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I've wanted to learn Colemak, but I would also need a swipe keyboard with predictions for Android.
FlorisBoard has Colemak and swiping with predictions.
FUTO also has this feature thankfully cuz I guess switched to Colemak two weeks ago myself
Heliboard offers the option. The ideal layout for a small onscreen keyboard may be rather different from one for typing with all your fingers though.
True, but I think it would help to have both in the same layout.
Thanks for the recommendation!
Maybe. I use Dvorak for real keyboards and QWERTY on my phone. I tried Dvorak on my phone and didn't see any benefit.
Hmm, maybe it doesn't matter and is more like speaking different languages. Ten finger typing and swiping are different skills anyway.
With ten finger typing, having the most-used keys on the home row is a significant advantage for speed and ergonomics. With swiping, having a sequence of characters close to each other makes it hard for the algorithm to predict the intended word. With tapping, it's a disadvantage to have adjacent characters in a sequence on a small touchscreen because it increases the chance of fat-fingering them.
Yeah, that makes sense.
I type on Colemak on my PC and Qwerty on mobile
Same, it's really easy to keep them separate mentally.
I think QWERTY may even be better for typing on a phone, because common letters are more spread out, leading to fewer errors.
Switching from QWERTY to Colemak on my phone was effortless, just installed it and started using it easily. Using QWERTY on my bf's phone feels awkward now, even though I use it every day with my computer keyboard. They definitely seem to occupy different mental spaces.