I develop thumb-key, so it's maintained.
this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2023
94 points (94.3% liked)
Privacy
39584 readers
272 users here now
A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
Some Rules
- Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
- Don't promote proprietary software
- Try to keep things on topic
- If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
- Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
- Be nice :)
Related communities
much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
god bless you
o7
Typed with thumb-key. This is so hard, but im determined :)
Usually gets much easier after a few days.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Hey, thumb-key is really cool! I've been using it for a bit and it has solved my issue of constantly fat-fingering wrong letters into what I'm trying to type on other keyboards. I just want to say thanks for developing it and keep up the good work!
Based
I should really use it but I just cant get myself to learn a new layout
is it possible to add auto complete / recomendations?
Yes, please. I'm still using MessagEase. I want to like thumbkey, but it's missing a few features that are already implemented in MessagEase. Long pressing for numerals is another feature I miss.
load more comments
(2 replies)
i love thumbkey!
AnySoftKeyboard
Sadly the development stopped, but still one of the most feature-rich.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Florisboard is a good one.
Yep, hoping they will keep updating.. buy still better than most the way it is..
They do, the author just recently started working on it again and welcoming contributions :)
OpenBoard is great and supports swipe typing using a Google library.
OpenBoard 1.4.5 doesn't support swiping, i am wrong?
I know there is a fork with swipe support
I'm using it now instead of gboard behind a firewall
https://github.com/Helium314/openboard
Also supports gestures for text selection (slide left/right on space bar) and text deletion (per character instead of per-word on gboard)
load more comments
(1 replies)
load more comments
(1 replies)
Lotta good recommendations here. If you get GrapheneOS, you could get any keyboard (including GBoard) and turn off its network access at the app level (as well as sensors and other permissions), which would make virtually any keyboard privacy-friendly.
Oh, i didn't think about that! Tho I'd feel gross installing a google product on my phone
I use AdGuard and do the same with its built in Firewall feature for GBoard. The thing is, since I don't use custom ROMs I can't be sure that GBoard won't just use Google Services for spying/tracking.
You don't even need GrapheneOS for that, I'm using LineageOS and can turn off internet access for apps
load more comments
(1 replies)
So this is definitely not for everyone but Thumb-Key is privacy friendly and designed to be used with just one thumb. I have used Thumb-Key (and it's predecessor Message Ease) for about 4 years now and they are way easier for me than qwerty, there are fewer buttons so typos are less frequent and you can access all letter/numbers/punctuation while holding your phone one handed.
It's kinda like Japanese keyboards
In general or just on phones?
On phones
You sonuvabich beat me by 2 minutes! ಥ_ಥ
What made you initially look for an alt keyboard? I have huge problems hitting the buttons on querty and started by looking for a chorded layout.
I sawa video on MessageEase and thought it was neat. Also, I hate legacy problems like QWERTY... And things like qwerty on phone screens.
Thanks for this. I'm starting to learn it, but already feel like I make less mistakes without autocorrect. Sad as I'm a bad speller.
Not every project needs regular maintenance. I can imagine a keyboard to be a finished product, no updates necessary.
load more comments
(2 replies)
OpenBoard is great. I've tried a few and it just feels like a privacy-focused version of G-Board
i second this. the first app i install on every new device is openboard. right after f-droid.
+1 for floris, it's the only keyboard with glide typing and themes are super good.
load more comments
(2 replies)
Florisboard if you want high customizability, clipboard actions and internal (!) history, great privacy option.
Openboard if you want swipe typing and autocomplete.
Thumbkey if you want a keyboard that is made for use with two thumbs.
I love Florisboard but i just wish they would add the spelling checker 😔
load more comments
(1 replies)
I suggestion a Open board with swipe function. https://github.com/Helium314/openboard Swiping this on Openboard 🦾🦾
load more comments
(1 replies)
Typing this on OpenBoard ^__^
I use Simple Keyboard from F-Droid (rkkr's, not the one that sold to an ad company) and it's quite nice.
Are there any good privacy focused voice to text keyboards? Or do I need to run whisper on a private server to do that?
load more comments
(1 replies)
I use SimpleKeyboard with updates disabled
view more: next ›