For everyday writing I like to use MessagEase. It’s highly ergonomic thanks to the 3x3 grid and deeply customizable. I’ve been happily using it for over a decade now (it continues to receive updates) and for the past 8 years I’ve been able to touch-type on it without looking at my fingers
The documentation is all in-app, so I’ve taken the liberty of screenshotting the relevant pages for illustrative purposes:
Oh hey, I actually looked into alternative keyboards on Android the other day. Stumbled on Unexpected Keyboard, where the “press and hold” alternative symbols are accessible by swiping in the direction of it from its key instead. I think because it’s FOSS, they’ve also added a whole bunch of other keyboard support such as ctrl and some unicode keys.
I’ve found that I prefer to tap and hold to get the alternative keys, but I loved the additional keys it had that were within easy visibility. Though it did look quite clustered that the default Samsung keyboard that I’m used to.
Thank you. I’m trying it right now. So far it crashed just once (after adding a second layout). I actually love the swiping. It feels like it will save so much time.
Hacker’s Keyboard has Ctrl, Alt, Shift and cursor keys: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard
I use it a lot. It’s very helpful.
While I agree, it’s not convenient to use for everyday writing.
I use it for everyday writing. It’s okay IMO
IIRC it does not support swiping, which, for me and plain text, is by far the most efficient input method on tiny devices.
For everyday writing I like to use MessagEase. It’s highly ergonomic thanks to the 3x3 grid and deeply customizable. I’ve been happily using it for over a decade now (it continues to receive updates) and for the past 8 years I’ve been able to touch-type on it without looking at my fingers
The documentation is all in-app, so I’ve taken the liberty of screenshotting the relevant pages for illustrative purposes:
Oh hey, I actually looked into alternative keyboards on Android the other day. Stumbled on Unexpected Keyboard, where the “press and hold” alternative symbols are accessible by swiping in the direction of it from its key instead. I think because it’s FOSS, they’ve also added a whole bunch of other keyboard support such as ctrl and some unicode keys.
I’ve found that I prefer to tap and hold to get the alternative keys, but I loved the additional keys it had that were within easy visibility. Though it did look quite clustered that the default Samsung keyboard that I’m used to.
Thank you. I’m trying it right now. So far it crashed just once (after adding a second layout). I actually love the swiping. It feels like it will save so much time.
Same, best keyboard of all time.