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Quick question - what are your opinions on using Firefox’s inbuilt password manager? I’ve installed Bitwarden as an extension, but I find Firefox to be more convenient.

I mostly use FF on Linux, Windows, and Android and have no issues with using FF cross platforms.


It worked for me without restarting. Lemme know if you’re still interested in trying it out, maybe it can be troubleshot.


Yes! Also the original, actively developed Open Board has a vastly superior auto correct. I’ve just been using it for a couple hours now but I absolutely love it.

My typing speed was really good in SwiftKey because of it’s autocorrect. I felt hindered with the previous fork, but this one is absolutely wonderful. I’m about 90-95% there.


Thanks for this, btw. The fork that has swiping enabled hasn’t been updated for over a year at this point :/

u/sudo22 has mentioned that a library is required to enable swiping, but I don’t have a clue on how to download/use it. I’ll try figuring it out.

Edit : Figured it out, the app allows you to import the libjni_latinimegoogle.so file if you’ve downloaded it.


Quick question - any issue with just saving passwords on Firefox? I use FF across all my devices and the sync between them without the need of an extra app is super convenient.

Or am I just being naive?


Check out one of the comments which has a fork of OpenBoard with swipe. I’m using it right now and it’s quite a solid alternative!


I’ve tried most of the ones suggested on here, but I don’t recall any of them having this feature.


Check out the comment which includes the fork of OpenBoard with swipe. I’m using it right now and it’s fantastic!


Hahah, that’s hilarious! I tried ASK as well but gave up after 10-15 minutes of using it.

One of the comments has a link to a fork of OpenBoard that includes swipe (version 1.4.5 or something), and it works really well. The auto correct isn’t as great as Swiftkey (I’m hoping it gets better with time), but the swiping is absolutely solid.

Been using this for about a day now and I don’t see myself going back to Swiftkey. Typed this comment with it, hahah.


Check out the comment about the version of OpenBoard that supports swipe. I’m using it right now, actually. It’s not perfect but serves as a solid alternative to Swiftkey.


I’m not sure ifn you’ve seen the rest of the thread, but there’s a version of OpenBoard that has swipe as well. It’s almost exactly the experience I’ve been looking for. You might like it as well.


Agreed, it’s a fantastic alternative.


Yep, this is absolutely fantastic. Thanks a bunch! It’s like 85%-90% of my Swiftkey experience, so I’m loving this!



I’m trying to find the long press adjuster myself, where is it?


Sadly, seems so. They have swipe now but they don’t have an autocorrect.


So one of the suggestions was to use Invizible Pro to block it’s access. Do you use the same method?


I’ll look into this, thanks for the suggestion!


So I do appreciate that they have swipe to type, but it doesn’t have a word suggestion feature / autocorrect.


I’ll check this out, but on their Git they haven’t updated since September 2022 :/


Unfortunately doesn’t have swipe :/ I was just trying it out for 10 minutes or so. I’ll still keep it and try to work around it unless I find something better.


What is a good keyboard app for Android?
I've been using SwiftKey for over a decade now, and I didn't really realize how potentially horrible it is for privacy. What are some good alternatives you guys can suggest, ideally open source? My ideal keyboard includes swipe to type and a notepad (to paste certain emoticons like shrug emoji and such). Thank you! Edit, for any future lemmings/internet people who want the definitive answer (so far, as of October '23), OpenBoard works great. [Download the latest release apk from here](https://github.com/Helium314/openboard/releases) And if you want swipe typing as well, [Download the "libjni_latinimegoogle.so" file onto your phone from here]( https://github.com/erkserkserks/openboard/blob/master/app/src/main/jniLibs/arm64-v8a/libjni_latinimegoogle.so) Then when you open OpenBoard, go to Advanced and select "Load gesture typing library". When it asks you to select a file, select the "libjni" file and swiping should work just fine.
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