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Is there a tool for the HD2 which allows to have a mouse cursor that works together with a browser (e.g. Opera)? Especially one that supports "mouse over" / "hover" effects on websites. Some Websites like mobile.de have picture galleries, which always shows the picture you're currently hovering your mousecursor over it's thumbnail. I don't realley care so much for the cursor itself. I'd just like to know if there is a possibility to raise this "mouse over" / "hover over" event with our phone...
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alright. so i have noticed that there are many different keyboard styles, features, and fuctionalities.
but there is one huge thing missing. and it took me until right now to figure out what it was.
we are missing personalization and versatility.
i am on a mission to create the best onscreen keyboard that xda has ever seen.
obviously i cannot do this alone.
i am great at graphics and anamations but programming isnt exactly my strong point. so ifanyone and i mean anyone is intrested in this project, definitly post here..and also a pm. to me would be greatly appreciated.
i have high hopes for this project and i hope everyone else does too.
you can also post here if there are options/features that you look for in an on screen keyboard.
or you can just wish us luck!
thanks everyone =)
What I would like to see:
A combination between the finger-usable PCM Keyboard,
and the gestures of the WM5-keyboard
Something like TouchPal from CooTek but taking up a little less screen realestate would be amazing.Wish i could help with the coding, but I've only taken one class of c++ and I know I wouldn't be any help. Good luck with this project, sounds really cool.
I think a 1/2 screen finger-friendly qwerty is ideal. One that has basic punctuation keys (Period, comma, exclamation, question) on the primary input screen.
Unfortunately, I don't have skills/time to work on initial development, but very willing to test as I am in search of the best on screen keyboard and I can provide experienced and thorough feedback.
PPC6800- Titan
WM6 2.17.651
Radio 1.47.01
I suggest the main keyboard window to be one or two lines with option and buttons which show the main keyboard layouts with tap and hold to navigate to the desired letter. So the layout window that can be semi transparent to allow see what you write not need to be all the time on screen and covers a big part of her. Hope you understand what I mean cause my english are not so good.
brilliant idea
text assigneable keys, as in assigning '[email protected]' so it can be called at any time, and other assignable texts. I like the touchpal keyboard, but it does take up too much space and there is a lot going on. Resco just updated their's and I am not sure I like the new one, it is very much like the pocketcm keyboard, so why pay $19 for resco's??? I can't program, but will help in usability testing, so count me in if you think I can help the project. Good luck.
It's clear that there will be as many different visions of a "perfect keyboard" as there are people posting here. What is worst, there'll be many conflicting ones: "can the keys be bigger?", "the keys should be smaller", "i need one more page with numbers only", "who the hell needs a page with numbers only, it's a waste of memory", etc...
So i'd say that what a program with such ambitions would need the most is full customizability. Here's a roundup of features i'd like to see:
-key layout customizable trough an xml file.
-multiple pages switched by button actions (tap, hold, gesture) so we can have one default page, one with numbers, one with national symbols, etc.
-gestures, but not only right/left/up/down, like in default keyboard, but also diagonal, and ability to use a key from a different page upon a gesture, eg. when you press a letter and drag in bottom right direction, you'll get a lowercase national (like accented one) character, if you drag in top-right direction, you'll get an uppercase one.
-dynamic key binding: you copy a text to the clipboard, and with a certain key combination (set in the config file) you can bind it to some unoccupied space left for that purpose (you could use it for single letters/symbols, e-mail addresses, or even a bit longer texts - say up to 256 characters).
-did i mention customizability?
I guess that these features would be a good starting point and more functions could be added on the way.
So in short, my vision of the perfect keyboard would be actually just a framework, a tool, enabling the users to experiment with different layouts and functions and create their own perfect keyboard. And the XML config file plus additional graphics would be the keyboard itself. It would be for text input what BatteryStatus is for Today screen plugins.
Example config could look a bit like this:
Code:
<Keyboard name="example">
<Page name="Default" background="image.png" height="200">
<Row>
<Key name="A" image="key_normal.png" image_pressed="key_pressed.png" caption="A">
<Press action="typeText" argument="a"
<DragR action="specialKey" argument="Space" />
<DragBR action="overrideCaption" argument="ą" action="typeText" argument="ą" />
(...)
