There is only one possible solution. There must be easy customizable keyboard files so that everybody is able to use the keyboard he likes. Besides there must be an option to switch between different keyboards. It's a simple idea: one tool for one job.
The predictive text with the right dictionary can be very powerful when writing SMS. You don't really need to aim for the letters, just hit somewhere close to them. Still the Qtopia keyboard like it comes with Om2008.8 now is pretty flawed lacking punctation signs. You have to switch two layouts further to find a comma or period. Despite the fact that there is a lot of space left on the alphabet keyboard. And certainly for everything except SMS and maybe sometimes writing notes the layout alone is a disaster; not to mention the predictive text. As I understand, there has been a long discussion about why not using the illume keyboard. I have not completely followed that discussion and I do not claim to have an understanding for the problems of development that may be connected to this issue. But I'd like to stress at this point that I believe the customizability of input methods - i.e. the possibility of individually communicating with the device - is a kind of freedom that many people are seeking with the FR. Ole
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