6d ago

Okay boys, rate my setup

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I wish physical keyboards would come back. I suck at touchscreen ones
- I used to hate touchscreen keyboards, but then I learned about swipe-to-text. Now I can swipe words on a digital keyboard faster than I can type them on a physical keyboard. I can't go back to pressing individual keys now unless it's on a desktop computer keyboard.
  
  I use swipe too, but it often gives me the wrong words, and I have to manually type what I want. Also, it only works for dictionary words.
  
  I switch between three languages. Swiping is ass in my case.
  
  Started using Swype in 2011 or so. Been using swiping input ever since
  Still annoyed that it was discontinued. Its usability, keyboard layout and spelling detection was so much better than what the android keyboard offers
  RIP Swype
  
  I can't figure swip texting lol. The perk of physical keys is I don't have to even look at the phone to type. I can turn text-speech on use the bumps on the keyboard
  
  I've been trying to degoogle and this exact reason had become an obstacle. No other keyboard I've tried is as accurate at swipe typing as gboard. And I've been swiping since the feature was new, so now I'm awfully slow at key typing.
  
  Thanks! I didn't know about swipe-to-text. It is much faster than my very slow typing. I really don't know why I wasn't using swipe before. Look like it will need to go back to google keyborard from HeliBoard.
  
  And even then i always get frustrated if the full word doesn't pop up after I've typed a few letters.
  
  Only if you suck at typing I guess. I make use of swiping keyboards as well for the past... 12+ years I think.
- ThumbKey made the difference for me. Completely new way to define touchscreen keyboards, but after some months now, I can type blindly on a touchscreen 👍. Caveat: in the beginning typing will be very, very slow.
  
  sounds like T9 that most ppl didn't seem to get the jist of.
  
  Yess I love thumb-key! Open source, customizable minimal UI, and multiple layouts for many languages.
- Exectly my thoughts recently! My smartphone is starting to show some problems with its screen and it's a Xiaomi device which makes it very hard/unpleasant to get root access to reinstall the OS (you have to download a windows app and use it to share your data and reasons for voiding your contract by asking to get root access) so I thought maybe there are non-touchscreen smartphones and when I tried looking for one I only got dumb phone suggestions and I realized that such a phone would have to have a specific version of Android that is not designed around touchscreen technology. I'm not sure what I want, but the options seem to be polar extremes without a middle ground option, something between a smartphone and a dumbphone that will be helpful in detoxifying from doom scrolling and yet still usable for productive activities.
  I really hope that in the near future we'll see some change in the direction towards smartphones that are not made only for watching videos, playing games, but to some combinations of useful ideas from both dumb and smartphones, like having a decent screen to be able to use maps and with also a "mechanical" keyboard or smth. But then again physical keys will have problems like if they would be made from cheap plastic, there always will be downsides...
  
  So you want a modern Blackberry? With less proprietary requirements attached?
- I miss T9 😞
- I'm relatively happy with my FP5 at the moment, but the Nokia N900 was the best phone (i.e. the one I was happiest with at the time) I ever had. I might still be using it if the Javascript-infested modern web hadn't tanked its performance. It's also probably the most successful Linux phone of all time.
  What I wouldn't give for an N900 with a modern SoC, AMOLED display and 50% larger in exchange for 50% slimmer... I'd even keep the resistive touch plus stylus, screw multi-touch if I could have that back! Desktop apps and desktop versions of websites were entirely usable with the stylus, even on a tiny screen like that. No comparison to my current fat-fingering links even on mobile layouts on huge 5"+ screens. 🤷 Thanks, Steve Jobs.
  And the window-management was also brilliant and unsurpassed on any mobile device ever since... And this was at a time when Android didn't have copy-paste yet and could open only one app at a time.
- I e mainly switched to dictation, but I wish there was an elegant solution to add a physical keyboard

🎶 I want a girl with a short skirt and a looooooooooong Android 🎶
- But what if she's named Karen and drives a white Chrysler LeBaron?
  
  as long as it doesn't have a bucket seat

I like the idea of a physical keyboard, but I hate the idea of making my phone even bigger
- It looks so cool though. Trust me when you have it on you feel the power.
- Yeah, I'd be fine with thicker, but not longer. If this slid out when you needed it then I'd be up for it.
- May I interest you in a mechanical BT kbd? I use the same on my phone (when traveling) and my desktop, great experience.
  (model if curious : Corne-ish Zen with my keymap)
  
  You have the potential to be a great seller, but found the wrong customer. That keyboard costs more than my phone lol. I'm from the poorer side of the world, unfortunately.