</Key>
(...)
</Row>
(...)
</Page>
(...)
</Keyboard>
Available key gestures could be tap, hold, double tap, drag - sideways, up and down, diagonally. Actions could be something like type text, override caption (replaces default key caption until the key released, so that you can see what you're typing), permanently change page to a defined one, change page to a different one for one keypress (like the shift does i the default keyboard), cycle pages, etc. Each key could trigger multiple actions - so it could type some text, and then change page to a different one (example - you have a page with large assignable buttons, so you can bing something like an e-mail address there. When you press that key and the address is typed, the keyboard will return to its default page).
Anyway, that's just my 2 cents. Good luck with the project, whatever direction it goes in.
I have a Diamond with BsB6.5Q ROM.
Hi there, don't know if this is a ROM issue or a WM6.5 issue. I use the Compact QWERTY that is supplied in this ROM - I prefer to use the "phone keypad" style of keyboard. As I do 95% of my texts in the native Welsh language, I keep T9 switched off (there is no such feature in Welsh). However, when I write a text message in Welsh sometimes the spacebar won't work - it simply won't let me put a space there - I have to press 'enter' then 'backspace' to remove the restriction. This is not a screen sensitivity issue, because the 'shadow' appears above the spacebar to signify that it has been pressed. This problem doesn't arise when writing English texts, so I'm assuming that the problem occurs because the phone is trying to be clever and trying to predict that there shouldn't be a space after a certain letter.
I've looked through the settings and I can't find anything to switch this off. Any ideas?
Also, when writing, I would really like to be able to move the cursor backwards and forwards through the text, say if I want to correct an earlier error. Having to press the desired location with my finger is not good enough, because I need three or four attempts to get it right due to being the owner of a large thumb. I was then thinking about the Diamond's scroll wheel - this would be ideal for the job. Is there any way use that to scroll, i.e. anti-clockwise to move cursor to the left, clockwise to move right?
Thanks
Right, please ignore my last paragraph above - I completely forgot about the up/down/left/right buttons around the scroll wheel. The Left/Right buttons do exactly what I want.
Now, all I want is a fix for my keyboard problem (1st paragraph). It only happens for some words, and when it happens I cannot type any of the punctuation characters - I can only continue typing letters. Also when this happens the word (or most of it) is underlined. I don't understand why the word that's currently being typed would need to be underlined. It seems like parts of T9 is still on, even in ABC mode.
Any ideas?
Hey,
Does anyone know if there's some software for Windows Mobile to position the text cursor easily like in Android 2.2 (Froyo) or iOS, which means you click the text and some sort of cursor mover appears so you can place the cursor exactly where you want. I'm not looking for a keyboard app that has arrows buttons.
Thanks!
Since windows 8 is quite unpopular with touch enabled apps and games and Microsoft store is quite poor for the time being, I decided to make a list of apps and games and the required optimizations for touch, where necesary.
This is also the chance to replay some brilliant oldies! As we all know 10-year old PC games easily outshine modern tablet games in both gameplay and graphics. As most of them are forgotten by the developers and will probably never be remastered for the touch screen, there is no reason why they shouldn't be enjoyed on modern tablets.
I will list older (and newer) games and apps that either work flawlessly on Windows 8 or require some easy modding to get there.
My input will be based on the VitoTab TF810C but any input is valuable and will be added to the first post.
Please share your own experiences and I will try to keep this thread up to date with any news.
UI
Obly tile - Add new shortcut tiles on your Metro UI desktop in style!
Windows 8 Start Screen Customizer - set start menu wallpaper, sync it with the desktop one, add transparency etc.
INPUT
Comfort virtual keyboard pro - decent replacement for the built in OSK allows custom layouts, keys and app triggering
Comfort Hot virtual keyboard - the same as the above but this one allows macro buttons.
Comfort Keys Pro - a mix of keyboard, macro, clipboard etc.
I added my custom keyboards below. It should be compatible with all the programs listed above, but you should fiddle with the program a little to make it work.
