Been using a degoogled LineageOS phone with all apps being exclusively FLOSS. My favourite free alternatives to proprietary apps and services must be Lemmy (Jerboa) for Reddit, ArcaneChat and Matrix (Extera) for Telegram, Fluxer for Discord.

Which ones are your favourite?

  • Donn@slrpnk.netEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    i liked thumb key a lot and switched to flickboard so that i could type one- and two-handed with the same keyboard for each thumb. you can even choose the thumb-key layout, and give it a custom background

    • myszka@lemmy.mlOP
      3·
      2 days ago

      Interesting. But from reading the description I don’t see any advantages over Thumb Key because the latter also has two-handed layouts that can be seen in screenshots of Flickerboard. What do you find better in Flickerbourd that in Thumb Key?

      • Donn@slrpnk.netEnglish
        1·
        8 hours ago

        i didn’t know TK had 2H layouts when i installed it years ago. i think they both have a lot of overlap in being feature-rich, with main differences (imo) being:

        Thumb Key

        • has more 1H and 2H layouts, variations of layouts, and languages
        • is a tiny bit more responsive with fewer mistypes for my thumbs, but YMMV
        • can be further modified with YAML, which i haven’t tried

        Flickboard

        • uses long-press for 0-9, instead of a separate pad or dedicated flick gestures, which i find more intuitive
        • can upload images for keyboard backgrounds

        i think Thumb Key has a higher ceiling if you’re that kind of power user, but Flickboard has like 90% of the same goodness with an important extra little bit of aesthetic flair

        • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
          2·
          2 days ago

          Got it. Makes sense. I’ve used Thumb Key with 2x thumb layout so I got a bit confused. Tried flickboard, seems nice, very similar to TK indeed.