On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:14:37 +0100, Benjamin Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > concerning the input methods you should take a look at > http://projects.openmoko.org/projects/finger-keyboard/ > (and of course http://projects.openmoko.org/forum/?group_id=42) > > Try it out and please contribute with this project! >
I will, just as soon as they release the GTA02 - I don't have hardware right now. and predictive text entry using a mouse in qemu seems like it would be less than satisfying. > And concerning T9: it is patented and there is no solution to use that. > that's why I said "non-T9" in my email - there are other predictive text entry methods using a numeric keypad, T9 is only one of them. > There are a lot of other interesting input methods which are better and > faster. Search for videos on youtube :). > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Input_Method > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Wishlist:Text_Input > I've reviewed most of these already and I do not dispute that they may be objectively better, but if we want to draw in the "crossover text'r" (aka Akiko: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Personas) I believe that we need to supply a ~familiar interface for their favorite activity. thanks for the links. j.
