Forum: Jolla1 & TOH
2015-03-10, 19:08
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Re: Ideal keyboard design and configuration
OK. Actually I believe that also for all the languages that I listed (except English), the use of the English + Spanish + Portuguese + Catalan layout would be limited mainly to ad-hoc needs: it is...
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Forum: Jolla1 & TOH
2015-03-10, 15:36
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Replies: 200
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Re: Ideal keyboard design and configuration
Thanks, malkavian. You changes are welcome improvements.
While this layout already works as a good "Pan-American" keyboard variant (English + Spanish + Portuguese + French + Italian), it works also...
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Forum: Jolla1 & TOH
2015-03-06, 20:50
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Replies: 200
Views: 93,787
Re: Ideal keyboard design and configuration
To make the "Masculine ordinal indicator" º confuse less with "superscrift o" and Degree Sign, and to make the "Feminine Ordinal Indicator" confuse less with "Superscript a", please use a suitable...
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Forum: Jolla1 & TOH
2015-03-06, 20:28
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Replies: 200
Views: 93,787
Re: Ideal keyboard design and configuration
I will later check and comment this layout. But please make this minor change:
Change the accent above the F label to the genuine accent acute symbol: ´. It has the unicode 00B4 (and at least on...
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Forum: The Other Half
2015-01-19, 20:41
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Replies: 23
Views: 23,597
Re: TOHKBD Layouts
Yes, with your keyboard you can write Spanish texts. And fhere is the Ç character which is frequently used by Portuguese, Catalan and French.
But for Catalan, you'd need the ` (accent grave)...
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Forum: Jolla1 & TOH
2015-01-19, 16:50
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Replies: 200
Views: 93,787
Re: Ideal keyboard.. bi- and trilingual variants
Your design of a bilingual Qwerty layout makes sense. It adds Spanish to the Qwerty, but does not make it any worse for English texts. Such a qwerty variant would be ideal for North America, for...
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Forum: Jolla1 & TOH
2015-01-18, 18:41
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Replies: 200
Views: 93,787
Re: Ideal keyboard design and configuration
Your suggestion looks good. I would, however, make the keyboard even more compatible with the standard layout by moving the , (comma), . (period) and - (hyphen) keys immediately to the right-hand...
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Forum: Jolla1 & TOH
2015-01-18, 18:19
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Replies: 200
Views: 93,787
Re: Ideal keyboard design and configuration
Yes, indeed. For a more compatible layuout with the Scandinavian standard Qwerty layouts, the , (comma) and . (period) and - (hyphen) keys should be immediately on the right-hand side of the M key,...
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Forum: General
2015-01-16, 19:53
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Replies: 5
Views: 7,564
Full HW QWERTY in very small size: TextBlade
Will WayTools' TextBlade make full-size Qwerty keyboards obsolete in mobile use? See this introduction: https://waytools.com/products/textblade/1/trailer
Will part of Jolla users switch to...
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Forum: Jolla1 & TOH
2014-01-14, 18:28
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Replies: 200
Views: 93,787
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Forum: Jolla1 & TOH
2013-10-22, 10:08
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Replies: 200
Views: 93,787
Re: Ideal keyboard design and configuration
In a another comment I reminded about the same fact; the keyboard cannot slide out more than 70%... If you drop the phone, the strain would be really powerful and might break the sliding rails or...
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Forum: Jolla1 & TOH
2013-10-22, 09:13
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Replies: 200
Views: 93,787
Re: Ideal keyboard design and configuration
Do you mean that the hole thru which you shoot video or photos while keeping the keyboard closed, becomes visible if you slide out the keyboard more than about 45%?
I see no problem here. Please...
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Forum: Jolla1 & TOH
2013-10-21, 10:13
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Replies: 200
Views: 93,787
Re: Ideal keyboard design and configuration
If you mean those alternaties which are shown in the 2nd and 3rd picture, yes, at least in theory they could be provided as alternatives. Techically it is easy to add the English variant of the...
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Forum: Jolla1 & TOH
2013-10-20, 18:37
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Replies: 200
Views: 93,787
Re: Ideal keyboard design and configuration
You stefanmohl are absolutely right about the size: the modifier and Enter keys do not need to be any larger than the letter keys, if also those keys have a spherical shape which is outbowing enough....
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Forum: Jolla1 & TOH
2013-10-20, 09:05
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Replies: 200
Views: 93,787
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Forum: Jolla1 & TOH
2013-10-19, 12:43
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Replies: 200
Views: 93,787
Re: N810 / ... keyboard design and configuration
Would you specify what exactly makes keyboards boring, in general?
I'm asking, because the most fancy keyboard designs tend to be impractical in use.
The least boring but yet practical keyboards...
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Forum: Jolla1 & TOH
2013-10-19, 11:55
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Replies: 200
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N810 / ... keyboard design and configuration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:N810-open.jpg
The layout of the N810 keyboard is quite acceptable. AFAIR the Chr key has the same function as the Sym key of later models. But to make the keyboard...
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Forum: Jolla1 & TOH
2013-10-18, 14:01
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Replies: 200
Views: 93,787
Re: Ideal keyboard design and configuration
No, not yet. First we should know the distance of the camera lens from the top of the Jolla phone. I have not followed actively which of the appearance pictures is the latest. But I've understood...
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Forum: Brainstorm
2013-10-15, 08:39
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,959
Re: extended camera lens
Please see the brainstorming debate about the same lens, for Jolla: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1380538#post1380538 and other comments nearby. Because Jolla phone is supposed to run also...
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Forum: Design
2013-10-13, 06:46
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Replies: 8
Views: 48,710
Re: Finnish keyboard layout with arrows (N9)
No problem. Your voluntary work is very appreciated, and there is no reason to hurry too much. :) I wrote my suggestions as a reference of how I see the keyboard features, also to arouse debate of...
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Forum: SailfishOS
2013-10-12, 15:55
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Replies: 654
Views: 249,269
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Forum: Design
2013-10-12, 05:28
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Replies: 8
Views: 48,710
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Forum: SailfishOS
2013-10-11, 08:25
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Replies: 654
Views: 249,269
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Forum: Jolla1 & TOH
2013-10-10, 20:05
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Replies: 200
Views: 93,787
Re: Ideal keyboard design and configuration
We were not talking about Tactus, but about an extra transparent plate of soft plastic, with rectangular shapes on it. User needs to put the keyboard plate on touchscreen. But the Tactus keyboard...
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Forum: The Other Half
2013-10-10, 09:22
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Replies: 2
Views: 7,554
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