I seriously love GrapheneOS & Amethyst. If I was in the business of handing out tech rewards, they'd both get one.
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What device did you put this on? GrapheneOS only supports Google Pixels, correct?
Pixel 7 pro
Only complaint with the device itself is that once in a while it's hard to reach all the way across the phone when doing things one handed 😅
OS is great, but for security reasons it's important to stick with the stock keyboard. Emoji selection is weak & autocorrect is buggy & unusable IMO. Not a problem in Telegram and many apps or websites that have their own emojis & spellcheck. Would love for Amethyst to add a basic spellcheck nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z
It's a fair complaint, but amethyst already has an issue with typing over the selected word rather than cursor location (at least for me), I'd be worried about layering spellcheck over the top of that. I've gotten so used to the graphene spellcheck that I don't think about it, but you are right, that is a UI issue that would annoy most users.
You might try OpenBoard - its superior to the built-in Graphene keyboard. I still have an issue with editing text and I'm not sure if that's Amethyst or the keyboard. For some reason hitting backspace removes spacing in messages.
Once I turned off the double space period feature & all of the autocorrect stuff, that problem went away.
This isn't top tier OPSEC or anything but I just installed GBoard and disabled the network permission.
It's def disconnected because the gif and sticker crap don't load. I know it's possible for apps from the same devs to exchange data so Google still get around it, but I disabled all the "analytics" and similar bullshit anyway just to stay on the safe side.
Has the Graphene UX gained ground on Calyx?
Idk what complaints people had previously, I've never used Calyx but Graphene has been great. Worst thing is the keyboard, but it's okay once you figure out how to get to the limited selection of emojis (hold enter) & also turn off autocorrect. Aside from that I actually prefer it to everything else I have used. No "phoning home" means battery life is amazing.
GrapheneOS has always had the exact same UX as AOSP. it's basically stripped down Pixel stock with a billion times better privacy and security.