Tuukka Tolvanen a écrit :
On 3/7/07, Florent de Dinechin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Wish #1:
Extend the current "drag-to-shift" paradigm on the virtual keyboard to 8
directions. Use these to implement accents for accented languages (e+NE
for é, e+NW for è, c+SW for ç, etc), and to remove the need for shifting
in general. Show the shifted letters in very small colored font in the
corners of the keys.
That could get a bit crowded on the small vkb -- how about showing the
available tap&drag variants for a key on tap&drag (tap&hold repeats so
it would make a weird trigger), using a larger area? What about
I'm not sure it would get that crowded, because we have colors which are
currently unused (considering the fantastic Mahjong graphics, the
keyboard is really boring). More importantly, there is usually only one
alternative for a letter, not 4. The only one with more than one
alternative is e (éèëê). For this one we could only show the accent in
the corner, not the full accented letter.
That's for French. Polish has two accents on s and z. I don't think
there is much worse than French, is there? (he said proudly)
Then, for example, an à, even a full-size letter, in light red, in the
NW corner, but in the background, so that the normal a hides it partly,
would be perfectly clear.
On the other hand, having the clicked key pop out with 2x magnification
(instead of being boringly highlighted) would be interesting, but
probably confusing when you try to type fast.
As a conclusion: there are many possibilities, anyway I really wish the
input improvement would be implemented for the next release. I'm sure it
can be done in a matter of hours.
Better have the improved input method now, and fancy graphics later. It
will really be natural to use, even without visual help.
capital accented letters such as É?
For these, with a real keyboard, you have to caps-lock, then hit the
letter. It would be no better, but no worse.
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