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Dante 2y ago

AnySoftKeyboard Review

(openourse keyboard for android)

What I liked:

- Arrows: →←↑↓

- Several symbols: ₿ † ∞ ★ α β Δ ζ • × ⋯ ≢

- Cursor by arrows

- Emoji/quick symbol (I put this one: 🤣)

- Emoticons: o_o and Kaomoji: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

- Language switching on swipe

- Keyboard themes and change some groups of buttons

What I think could be improved:

- No toolbar

- Does not have well-organized and searchable emojis

- No fixed clipboard tab

- Little variety of themes and problems in some of them (invisible button and another one blurred).

- Little intuitive, from the menu to the options on the keyboard.

- Unnecessary second numeric tab.

I found it much more functional than OpenBoard, which has very few functions and customization, in addition to getting in the way of adjusting and pasting text.

* Keyboard with a dark theme. The shift button is blurred in capital letters.

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🇩𝔢𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔱 🇼𝔦𝔰𝔡𝔬𝔪 2y ago

Hasn't been updated in awhile. Which keyboard do you like best?

Dante 2y ago

I'm favoring open source keyboards for more security, but they often come with less features and optimization than big tech.

The keyboards I've used for android in all were: Gboard (google), Samsung Keyboard, OpenBoard (open source) and currently Anysoftkeyboard (open source).

Anysoftkeyboard was the closest in use to the big techs, but it still has a lot to improve.

Dante 2y ago

But, in terms of ease of use, in general, Gboard seemed the best, but I haven't used it for a long time... I don't know if the Samsung keyboard is better (the toolbar is very good).

🇩𝔢𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔱 🇼𝔦𝔰𝔡𝔬𝔪 2y ago

Agree. Imagine all you input in your phone going to big tech 😬