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Keyboard print layouts and functionality
EskeRahn replied to caymen's topic in Pro1 - Thoughts & questions
I really don't like the three characters printed that way, but unfortunately I do not have a better idea, as different colours would also look ugly (and most likely would add to the cost). Now if only the Danes did not swap the two, one could have been 'creative' and printed the Ö with a thin slash and dots. And similar the Ä/Æ could have been printed as an A with a thin E and dots.... I bet both Swedes and Norwegians could live with that... Like this quick mock-up [attachment file=14623] -
POLL: What keyboard layout do you want?
EskeRahn replied to MortisAngelus's topic in Pro1 - Thoughts & questions
Done. For the curious, the old poll was here -
Updates? More Consistent Interaction from Dev Team
EskeRahn replied to rubleaj's topic in General Discussion
As doktor.oswaldo said, I too think they are more than busy with the hardware, and likely certifications of various types. And the whole project is at such a late state that only software is likely to change substantially. So any feedback for the hardware is too late to affect a Pro¹ and a bit early for any successors... And on the software side it is my impression that they want to be as close to native Android as possible, so our wishes here are things that could be handled after release also, so not urgent for them to handle it now. Do not get me wrong, I too am impatient and can't wa -
POLL: What keyboard layout do you want?
EskeRahn replied to MortisAngelus's topic in Pro1 - Thoughts & questions
It would be better with some priority. As I got several I could use with little difference in preference - note we are talking PRINT only. (To get the keys returning what matches the users preferences should be the easy part) My priority for PRINT would be with estimated percentages [ul]25 Danish 23 Scandinavian, (multi-print or any of Swe/Nor) 20 US (non-shifted) 15 German-QWERTZ 12 US All four rows shifted 5 US A-Z shifted only[/ul] -
Keyboard print layouts and functionality
EskeRahn replied to caymen's topic in Pro1 - Thoughts & questions
Well Norway, Denmark and Sweden use ALMOST the same layout... (Norwegian as Swedish with different symbols Ä->Æ, Ö-> Ø, and Danish as Norwegian but with Æ/Ø swapped...). So for cheaper laptops we often see a common keyboard with three colours of letters on these three keys... -
I have the same thoughts. To what degree are android basically possible to navigate in with keys only? Sure there are apps like the "Keyboard browser" that are specifically designed for a keyboard, But how are android UI in general, under the hood? Are there say tab-stops on all controls like MS Windows? I know it is possible to navigate Android with a USB mouse (see e.g. ), so it DOES have the concept of a cursor build in, so at the lowest bar, some way to turn on the cursor and arrow/navigation could be possible. Though that might well be too slow and inconvenient in real usage, so I gues
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New "Remove thanks" button, to handle accidental clicks. Nice :)
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It is much a matter of how the national layout is made. You almost never need it with a US layout. But In Danish you need the AltGr all the time to get to vital symbols such as @ £ $ { [ ] } | € \ and the accent key ~ And it is similar for other languages. (But personally I could not care less if it is marked by a yellow arrow, "Fn", "AltGr" or whatever) Actually the tedious frequent use is one of the reasons why I normally use the US layout (except when typing Danish text where we need ÆØÅ). (Back in the eighties I made a completely customizable DOS keyboard driver, used to the effe
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Sorry meant "AltGr" not "Alt". As I said, I hope for flexibility so those of us that wants a lot of modifier options can get it, and those that want more regular keys can get that too. I doubt they are hard wired to any function, so just a matter of the software allowing the flexibility. I hope that the geeks among us can make several different 'packages' of layout-combinations, for sharing, and then each user can chose what fit them the best, and hopefully the program for it will be so easy to use so it does not require much skills to modify at will. Hopefully not even rooting.
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Uh please don't !! I accidentally 'thanked' your post, but STRONGLY disagrees with the removal of the arrows. They could name them in stead like "Fn" or "AltGr" "Alt", but I would like it to have all these 'modifier' keys, to allow us to have easy access to a variety of layouts. But If I have my way it will be possible to remap even modifier keys for direct usage, for those that like you would prefer this. I hope for maximal flexibility in how we can use the keys to fit each users wishes as much as possible.
