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MessagEase decided to go subscription-based, here's some alternatives

Posted by sciv on Sunday February 04, 2024 @09:33PM
from the self-post dept.

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...

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Re:Dog and Cat Data on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @08:45AM (#19562838)
It seems to me that what's happening here is that all that dangerous wildlife is the one that survived the cats.
Re:RawTherapee 5.3 – Photo software on Monday October 02, 2017 @09:51AM (#15383807)
Last I checked (a couple of months ago), DT had a WAY better workflow, and it's better integrated (as mentioned in another comment here).

Also as I've seen mentioned in other comments, it lacks local adjustment tools and/or anything remotely equivalent to the masks system in DT.

It does have some interesting tools, but comparing DT to RT feels like comparing Ps to GIMP... there's a fundamental capability in the workflow that you'll feel missing if coming from DT to RT.