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NOTE: This is an emotionally laden topic. Please stick to facts and Neutral Point of View.MinhHaDuong 09:43, 27 August 2008 (UTC) |
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Om 2008.8 uses Qtopia for its phone stack. Qtopia has a build-in keyboard primarily designed to compose SMS in English. This keyboard is very impractical to use with a terminal or enter an URL. According to Raster it cannot be turned off, short of recompiling qpe of course.
The Qtopia keyboard reappears after opkg update.
The Qtopia keyboard build-in Om 2008.8. See also the [documentation at Trolltech]
The matchbox keyboard.
The illume virtual keyboard a.k.a. Raster's keyboard.
The vkbd system.
How to have a button to make the keyboard appear/disappear ?
How to change the keyboards layout ?
How to change the dictionnary used by the predictive keyboards ?
PS: Complaining that management does not listen to the users needs is not an option.
TODO: find a cartoon to add humor here, the debate can use some relaxation (See: To-Do List) |
On August 27th 2008, Openmoko inc. announced its intention to focus on the low-level layers. Future "base system" distribution may not include any phone stack at all.