On Wed, 28 May 2008 19:14:46 -0400 Matt Mets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> >Matt Mets wrote: > >> I tried out the ASU software update on my GTA01 tonight, and took a > >> short video of it: > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ISHrtuQuGM > > > >Cool video! > > Thanks! > > >> The keyboard seems quite nice, and worked well with a stylus (better > >> than the video might suggest, I was working around the camera). > > > >What about the finger usability? > >AFAIK the Qtopia predictive keyboard has been projected also to help in > >finger usability... > > I wasn't able to use the keyboard with my finger. Once a letter is pressed, > you can't slide to a neighboring letter to change it, so it was difficult to > correct mistakes. There was a different keyboard on the original Qtopia > builds that had a magnifying-key feature that seemed to make this easier. It > is entirely possible that I missed something here though. I do like the > gesture support (slide left to backspace, forward to insert space, down for > enter, up to switch keyboards), but I would like to see something that > indicates that gestures are being performed (perhaps a line that shows a > trail of where your finger has been?). to correct - just backspace! :) (left slide). the magnifying thing is possible - but somehow i saw it as superfluous as chances are u press and release very fast like a keypress on a normal keyboard and then notice the mistake. even so - the dictionary lookup will be correcting if it's in the dictionary and not too far of a typo (press too far away from intended key). admittedly the dictionary we ship has only 5000 words - but hey. it's a simple text file. :) > The predictive keyboard bit might help but I haven't become proficient with > it yet. It seemed weird that it shows two lists of possible words (one > horizontal across the top of the keyboard, one in a dropdown box). horizontal is for quick selecting the most likely matches for correction (or if no matches - exactly what you typed), and if it doesn't fit u can access ALL matches from the popup list. > Also, when running a regular X application (remote xterm), it seemed like I > had to press enter (or tab) to get the characters to be sent to the app, > which made it very difficult to enter things into the terminal. But > usability in actual phone-apps is probably more important :-D. Perhaps a > direct-input mode is/could be implemented for that sort of application. it's possible we can do this - in svn there is even a full qwerty kbd layout i initially used - with ctrl, alt, etc. for terminal junkies, BUT for now correction is always-on. > The whole interface was very smooth though. I'm suddenly much more > optimistic about the project! > > >-- > >Treviño's World - Life and Linux > >http://www.3v1n0.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -- Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community