Is there an Android keyboard where you control the sursor with the spacebar like on iOS?
In my opinion, the best one is the heliboard.
Na minha opinião
HeliBoard let’s you move the cursor by swiping on the space bar. Is that what iOS does?
Thanks, that’s exactly what I’m looking for
Just a heads up, glide typing requires loading a closed source library in Heliboard. Instructions are in the readme and it’s pretty straightforward, but it’s something to be aware of.
Why have we had to live without an open source version for so long?
It takes a lot of time and a lot of peoples typing data from my understanding. It’s relatively easy for Google to make the glide/Swype type since they have a huge amount of peoples typing data. FUTO on the other hand has been making an open source version for probably 6 months or so no, solely relying on volunteers inputting words on their website.
For those interested in helping make the library better: https://swype.futo.org/ (it probably only works on mobile)
FUTO on the other hand has been making an open source version for probably 6 months or so no, solely relying on volunteers inputting words on their website.
FUTO keyboard is NOT open source. It is source available.
What is the difference?
The open source definition is not just about being allowed to read the sourcecode of an application. It is mostly concerned with the right to change and redistribute the software.
With a software that is only “source available”, you might be able to look at the sourcecode. But you might not be allowed to:
- Change the sourcecode and recompile it, in some cases not even for your personal use.
- Redistribute the sourcecode or the compiled application to other people, with or without changes, under the same license conditions under which you received it.
- Use the program for any purpose (Non open-source software often has long End-User License Agreements which prohibit certain ways of using the software).
- Do any of the above things for money.
- Do any of the above things for free.
It looks like the FUTO keyboard license allows all of that, the only exception is that you can’t modify it for commercial purposes. Aren’t there a lot of other OSS licenses with that same limitation? How is restricting commercial modifications bad?
I didn’t say the keyboard was open source, though I do think I assumed the swipe library would be. That’s fair to point out, but I think its still a good project to support so we have a community sourced library instead of dealing with whatever Google gives us
Holy crap, never knew about this. Going to be my new mindless activity instead of sudoku for a while!
I’m not sure what glide typing is but I installed the keyboard and I can move the cursor with the spacebar.
Also known as gesture typing or swype, typing by dragging your finger for each word rather than tapping each letter.
Thanks folks! Floris and floris and heliboard do exactly what I’m looking for, floris seems better in my cojple of bours of testing
Why is there so much removed in these comments?
Yeah, some of what I wrote got removed by a mod too. In the modlog, here’s the link they provided as the reason why: https://lemmy.ml/comment/16469376
Thanks for the link! In my opinion if people are learning about Open Source every time this comes up, it should only be the misinfo that gets removed, or they should just make a megathread for FUTO and moderate mentions everywhere else.
It might be a discussion the mods have seen n times, but for lots of us who aren’t online all the time, it was the first time, and we got removed with no warning.
Its so disconcerting to come back to your discussion and see everything removed.
People promoting proprietary software, which directly goes against the rules and purpose of this community
Oh shit is Lemmy (at this instance) going the way of reddit? I don’t like mods much at all. Shouldn’t I decide what to read or not?
Unless is was completely off topic or something horrible I guess.
What I came back to find out…
removed
- Unexpected Keyboard - also has a vertical cursor slide key.
- Thumb-Key - optional setting. Also works intuitively for text deletion on backspace. Text selection too but that’s buggy.
This is on pretty much all keyboards. It’s on the standard G Board even. Look into the settings of whatever keyboard you’re already using, it’s likely just turned off.
Pretty sure most all of them do that?
Fossify Keyboard can do it
Removed by mod
This is a very basic feature, you have a lot of options to choose from like the other comments have suggested. I use Heliboard personally with glide typing.
This is a stock Samsung Keyboard feature
They want an Open Source app…
Works just fine in Gboard too.
FlorisBoard is a good option, very customizable too https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard
I also use that, mainly because of the Gboard theme (called FloriStyle). Makes it kinda like Gboard except open source and not from Google, which is exactly what I wanted. It has basically the same functions (except for typing suggestions, that’s still being worked ob) but I’m pretty sure it’s more customizable, even aside from the themes.
FUTO Keyboard lets you move the cursor with the spacebar like iOS. Also has really good voice-to-text
Technically not open source but source available.
AFAIK it’s open source, just with a non-commercial modification requirement. I’m not sure if that makes it technically not OSS?
That does indeed make it not OSS
I really like it, I think its the best I tested (out of 5 maybe)
Futo keyboard does
