I use Gboard, as I’m on Android.

Do you use Gboard or the clipboard feature? Or use a similar feature of an other keyboard app?
Do you use apps like NetGuard or TrackerControl to restrict net access to the keyboard apps?

Have tried some FOSS apps some years ago, but didn’t stay on them because, Malayalam(my mother tongue) and the handwriting mode(which is quite good), is not available in most other apps.

I had thought about turning on the clipboard history option and am thinking about the privacy/security aspect behind it. As per Gboard, it remembers history for 1 hour and there seems to be no sync option. So it seems sort-of safe. Thinking about such things since I do copy-paste OTP’s.

  • yuri@pawb.social
    1·
    8 minutes ago

    Nintype, although technically it’s the half baked community revival “Keyboard 71”

    It has a lot of minor issues but it’s the only keyboard that does simultaneous two finger swiping. the learning dictionary is really good too. i can consistently type around 100wpm accurately with it.

  • Katrisia@lemm.ee
    3·
    13 hours ago

    I just tried the FUTO keyboard and it’s almost perfect, but it doesn’t detect swipe language automatically. Still, it’s a nice option.

    • FuryMaker@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 hours ago

      Also using this, but the swipe prediction is garbage sometimes.

      In the sentence above, it didn’t predict 3x words, nor give me the correct one as an option, and I had to type it manually.

      If I swipe really slow, it performs a little better. But who wants to do that?

      Maybe in doing something wrong in the settings.

      What I like about it: it isn’t google, and I can use a QWERTY layout, with number row, and the shift+number matches that of a standard keyboard. Couldn’t get that to work with other FOSS keyboards,

  • patak@lemmy.world
    2·
    14 hours ago

    for quite some time I am using Florisboard, a FOSS and privacy-respecting keyboard that has a ton of features. clipboard, undo/redo and copy/paste buttons etc. very useful when writing longer texts.

  • Firipu@startrek.website
    5·
    17 hours ago

    I use swiftkey. I type in 3 different languages daily (even in individual conversations) . Swiftkey does this very simply and automatically. Almost no fucking around with changing languages. It just does it by itself.

    Would love to use other keyboards, but none of them comes even close if you need multiple languages all the time.

    • dubyakay@lemmy.ca
      1·
      16 hours ago

      SwiftKey on Android I’m guessing? iOS version only allows two concurrent languages sadly.

  • Pulptastic@midwest.socialEnglish
    3·
    16 hours ago

    Apple keyboard and I hate it. Gboard for Apple is lame, and most of the others available are paid but I also suspect could be lame, so I don’t want to take the risk.

  • Hanrahan@slrpnk.netEnglish
    6·
    23 hours ago

    Heliboard, sourced from F Droid with the clipboard enabled.

    I used to use Openbaord fom F Droid

  • fool@programming.dev
    7·
    1 day ago

    I use FlorisBoard for pure functionality.

    • I’ve been working with an odd app where you type at length but the message gets eaten sometimes. So I follow up everything with instant hits of the select-all + copy buttons
    • I find the < and > arrows to navigate text much more ergonomic than holding on space to edge around, especially for long strings (webpage forms lol)
    • Private clipboard is a measurable peace of mind. Had a heart attack when a private SSH key got autosuggested on the stock keyboard. Not sure if it ever gets TLS transferred anywhere though, e.g. for autocorrect training.

    I do switch back to the stock keyboard for emoji search though.

  • Miss Millie@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    1 day ago

    Inkwell , it’s a florisboard fork , gonna install Heliboard instead… yes I enable clipboard history and even pin items

  • Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de
    16·
    2 days ago

    I only use FOSS ones. I hop between florisboard and unexpected keyboard, and I gave heliboard a shot again recently because it has the swipe/glide typing but I couldn’t stick with it because I was missing other features, so I’m back on floris.

    Since I only use open source keyboards, I’m not really concerned about privacy…so no blocking of internet access.

    I also thought about trying out the clipboard history, and also am wondering if it’s safe…

    If you want to try FOSS keyboard again, HeliBoard is your best bet.

  • qyron@sopuli.xyz
    4·
    1 day ago

    Fossify Keyboard

    Enough for my needs. No autocorrect function, which helps me practice my written English. The clipboard function is interesting, as it allows for instant copied text or fixed text, but I seldom use it.