You have my attention.
- Didn't think I'd make it this far, don't know what to say lol

Charge your damn battery ffs
- No. He just throws it away when the battery dies and gets a new phone.
  FFS.
- My phone becomes a Heisenberg machine below 10%: at any given minute it'll just shut off. Maaaybe it'll sit at 8% for a half hour, maaaybbe it'll shut off at 9%, maaaaybe it'll run down to 2%. It's impossible to tell!
  
  had to look him up.. quite de resume!
  https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Heisenberg
- Sorry, right away! Haha

android the Loooooong way

Like my beloved Nokia N900 and my current Pixel 6 had a bastard love child and I am all about it.
- 💀
- I had a Nokia N97, which iirc was a shit phone, but that pop out keyboard was magical.

long / 10

Marvellous, but shouldn't this be on UnixPorn ?
- I open this app to promote my signal groupchats; I am unaware of most communities here. think I'll cross post it there with your recommendation.
  
  Not saying that you shouldn't post here, this type of post suit that kind of community more
- Android is a Linux derivative, the Kernel is still licensed under GPLv2.

8% battery. Charge your phone man

It's sexy and I love it

Does it run Waydroid?
- This is a pixel 9 pro running GrapheneOS and the terminal is from an app called Termux
  
  Where did you get this keyboard case and do they make one for the Pixel 7 ?
  
  Oh, yeah. Didn't zoom in and thought it was PostmarketOS.
- Its just android with the termux app open...

I cannot authorize a vertical primary terminal.
as a secondary monitor viewing logs, sure. but primary, no way

Great one, love it! But I would recommend UserLAnd instead of Termux🥰
- Never heard of that. I'll try it out, but let me know the differences.
  
  Hello!! The difference between UserLAnd and Termux is that UserLAnd does not force you to use only one distro (ex. Package Manager and etc.) like Termux - Termux uses apt with their own Repo's that might not have new package versions. Using UserLAnd, you could install any distro on your phone! Kind of like it.. It feels right how it should be😇
- Could you elabotrate why?
  
  Hello!! I feel like Termux is kind of bloated and it also uses it's own repo, and only apt package manager. Using UserLAnd, you will be able to install any distro, whichever you want, with any config.
- Is UserLAnd still maintained? Assuming I found the right forge, the last activity is 4 years old. While I agree that a piece of software can simply be finished, I worry about compatibility in the moving ecosystem of Android.

just fyi, if you go into developer settings there should be a full on Linux terminal by now i use that instead of tmux
- It's really buggy and makes my phone crash. I think after the September release it'll be more stable.
  
  now that you mention it, i do recall having some issues at first. not anymore tho... are you on the latest version?
  edit: i stand corrected. what timing....
- Seems to only be true for Google Pixel series, with Android 16 it should come to all Android devices.
  
  i got it on my fairphone (/e/os)
  
  check out Andronix. I've been running Debian via termux for years

I've seen mixed reviews for the keyboard. How is it?
- It takes some used to. I like it but you need to run proprietary software to make it usable (in my opinion.) So far only Gboard and SwiftKey work well enough with it, and I don't mind too much since I run GrapheneOS. I actually love it besides not being able to use wired headphones at the same time.

Long long Android.

Why are the key rows not offset?
- Fancy otho mechanical keyboard.
- Limited space?

9/10 With Ubuntu Touch for instance it would be a 10/10. Good Job!1!!
- I need my GrapheneOS! I can't ever go back.
  
  Graphen without any Google services is a excellent option.

Looks like a palm pre.
Where did you get the keyboard case from?
- It's a Clicks keyboard case, got some long-timers in the mobile journalism space involved and looks pretty neat. I'd have gotten one but no model for my 13 mini personally but they support a number of iPhone and Android models. (minor caveat but USB-C iPhone's have to toggle between data and power I believe - or something like that for the USB-C port built-in.)

