The only app I can’t live without. Except for gboard, all of my applications are Foss. There is no competition for gboard’s swipe typing, not to mention its many capabilities like as searching for gifs, stickers, being able to paste copied images, translating, and so on. I’d like to know how I can use gboard while maintaining my privacy. According to what I’ve heard, it sends all typing data to Google’s server. If you ask me, that’s a massive no-no. Do you have any suggestions?

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      Thanks for sharing. I’ve finally replaced Gboard. Now I have to adjust to the new key sizes, but at least I know my data is private

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        You can resize it in settings, at least the height. I have mine set to 80%. Before OB I was using GB and I recall setting it so both looked the same.

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      Thanks! The only thing I don’t like is that I can’t have arrow keys. It’s immediately better than SwiftKey for sure, so I’ll adjust.

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        You can use swiping on the space bar to move left and right at least.

        AnySoftKeyboard has arrow keys and more gestures, but it’s not as refined overall imo.

        Floris Board has gestures to move around IIRC, but not at the same time as gesture typing, and is lacking word suggestions.

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          Awesome! Using space to go left and right is good enough for me!

          Thanks a ton for that. I got to really liking OpenBoard since I started using it.

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      I’m so thrilled right now! I’m already typing this reply on OpenBoard and I’m loving it.

      Gboard was also a big hurdle to my need to degoogle my phone. But not anymore!

      Thank you so much. You’ve brighten my day. I’m both happy for knowing this and for finding about it on the fediverse.