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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I tried Thumb-Key. Learning curve was really high. I instead went with Unexpected Keyboard, also no predictive text. I really enjoy using Unexpected Keyboard and I don't have to through a bunch of sub keyboards to look for a symbol. I rarely go to a different sub keyboard.

Do you type faster with Thumb-Key than a normal keyboard like GBoard? In your opinion, is it worth learning?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Using ThumbKey's "english thumbkey words symbols" layout along with circular gestures for upper / lower case letters and numbers I can reliably score 60 words per minute on MonkeyType. I also don't need to look down on the keyboard to type, so personally I love it.

    With that said, if your free time is limited and you also type on a variety of languages, switching to ThumbKey may not be worth the effort since a lot of languages have their own layouts.

    Personally I don't see myself switching away from ThumbKey, but it's kind of a vim vs nano situation. I think Traditional T9 will be the happy medium for most people in this case.

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