[maemo-developers] Wishlist (was:Re: N800 and USB host mode)

[From: Kemal Hadimli]

"osso-media-server dbus api"

posted it here actually: https://maemo.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1125


On 3/7/07, Tuukka Tolvanen <tuukka.tolvanen at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/7/07, Florent de Dinechin <Florent.de.Dinechin at ens-lyon.fr> 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
> capital accented letters such as É?
>
> > Possibly implement more complex gestures (e + NE then SE for ê, for
> > example, or tilde, etc).
> >
> > Rationale: French (but also Polish, Spanish and other) has a lot of
> > accents and current input method is a pain. Proposed change should be
> > simple to implement, considering that 4 directions are already there.
> > Showing the shifted characters when they are not obvious (i.e. for the
> > symbol keys, not for the letters) will benefit everybody, not only the
> > French :)
>
> 't.
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Kemal