Openmoko keyboard mockup

[Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)]

On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:53:37 +0100 Mathieu Rochette <mathroc at gmail.com> babbled:

> Shashank Bharadwaj wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:47 AM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler
> > <raster at rasterman.com <mailto:raster at rasterman.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:46:15 +0000 Jan Henkins <jan at henkins.za.net
> >     <mailto:jan at henkins.za.net>> babbled:
> >
> >      > Hello there,
> >      >
> >      > Pascal d'Hermilly wrote:
> >      > > With 2008.12 release, a well working finger-friendly keyboard
> >     is the
> >      > > most critical missing feature for me.
> >      > > I've made a mockup of a keyboard that I think would make things
> >     a lot
> >      > > easier to type.
> >      > > http://dhermilly.dk/pascal/openmoko/keyboard%20mockup.png
> >
> >
> > I think, the current Raster's Keyboard great for potrait mode. For
> > landscape mode(i.e holding neo sideways) however, the keyboard does not
> > utilize the extra space. What we need is, imho, a keyboard that would
> > increase in size to take up the extra space in this landscape mode. That
> > way we'll be able to type even faster. If we could add that fuctionality
> > to raster's keyboard, then it'd be just great.
> >
> if you start the keyboard in landscape mode, it does utilize all 
> available place and it's great :)
> (in keyboard settings, just select non and then default while in 
> landscape mode)
> 
> Another thing, I can't test it from office, but, is it possible to have 
> multiple at the same position, if so one could make a t9 "like" layout
> just put, abc on the same position, def, on another, etc.
> would that be possible?

no it's not possible as they'd overlap and you'd not see the ones underneath -
BUT you could do just as well with:

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(make it a bit taller). :)

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