[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] re-evaluating the handwriting input method - butthere's a problem

[From: Jakub.Pavelek at nokia.com]

Hi,

You can always switch the case of already written character with the "arrow" button located left second from bottom. It works both ways and is a better solution for normal typing, not necessarily for entering commands in xterm ;-)

And for the special characters in the screenshot, you have a fast way to type them with the special characters view under the "&!é" button on right.

Br,

--jakub


>-----Original Message-----
>From: maemo-developers-bounces at maemo.org 
>[mailto:maemo-developers-bounces at maemo.org] On Behalf Of ext 
>Antonio Orlando
>Sent: 09 November, 2006 19:28
>To: Maemo developers
>Subject: [maemo-developers] re-evaluating the handwriting 
>input method - butthere's a problem
>
>Today, I've tried the handwriting input method. Oh what a 
>mess, as the other times I've tried it. So, in the handwriting 
>teaching app I have decided to disable *all* the symbols for 
>*all* the chars (in my western charset), then I've created 
>just one custom symbol for each lowercase letter and for 
>numbers. Yes it's a hard work, it took me about 20 minutes.
>
>And surprise... it works like a charm! I can write at very 
>high speed with very low error rate without having ever used a 
>handwriting input system; I've only tried sometimes this one 
>provided with 770, but the screen keyboard was faster and 
>accurate so I've soon abandoned it.
>
>Now, with that trick, even with this first try it is way 
>better than the screen keyboard. But, there is a problem, 
>which I suppose could be easily solved, so the reason for this mail:
>
>sometimes, I need to write capital letters, of course. I don't 
>want to define them as symbols, because they easily interfere 
>with other ones, this is something to definetely avoid. But, 
>the solution is simple: there should be a "caps-lock" button 
>in the handwriting input application! I will continue to use 
>my lowercase symbols, but with the caps-lock enabled they will 
>be considered as capitals. Smooth and easy, isn't it?
>
>Can I hope this will be added in next firmware update? Just a 
>little button, would improve the usability of the entire 
>device a lot. I suggest this for everyone: use just ONE symbol 
>for a character, and define symbols for as little chars as 
>possible - this way the error rate is zero or really low, and 
>you can handwrite 90% of the stuff you need to (supposing we 
>have the caps-lock button improvement, otherwise the 
>percentage falls down). Try it, if you ususally use the 
>on-screen keyboard: it's not that bad with this trick.
>
>--
>Antonio
>_______________________________________________
>maemo-developers mailing list
>maemo-developers at maemo.org
>https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
>