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Have you tested "Open Camera"? A very flexible option relying on the Camera2 API (I'm using it on the S8-, and is quite satisfied with what it does)
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Musings for a Pro2 (I know I know Pro 1 is not even out yet! :D)
EskeRahn replied to _DW_'s topic in General Discussion
Well sure I TOO would prefer a phone over a phablet any time EXACTLY due to it being one hand operable (that is the difference between a phone and a phablet in my book). My point is that since all manufacturers seems to make (almost) only phablets, it is currently quite silly that it is not landscape that is the primary format for Android&Ios, and portrait the 'odd one' for the few remaining phone sized devices. The ONLY chance I see for the return of phone sized devices is three part Z folded devices, and they are years away from being market ready, (the current foldable ones I see -
I got a case on the S8- too (to get the click-on keyboard) and that actually eases the use a bit reaching over, as the finger gets 'guided' by the hole to the right position. I fumble with it when the case is removed. As preferring my right hand, I practically always hold my phones in the left hand, and that makes it quite awkward to reach with the left index finger, if I hold it in the right hand, the hole in the case does not have the suitable angle for the finger, so again reaching over the top is less bad. But IF I held it in the right hand and IF I did not use a case, then it would have
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Will be interesting to use it real usage.I got it on the back of the Samsung S8- and it is quite awkward to use. The least bad is to reach over from the top with the right hand index finger. I actually think that it might be too easy to use on the side, so you will have the risk of accidentally authorising things you really would have cancelled.
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What do you think of the latest Pro¹ back case
EskeRahn replied to EskeRahn's topic in Pro1 - Thoughts & questions
You lost me there. Why should the two halves have different widths? -
What do you think of the latest Pro¹ back case
EskeRahn replied to EskeRahn's topic in Pro1 - Thoughts & questions
I would prefer a plain back too. But would prefer small rounded feet over wobbling around any 'camera protection'. -
What do you think of the latest Pro¹ back case
EskeRahn replied to EskeRahn's topic in Pro1 - Thoughts & questions
I would MUCH prefer the back to come with the four corners with 'millings' with rounded rubber feet inserted that thus lifted the back and camera. (For the purist wanting a completely flat back, they could offer additionally stickers that just filled the 'holes', not protruding.) -
Well if someone live near a border or frequently travel between two countries, they just MIGHT want apps such as WhatApp to work on both numbers, and as some apps can not, the cloning comes in play as a workaround. I have no idea what of your G6 experence that are core Android, and what LG should be credited for - let's hope that most is build into android.
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Keyboard print layouts and functionality
EskeRahn replied to caymen's topic in Pro1 - Thoughts & questions
OH. The functional and the visible layout does not have to be 100% identical. It would be the PRINT only, of course we would get a Y pressing the key between T and U no matter a printed Z, when selecting Swedish/Danish/Norwegian layout. I can easily accept a few keys PRINTED 'wrong', but would hate to have æøå (or åäö) to be fetched in wrong places (I currently have this mess on both the BB Priv, and the click on keyboard for the S8- ) I will do what I can to have the functional layouts totally customisable. As soon as I know the format of the keyboard files I will make a program to modify -
In this tweet they ask: What do you think of the latest #Pro1 back case? Learn more about the #mobile phone here: https://bit.ly/2EG3vHF #android #qwerty #keyboard [attachment file=14210] Personally I think it LOOKS great, but I fear that what looks like a chrome-list around the camera will be protruding. That would be really bad IMHO, as this device almost invite to also using it on a desktop laptop-style. And I would just HATE to need to apply something on an adjecting corner, to prevent it from wobbling... We have previously been told it is a metal back, but what is the coati
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Keyboard print layouts and functionality
EskeRahn replied to caymen's topic in Pro1 - Thoughts & questions
I hope for a Nordic keyboard too. But IF we are not gong to have one, you should take a look at the QWERTZ one here It is quite close to the standard Swedish. OK the print of Z&Y are swapped, and a Ü is printed for the Å, but it would not take long to learn to ignore a few 'wrong' prints, as long as each key gives what we expect. -
That might be related to that too, but then I guess more would have had the issues.
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How odd! Just guessing: Is there the same valid e-mail In both 1) Your forum account ("My Account" on the forum page) 2) Your main account (The blue silhouette) and "Account detail",
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My hope is that they apart from the print with shifted A-Z for languages without national letters, and the German QWERTZ print, will consider a 'general' international layout print, based on QWERTY non shifted, that would be usable with many languages logical layouts, without the print being terrible wrong. Despite I wish this project all the luck it can get, I doubt that all languages will have enough users to have their own print, and here a common base print would be nice.