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Re: Gboard Double Sided Version

#21

Post by izacus »

luke-stanley wrote: post #14

I get that this is one of their jokes, to get attention and for fun. But it would be great if Gboard itself was open source though. I could do a ton of improvements for myself at least. I love the slide / swipe typing gesture input mode in Gboard but it's needlessly closed source. There could be big privacy improvements and great features added. Maybe AnySoftKeyboard is good enough now, I'll check again.

What's stopping you from taking the keyboard from AOSP as a base and applying all your cool features on top?

Re: Gboard Double Sided Version

#23

Post by Nullabillity »

izacus wrote: post #21
luke-stanley wrote: post #14

I get that this is one of their jokes, to get attention and for fun. But it would be great if Gboard itself was open source though. I could do a ton of improvements for myself at least. I love the slide / swipe typing gesture input mode in Gboard but it's needlessly closed source. There could be big privacy improvements and great features added. Maybe AnySoftKeyboard is good enough now, I'll check again.

What's stopping you from taking the keyboard from AOSP as a base and applying all your cool features on top?

GP specifically called out (Swype-style) slide-typing, which is indeed not in the AOSP keyboard.

Re: Gboard Double Sided Version

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Post by noahbp »

Their iOS app for Gboard has been abandoned for more than two years despite frequent crashes. I've tried to move off of it multiple times, but nothing yet seems to match its swipe to text or autocomplete/autocorrect suggestions.

Re: Gboard Double Sided Version

#26

Post by Glant »

magarnicle wrote: post #20
luke-stanley wrote: post #14

I get that this is one of their jokes, to get attention and for fun. But it would be great if Gboard itself was open source though. I could do a ton of improvements for myself at least. I love the slide / swipe typing gesture input mode in Gboard but it's needlessly closed source. There could be big privacy improvements and great features added. Maybe AnySoftKeyboard is good enough now, I'll check again.

I'm working on a keyboard. What improvements would you make?

When I start typing a string that begins with "https://", disable autocorrect/auto capitalization. It gets frustrating having to fight the keyboard any time you type a url.

Re: Gboard Double Sided Version

#27

Post by bqmjjx0kac »

Glant wrote: post #26
magarnicle wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm working on a keyboard. What improvements would you make?

When I start typing a string that begins with " https:// ", disable autocorrect/auto capitalization. It gets frustrating having to fight the keyboard any time you type a url.

Yes, and if I type X, backspace, X, backspace, and click somewhere near X again... you'd better not say I clicked X!

Re: Gboard Double Sided Version

#28

Post by verdverm »

i2go wrote: post #22
knodi123 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

and, topologically speaking, it's equivalent to a coffee cup!

is it? isn’t a coffee cup equivalent to a torus? which is not equivalent to a mobius strip

torus and mobius strip are both genus 1

imagine inflating the mobius strip like a long balloon, so that it loses the edge

Re: Gboard Double Sided Version

#29

Post by red_admiral »

oniony wrote: post #13
red_admiral wrote: post #12

This is a Moebius strip. It's technically NOT double sided.

Is that not the joke?

I don't know, an actually double sided keyboard would be fun too. This might qualify: https://www.micwil.com/images/gallery/safetype_safetype_vert...

Re: Gboard Double Sided Version

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Post by remram »

Glant wrote: post #26
magarnicle wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm working on a keyboard. What improvements would you make?

When I start typing a string that begins with " https:// ", disable autocorrect/auto capitalization. It gets frustrating having to fight the keyboard any time you type a url.

I'd take a one-touch button to temporarily disable autocorrect/auto-capitalization. Either toggled or until next space.

I don't usually type the "https://" part if I'm spelling out a URL, and I type many more identifiers than URLs anyhow.

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