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Can we get more hands on Florisboard? We need a modern open source keyboard with all crucial features. (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I could not recommend AnySoftKeyboard to my mum. I could recommend Florisboard, tho.

Openboard is virtually dead from what I can see. So that leaves Florisboard as the only open source alternative (that I know of) that could really be used by the masses. And the world would actually be a way better place if we all opensource freaks could install Florisboard on our family/friends phones and them barely noticing anything weird.

The problem is... no word suggestions yet. It's been years and we are still lacking what is almost an essential feature of a phone's keyboard.

I wish I could really work on it, but I lack the knowledge to do so; so I hope I am bringing some attention to the project.

Is there any other alternative I am unaware of?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Definitely one of the biggest things keeping me from switching from gboard to an open source keyboard is that I use my keyboard for not just English, but Japanese (12 key and handwriting recognition), Chinese (both simp. and trad. pinyin and handwriting recognition), Korean, and French and I have yet to find an open source keyboard that has all of those wrapped under a single keyboard.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man I just want an open source keyboard where changing language settings ISN'T a single key next to the spacebar.

I hate starting a perfectly legible sentence in one language and then suddenly getting weird completions in another, just because I fat-thumbed the spacebar too much to the left.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That would also be amazing. There have been plenty of times I wanted to hit an apostrophe or z, x, or c and accidentally switched to another language. It's annoying.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My man heard of CJK input methods and thought they were a study guide. Then threw in English and French to confuse the enemy. Props to you dude! That said, you're a walking i18n nightmare.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm definitely one of those people who can barely speak, read, write any CJK or French, but I at least still use them from time to time. Especially as a vocaloid fan (for CJK).

[–] AI_toothbrush 4 points 1 year ago

Mr international. I only need hungarian, english, swedish and spanish and all of them work with the basic layout so im lucky.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've never thought about that If a language has characters the handwriting is a really big deal Also, there are many apps that do different similar tasks, but not all at once

Also: have you ever tried foss keyboards, let's say, for simplified or traditional Chinese? Is the suggestion feature working well?