thumb-key

On the other hand, I use Thumb Key (https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key) and think Unexpected Keyboard doesn't go far enough.

If, as there, one swipe gesture per letter is allowable, rather than a gesture encompassing a whole word, then things like Thumb-Key become options. * https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key It has a similar sort of 'It doesn't have to have 26 keys on something the size and shape of a mobile 'phone.' thinking as 8vim has, whilst raising a good 'You know 'phones worked fine with a 3 by 4 grid for 60 years, ne?' point, but adding a modern twist of 'We can swipe, in the 21st century.' to the old notion of multiple letters on a button. There are still these people thinking outside of the typewriter-keyboard-on-a-'phone box. (-:

try thumb-key [0] if you're willing to go for something unorthodox :-) the swipe-style keyboard cut my typos by ~90% (though i was particularly bad at using phone keyboards, lol). [0]: https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key

Were you inspired by thumb key at all? https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key

Looks nice. Reminds me of MessagEase[1] and clones, such as ThumbKey[2]. I use the latter for my mobile text input needs. However, that method is sometimes prone to typos, since one key may have up to 9 different characters assigned to it, and it is easy to swipe slightly wrong way. QWERTYmini could be better in that aspect, since there are only 2 characters per key. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MessagEase 2. https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key

for phones, have a look at thumbkey https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key (messagease like) I also recommend dactly (see also https://ryanis.cool/cosmos/ for a more generic keyboard generation)

In this particular case, the options for mobile 'phone keyboards are greater rather than fewer. The em dash is a first class citizen on the "writer" layouts in ThumbKey, for example. * https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key

for/from a phone: https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key

Reminds me of Thumb-Key: https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key I'd be interested to try a full-featured Android keyboard like this.

I use keyboard with similar concept as this for more than 10 years. It uses a 3 by 3 key with additional column for control so like an old phone but swipe based. I like it because I can use 1 hand to write on phone. The application called MessageEase[0] before they go subscription based and now I use Thumb-Key[1]. [0] https://www.exideas.com/ME/ [1] https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key

Japanese flick input is closer to thumb-key ( https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key I just discovered in another comment), and even that's a bit different as you get to input a consonant+vowel pair at a time (e.g. ka-ki-ku-ke-ko on a key) I switch between Japanese input and hacker keyboard all the time for termux and it's much faster to type Japanese; this thread made me want to try both thumb-key and unexpected keyboard but I think I'll try thumb-key first.

How long does it take to learn https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key ? Is it like retraining yourself to use Dvorak? Or more like learning the Palm strokes?

Unexpected keyboard [^1] has been a game changer for me. As far as I know, it's the only full-size keyboard that features swiping towards the corners of keys for numbers and special characters instead of tapping and holding. As a bonus, it weighs in at under a megabyte. Edit: another comment mentioned Thumb-Key [^2], which has a similar swipe feature. [^1]: https://f-droid.org/packages/juloo.keyboard2/ [^2]: https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key

There's an open source reimplantation in case the original stops working: https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key

MessagEase[1] is an Excellent alternative keyboard for mobile that I've been using for years... but it's not very maintained, and the maker recently decided to go subscription-based in a very messy way[2]. As an alternative I found thumb-key[3], which provides the same basic idea but the differences BREAK MY BRAIN and after some back-and-forth with the dev I realized that he doesn't intend to bridge the gap. So I decided to fork it and implement the features myself[4]. If someone knows Kotlin and is interested, any help will be appreciated =) Another alternative I found is Unexpected Keyboard[5], someone made a MessagEase-like layout[6], but it's the same problem of your brain breaking because of missing or misplaced things, so this one is also a no-go for me. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MessagEase [2] https://twitter.com/_ragingdaw