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Thumb-Key
It took a few weeks to get used to it and a few more to get comfortable, but now I don't think I can go back. Before when I messed up, I would keep repeating the mistake until I was forced to slow down. Now I can get 40-50 WPM when I try.
I do miss some things but they really aren't deal breakers:
Just installed it and am finding it very slow going so far. Why are all the letters randomly placed?
It's not random! The placement is based on letter frequency.
So not a pattern an actual person can spot, whilst not being totally random.
It's a pattern that will feel more natural the more you use it
Yeah you can't really "infer" where a letter is, it just takes time to learn the loiations by heart. I think I have used this for 6 months or so, and I'm able to write 40wpm without looking at the keyboard. But damn was it slow in beginning
I have been using Thumb Key for a few months and while I generally like it, I have not been able to figure out how to remove things like the voice typing, pasting, and undo shortcuts. Every so often I accidentally hit undo while typing, which just erases my whole message irrecoverably since my other thumb hit the next key right after. I wish I could remove all those swipe controls on the side altogether since I never use them.
I love this too! However I switched to FlickBoard, which employs the same concept but has more features. For example, I can put the number keys left to the letters. I encourage you to give it a try!
https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/se.nullable.flickboard
I actually did try it! Though I don't use numbers enough to justify the smaller hitboxes for the letters so I went back.