I use Gboard.

The main things I like about it are:

  • Very customizable (I like having number row always visible, and having long press for symbols on each letter).
  • Has gif support built in.

My biggest pain point is:

  • It auto corrects words that are spelled correctly to other words. I type “our” and it changes to “out”, I recently typed “purpose” and it changed it to “purple”. Autocorrect is awesome and necessary, but I hate that it corrects words to other words and not just typos. I wish I could find a keyboard that has the things I like without this annoyance.

Am I looking for a unicorn? Let me know! 😄

  • @Vinny_93
    12•4 months ago

    Did you know you can turn off autocorrect?

    I’ve been using Swype since its inception and I’ve stuck with it after it was called SwiftKey and still use it now it’s owned by Microsoft.

    Gboard is okay enough but I’ve gotten more used to SwiftKey.

    • @[email protected]OP
      3•4 months ago

      I like autocorrecting typos, I don’t like autocorrecting words into other words. As far as I’ve found you can’t have one without the other. Correct me if I’m wrong though.

      • @Vinny_93
        2•4 months ago

        No that’s correct. It cannot distinguish between typos and different words

        • @[email protected]OP
          1•4 months ago

          It’s a shame. It doesn’t seem like it would be hard to implement one that doesn’t change correctly spelled words at all.

          • @Vinny_93
            2•4 months ago

            Well SwiftKey advertised with some AI (actually just algorithm) that could analyse the words you typed before and glean from context what you are trying to say and correct accordingly. I find it’s wrong more often than not so I keep autocorrect off. Also I use SwiftKey in two languages, English and my native language, Dutch. It does not anticipate in which language it should predict at all. It mostly just favours English.

            • @[email protected]OP
              2•4 months ago

              Yeah that’s exactly the kind of thing I don’t want. If I wrote a word and it’s spelled correctly, I wish autocorrect would leave it alone instead of incorrectly guessing a different word. Oh well, one can dream.

        • /home/pineapplelover
          1•4 months ago

          If you type the wrong word, it will underline it and you can click on it, then tap on the correct auto suggested word. Very easy

    • @MrQuallzin
      2•4 months ago

      Same, been using it long before it was bought by Microsoft. It has customizations I like, and (when it works properly) I can copy and paste between my phone and computer.

    • Suzune
      1•4 months ago

      I’ve turned off autocorrect long time ago. Suggestions are fine. The one click more when I’m wrong is worth my time and I’m automatically educated to type correctly.