This was discussed a little on the list before, but I REALLY liked the quikwriting idea ( http://mrl.nyu.edu/~perlin/demos/quikwriting.html ). It seems to me this would be the best way to go for finger input...
I believe there is a project open for it...though it doesnt seem very active. http://projects.openmoko.org/projects/qwo/ -Dan On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 16:45 -0400, Ortwin Regel wrote: > On the actual screen that keyboard is very small. Even if you use a > stylus, you need to keep a steady hand. I don't think sliding over > fields that small would be comfortable or fast. It would be unusable > on a bus/train. > > Ortwin > > On 5/30/08, christooss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ortwin Regel wrote: > >> Yeah, somewhat, but I think our screen might be a little small for it. > >> I guess it needs to be prototyped. > >> > >> Ortwin > >> > >> > > http://sudharsh.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/screenshot-1.png > > > > Here is a screenshot of one of onscreen keyboard. And I don't think its > > so small. > > > > And it could be bigger if special characters (&,$,, {,} etc.) were > > hiden. Maybe a gesture that startes at part of the screen gets you to > > special characters. > > > > I will try this in this weekend. Just mockup app. And than actual porting. > > > >> On 5/29/08, George Brooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> On Thu, 29 May 2008 22:42:41 +0200 > >>> christooss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> One of selected projects in google android is Writing pad which > >>>> enables writing one word per stroke with on screen keyboard > >>>> > >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBOyGp25sSg > >>>> > >>>> What do you think. Could this be useful on OpenMoko? > >>>> > >>>> I think its really inovative usage of on screen keyboard. I could try > >>>> to implement it on desktop machine and than when I get Freerunner > >>>> port it to OpenMoko. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> How about this (http://www.strout.net/info/ideas/hexinput.html) looks > >>> like a good idea. > >>> > >>> solar.george > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Openmoko community mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > >>> > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Openmoko community mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > >> > > > > > > -- > > Please don't send me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > > See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Openmoko community mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
