Thanks Colin... that does confirm my suspicions about hybrid apps as the
most promising approach. It is still a bit early since I am still doing
research on what others have come up with but I'll keep you posted. In
the meanwhile, I am reading a thesis from a student who worked on
alternative mobile access. I'll post the conclusions to the AEGIS/ORF
tracker (http://redmine.atrc.utoronto.ca/issues/show/440) once I am done
with it.
cheers!
Jorge
Colin Clark wrote:
Hey Jorge,
On 24-Jun-09, at 10:02 AM, Jorge Silva wrote:
I've been looking into on-screen keyboards (OSK) for alternative text
entry in mobile devices and Jess suggested a while ago that this could
be done through the browser. At that time I raised an eyebrow in
disbelief, but after learning that Palm's new interface is 100%
javascript and that Google are well on their way with their keyboard
APIs
(http://googleajaxsearchapi.blogspot.com/2009/06/introducing-virtual-keyboard-api.html),
I think I should reconsider. In the long run though, I do need to
expose events to the host OS to make them available to all
applications. If anybody is already looking into this, I'd appreciate
some advice or maybe I can help out?
We've done a lot of work with keyboard interaction on the Web, though we
haven't tried building an on-screen keyboard. I think it's quite a
viable option, however. Web-based development on phones is really
picking up; in addition to the Palm Pre, Nokia also offers their Web
Runtime. Engage's approach to phone development will take advantage of
hybrid web/native applications.
A Web-based onscreen keyboard is a promising idea. The hybrid style of
web/native apps should allow you to also expose events to the host OS
with a minimum amount of effort, too. As you're looking into this, keep
me in the loop and let me know how I can help. Interesting stuff.
Colin
---
Colin Clark
Technical Lead, Fluid Project
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Toronto
http://fluidproject.org
_______________________________________________________
fluid-work mailing list - [email protected]
To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives,
see http://fluidproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-work
