature that may pull me from Swiftkey. Although i feel like its auto correct and predict are unbeatable somehow for the huge mistakes i make.
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GBoard is only fine if you live in US and speak no other languages :)
It doesn't support automatic space addition after punctuation outside of English, doesn't support combined keyboard layouts (writing thos from a combined de/en layout on SwiftKey).
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Has anyone tried openboard ? Its on fdroid
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Finally. I wonder why that hasn't already been implemented years ago.
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I'm a bit surprised that this hasn't already been a feature (is "shake to undo" still a thing on iOS?), but nevertheless late is better than never!
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With their recent updates im just glad they finally added split keyboard functionality to the rest of the android tablets. Im actually texting quickly on a 12 inch samsung tablet
The samsung keyboard sucks when using the split keyboard function.
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Guess that explains why I always read complaints about table typing on Android and I found it to be pretty nice on my fold lol
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The link isn't working for me. What does this function do exactly?
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In the video, they wrote some random text and "accidentally" deleted it, then used the "Undo" function to bring it back.
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Cool, thanks!
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I remember there used to be an app called Inputting+ that made a sort of undo function. Sad that development ceased.
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As someone who has had to deal with Android keyboard input fucking everything up for web developers, please Google, stop this madness already.
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I'm ignorant on this - what issue does it cause?
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If you go into a input field on Android and you type a key, it doesn't send that key. It sends "key chords" through a separate event system which are an absolute bitch to deal with.
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Seriously it's madness. Handling anything Gboard does in rich text is already like pulling teeth and now this?
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