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Re:Unexpected Keyboard by eviks on Thursday December 12, 2024 @09:53PM (#42405575)
Great idea to allow multiple symbols per key, though it's not worth losing swipe over, so these should be behind a longer key press (hold for .5 sec then swipe to the corner ) or a double tap Is they any keyboard that combines those and is also customizable?

The numbers should also be in a numpad layout, unfortunately common mistake even in custom keyboards

Also some keys in good central positions like sdf are surprising empty, could reduce the overload of other keys by shifting some symbols there

Wonder how convenient corner gestures are vs pure horizontal/vertical

Re:Unexpected Keyboard by mouse_ on Thursday December 12, 2024 @10:48PM (#42405781)
Swipe isn't a good fit for terminal input, which is the usecase for this keyboard.
Re:Unexpected Keyboard by eviks on Thursday December 12, 2024 @11:00PM (#42405817)
Why not? Swiping is less error prone, might need a different dictionary, though, to better match common commands and other patterns.
Re:Unexpected Keyboard by vitiral on Thursday December 12, 2024 @10:07PM (#42405628)
Some of us don't use swipe, this is great for me
Re:Unexpected Keyboard by 1209412comb on Friday December 13, 2024 @01:10AM (#42406298)
I actually think swipe user is a minority ? I have never seen a swipe user in my circle but given how much people talk about it online, it must be quite popular in the US at least.
Re:Unexpected Keyboard by vitiral on Saturday December 14, 2024 @11:13AM (#42417901)
I don't mean the App, I mean the action
Re:Unexpected Keyboard by 8n4vidtmkvmk on Friday December 13, 2024 @01:23AM (#42406341)
150ms, not 500. Try it. Gboard already has this built in. Feels very snappy if you do it this way. And you don't give up swipe nor tapping.
Re:Unexpected Keyboard by tester457 on Friday December 13, 2024 @02:05PM (#42411339)
You can create your own keyboard layouts in this app.
Re:Unexpected Keyboard by BurnGpuBurn on Friday December 13, 2024 @04:09PM (#42412375)
There is a numpad, quite nice. Ctrl key to bottom right.
Re:Unexpected Keyboard by eviks on Friday December 13, 2024 @10:00PM (#42414313)
Not a separate numpad, but numbers on the same layer. Horizontal 1234567890 is bad