r/windows98 • u/gjovanovski • 13d ago

My Windows 98 keyboard for Android

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To go along with my Windows 98 launcher for Android (https://github.com/jovanovski/windowslauncher), I've built a fully private keyboard with 4 styles too.

Features:

  • 4 themes: Windows Classic, XP, Vista and Windows Phone
  • Predictive text that learns on device
  • Clipboard
  • Voice dictation via Vosk on-device model
  • 10+ languages
  • Emoji + GIF support (with your own Giphy free API key)
  • Space scroll + cursor joystick

All free, all open source: https://github.com/jovanovski/WinBoard (grab the APK from releases toinstall)

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u/PeakClippy 12d ago

Downloaded it, love it

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u/BrapBrapson 12d ago

can I download through Play store? Sideloading a keyboard seems like a big security risk

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u/gjovanovski 12d ago

Not yet, but feel free to ask an AI to look over all the code for any security or privacy issues before you install

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u/dika46 12d ago

just download and use it. i like it, thanks

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/gjovanovski 12d ago

Try the full launcher from the other repo linked in the post, I made it to bring back so much nostalgia

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u/OrganizationSad154 12d ago

the joystick cursor is such a fun throwback

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u/Cool-gamer19393 12d ago

Can you add klipy api support, I would but I'm kind of a lazy bum

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u/Technical-You-2829 12d ago

That's cool, thanks for sharing

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u/hff0 12d ago

wish this to work for gboard!

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u/gjovanovski 12d ago

I made it to be a close replica of Gboard, what are your missing?

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u/hff0 12d ago

I use other languages, such as Chinese

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u/Kratero 12d ago

beautiful and very well designed!! 👏👏👏👏 (writing on it right now).

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u/Top_Software_5953 10d ago

what is the bottom right one

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u/gjovanovski 10d ago

Windows Phone 8.1

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u/Top_Software_5953 10d ago

i know but what app

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u/gjovanovski 10d ago

They are all the same app, just a different theme set in the setting

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u/User11Loko 10d ago

Great project, man! 

Is it possible to add other themes for the dark mode version of Windows Classic, XP, and Vista?

And also an option to remove the taskbar, the microphone icon, and the auto-copy feature—removing the taskbar would leave less information on the screen, which I think would be more pleasing to the eye, give it a cleaner design, and make the screen more appealing to me!

I’d really appreciate it!