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submitted 1 year ago by TheFrirish@jlai.lu to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

The successor of Openboard, Heliboard finally comes out in 1.0 my favorite open source keyboard out there.

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[-] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

TLDR: Why do I stop using OpenBoard and use this instead :)?

[-] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

Openboard hasn't updated in a year and a half

[-] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

But how often do I need to update my keyboard lol?

[-] oni@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

If you're satisfied with it, you don't need to update. But Openboard lacks a lot of features many people want. The biggest of them is probably the glide typing, which Heliboard supports. And it also added a lot of quality of life improvements.

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Some new features, bug fixes, and ongoing support.

~~It is a new application so you do have to set it up fresh - don't switch until you have a bit of spare time.~~ Missed the back and restore button in settings.

Personally I'm on one of the fork's beta versions. I'm waiting for the f-droid release so I get updates.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 points 1 year ago

Use Obtainium? I get updates from GitHub (and Fdroid) that way.

[-] 8orange8@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

It has swipe typing plus a lot of other new features/theme customisation that openboard didn't have.

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