Only reason im considering a razr ultra, but honestly I have minimal issues with a touch keyboard, I do rememeber having way less misclicks and typos on physical keyboards tho
- Get this if you miss the feel of a physical keyboard. I want the electric blue case for Razr so badly since it is the hottest colour combo. I would never go to Razr since I need to run GrapheneOS and that is only available for Pixels at the moment.
  I think the look of this case with a Razr is the coolest phone one could get.
  
  ye but the trade in value is pretty ass, flip 7 is the btter options, hopefully this case gets copied by some aliexpress companies lol

Hell yeah!

Sick. I wonder if that keyboard is actually good for typing though.
- If you have been texting on a touch screen phone screen for about 10 years like many of the younger generations, I would say no. However people still get about 60 wpm or more on this. I've gotten faster on the keyboard case but still think I'm faster on touchscreen. But the feel and sound of this case is still great

I’ve only seen that kind of keyboard for iPhone; what model is this?
- Screen cuts off at "Google Pixel 9 Po". So clearly the model is Potato.
  
  Google Pixel 9 Pofessional. It's the slightly cheaper version, on account that it got a little burned at the factory.
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-physical-clicks-keyboard-is-the-pixel-9-upgrade-i-didnt-know-i-needed/
  
  $139 lol smdh
- This is clicks.tech for pixel 9 pro

Super awesome! I was looking at this, but don't want a new phone right now

10/10
- Thank you brother:)

Moto Droid vibes

Do you, by some chance, write in any language that requires non-ASCII characters? (Such as ñ in Spanish.)
You can apparently touch-type non-ASCII characters with Clicks on IOS, I'm wondering if it works similarly on Android.
My phone died last week, and I was very tempted by the Razr with Clicks, but I haven't seen much about using it outside English. In the end I went cheap and bought a Pixel 9A :(
Touch keyboards suck, but double so if you type in multiple languages, need non-ASCII, and on top of that you want to use shells. GBoard is not bad at detecting the three languages I regularly type in, but my BlackBerries were superior.
- On Gboard you can change settings to hold a character down and choose one of their non ASCII versions, as well as changing the language on your keyboard settings (but that's messy), as well as using keymapper. Since you're on pixel now, I heavily recommend using GrapheneOS.org . You will thank me later. If you have any questions let me know.
  
  The problem with the standard Gboard non-ASCII method is that you have to use the touchscreen.
  What the article mentions is that on iOS, you can hold E, then press 2 on the physical keyboard to enter É.
  When I used a Blackberry, I could type out longish messages without even looking at the phone, but I had to rely on autocorrect for the accents (which worked pretty well for Spanish). If this method works, I could do the same, but not relying on autocorrect.

Are physical keyboards like that really even faster? I would just buy a split 40% keyboard and out one in each of my pockets before I would do this tbh.
- If you have been texting on a touch screen phone screen for about 10 years like many of the younger generations, I would say no. However people still get about 60 wpm or more on this. I've gotten faster on the keyboard case but still think I'm faster on touchscreen

Fuckin' A

The fit is tuff

That keyboard is cancer, I would love that if I could pull it out from landscape but brother eeehw. The pixel is already long enough.

QWERTY keyboard. 2/10

boys
because there are no women on the internet, and no men for that matter, only masculine children.
If there were women here, which there are not as you've previously stated, I suspect you wouldn't want to consider them anyway, as implied by your specific choice of words.
tits or gtfo amiright fellas?
Examine your preconceptions, before they examine you
- I want to say I had thought about the caption as kinda exclusionary when I wrote it, but decided that since the common phrase existed when it comes to rating setups I thought it would be fine, especially since this post is obviously a mockery of real setup posts. This entire post was for humour and I think the caption existed to show that.
  I apologise if I offended you but I want to say that it wasn't in the aggressive manner you believe it is, and I hope next time you provide criticism to manners that are important to you that you do so with more grace and patience. Knowing the internet, I don't believe most people would have responded to your comment as respectfully as I am trying to do now.
  In the end, it was a joke that I did not fully consider the implications it had and for that only I am sorry and I will do better. Please have a great weekend. Take care.

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