<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 02/10/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Robin Paulson</b> <<a href="mailto:robin.paulson@gmail.com">robin.paulson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 03/10/2007, Derek Pressnall <<a href="mailto:dpressnall@gmail.com">dpressnall@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> The idea is to present a graphic that is similar to a standard phone<br>> keypad layout, with standard lettering and number positions. To enter
<br>> a specific letter, you touch the button associated with that letter<br>> and drag your finger/stylus in a particular direction to indicate<br>> which letter to choose. For example, to enter an "a", press the number
<br>> 2, then drag to the left and release. A "b" would be "press 2, drag<br>> upwards and release", and a "c" would be "press 2, drag right then<br>> release". And so on. To enter the number 2, just press and release
<br>> without dragging. To be easily usable, the method shouldn't require<br>> you to drag completely off the button, but should also require a<br>> minimum drag length.<br>><br>> What does everyone think about the usability of this type of method?
<br>> Once I get up to speed on GTK programming, I can take a stab at it,<br>> but it may be a bit before I get time for it. So if someone else<br>> wants to give it a shot, go ahead.<br><br>i think this has been done already, sort of. see:
<br><br><a href="http://www.micropp.se/openmoko/">http://www.micropp.se/openmoko/</a></blockquote><div><br>Or perhaps more like this thread: <a href="http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2007-September/009916.html">
http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2007-September/009916.html</a> <br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">_______________________________________________
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