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[-] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 7 months ago

I just tried HeliBoard. Ditching Florisboard for now. I still think Florisboard has potential but it is undeveloped, and HeliBoard has everything you'd expect for a Gboard open source substitution. Let's go! Finally we have our first open source keyboard alternative without drawbacks!

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago

That's mean.

Florisboard is awesome.

[-] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 7 months ago

It's been years without a single new feature, and it's literally lacking the most important feature of a phone keyboard.

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago

Without auto correct, you can seperate the wheat from the chaff. /s

[-] birdcat@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago

they are both great, but combined they would be a foss diamond of of cosmic porportions and never before reached ingenuity.

[-] kylian0087@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I am also a great fan of florisboard but the spell check being broken for over a year is kind of a deal breaker. Cause I am dyslectic af.

[-] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 2 points 7 months ago

Requiring a proprietary blob for key functionality (pun intended) is a pretty major drawback, to me.

I know it's technically optional but it's a selling point of this software: "openboard but it supports swipe typing"

[-] zolax@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago

I'm in the same position because FlorisBoard will over time have all the features that HeliBoard has but HeliBoard has those already so I may switch too

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