Sorry to bend the thread a little, but I wanted to respond to Andreas' T9 comment. My position is neutral; T9 seems to work well for some people and some purposes, not so well for others.
These folks did a decent usability test that should be useful to consider when designing the onscreen keypad/board. It compares T9 to Fastap: (You'll want a new-fangled browser) http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/video_fastap/ Conclusion: T9 has a steeper learning curve but is more efficient for a new user. I think the Fastap layout sacrifices familiarity to conserve space. What should work better (imo, ymmv) with an onscreen input is a quick way to flip between a numeric keypad and a qwerty/configurable keyboard. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andreas Kostyrka Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 2:05 PM To: Joe Pfeiffer Cc: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: Re: Forums Page? * Joe Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070220 19:57]: > My children (I've got one who just finished his undergrad degree in > CS, and a second who is a pre-med) don't send much email, but are > constantly texting. Well, I do texting mostly on phones with a sensible keyboard or grafitti entry system. And no, T9 is not a sensible input method IMHO. Andreas _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community NOTICE: This e-mail message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information of Motricity. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
