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Re:OpenBoard – FOSS Keyboard for Android which respects your... by dastx on Thursday January 07, 2021 @08:40AM (#25670846)
AnySoftKeyboard on the surface seems cool, however, they've overloaded it with unnecessary characters. When I tried it, I had English selected and yet somehow it has characters that are _never_ used in English. That's not necessarily an issue, but when non-English characters are easier to type than English characters, it decreases my typing speed significantly. I raised an issue about it and was quickly dismissed. I've stuck to SwiftKey since. I'll have to try OpenBoard!
Re:OpenBoard – FOSS Keyboard for Android which respects your... by Symbiote on Friday January 08, 2021 @06:56AM (#25683736)
Many people typing in English find it useful to be able to type names, places etc which require foreign characters.

"Let's meet at Nørreport, Lærke says she will be late."

Re:OpenBoard – FOSS Keyboard for Android which respects your... by dastx on Friday January 15, 2021 @06:36AM (#25789669)
Sure, but how often does the average English write/speaker do this?