limerod ,

For one gboard has been longer in existence compared to heliboard. Heliboard still has quirks to fix which will take some time.

pewgar_seemsimandroid ,

I've just been using gboard with no internet

Moonrise2473 ,

I tried on my pixel and it seems as snappy as gboard, thinking to switch. Although i didn't load extra dictionaries or the proprietary swipe module

naeap ,
@naeap@sopuli.xyz avatar

Well, a bit maybe, yes

But most annoying is the swipe detection, which feels much more stubborn
English is quite ok, but else... Especially mixed languages don't work well, and I'm always having to switch between German and English

Chef6652 ,

Heliboard also has weird bugs such as scrubbing through text with the space not working sometimes, even duplicating letters at times.
But overall it works great.

To answer your question with another question: Heliboard isn't the same code base as GBoard, isn't it? Which means that it might have some kinks to iron out to feel more responsive.

Blaze OP ,
@Blaze@lemmy.zip avatar

To answer your question with another question: Heliboard isn’t the same code base as GBoard, isn’t it?

Well, indeed. I was just hoping that someone expert on the intricate inner mechanisms of GBoard could have explained why the comparison is so striking

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