For a gaming setup, go to: On-screen Keyboard > Typing aid and enable key repeat.
To switch different layouts (the examples I posted have the switch key included) go to Keyboard shortcuts > Set the list of keyboards
To make a custom keyboard run with a particular app, see the "Dependencies menu in settings".
If the keyboard gets closed during intro or while the game loads: On-screen Keyboard, enable "Lock"
The program is buggy esp. when resolutions get switched.
To get it back in place, try:
On-screen Keyboard > Docking
On-screen Keyboard > Advanced > Screen border
In case it's stretched:
On-screen Keyboard > Zoom
GAMES: Atom-based tablets
GREEN: fully playable, YELLOW: fully playable, custom OSK required or mild annoyances RED: has issues but is at least partially playable.
Unstoppable Gorg - available on Steam
Monopoly 2012 - available from bigfishgames.com
Westward 1-4 - playable, you need to disable any mouse device in device manager or you will get erratic input in-game - available from bigfish.com
Need for Speed 5: Porsche - stretched in fullscreen, custom OSK
Carmageddon TDR 2000 - custom OSK, mouse is ofset in menus: start dragging from the top left corner
Neighbors from hell - 800x600 only, delete cinemaware.exe to get rid of pesky intro D-pad keyboard recommended - available from gog.com
Mafia 1 - driving only, custom OSK, needs virtual joystick/mousepad app for aiming.
Fallout tactics - requires HiRes Patch, without proper right click game pace might be too slow.
Requests:
The keyboard I found so far seems to behave quite inconsistently when resolutions are switched. It also doesn't come cheap, so if anyone knows a better one or plans to make one, please let me know!
Any virtual keyboards, joysticks, joypads, touchpads news are extremely welcome!
More to follow
Bec07 said:
Since windows 8 is quite unpopular with touch enabled apps and games and Microsoft store is quite poor for the time being, I decided to make a list of apps and games and the required optimizations for touch, where necesary.
This is also the chance to replay some brilliant oldies! As we all know 10-year old PC games easily outshine modern tablet games in both gameplay and graphics. As most of them are forgotten by the developers and will probably never be remastered for the touch screen, there is no reason why they shouldn't be enjoyed on modern tablets.
I will list older (and newer) games and apps that either work flawlessly on Windows 8 or require some easy modding to get there.
My input will be based on the VitoTab TF810C but any input is valuable and will be added to the first post.
Please share your own experiences and I will try to keep this thread up to date with any news.
UI
Obly tile - Add new shortcut tiles on your Metro UI desktop in style!
Windows 8 Start Screen Customizer - set start menu wallpaper, sync it with the desktop one, add transparency etc.
INPUT
Comfort virtual keyboard pro - decent replacement for the built in OSK allows custom layouts, keys and app triggering
Comfort Hot virtual keyboard - the same as the above but this one allows macro buttons.
Comfort Keys Pro - a mix of keyboard, macro, clipboard etc.
I added my custom keyboards below. It should be compatible with all the programs listed above, but you should fiddle with the program a little to make it work.
For a gaming setup, go to: On-screen Keyboard > Typing aid and enable key repeat.
To switch different layouts (the examples I posted have the switch key included) go to Keyboard shortcuts > Set the list of keyboards
To make a custom keyboard run with a particular app, see the "Dependencies menu in settings".
If the keyboard gets closed during intro or while the game loads: On-screen Keyboard, enable "Lock"
The program is buggy esp. when resolutions get switched.
To get it back in place, try:
On-screen Keyboard > Docking
On-screen Keyboard > Advanced > Screen border
In case it's stretched:
On-screen Keyboard > Zoom
GAMES: Atom-based tablets
GREEN: fully playable, YELLOW: fully playable, custom OSK required or mild annoyances RED: has issues but is at least partially playable.
Unstoppable Gorg - available on Steam
Monopoly 2012 - available from bigfishgames.com
Westward 1-4 - playable, you need to disable any mouse device in device manager or you will get erratic input in-game - available from bigfish.com
Need for Speed 5: Porsche - stretched in fullscreen, custom OSK
Carmageddon TDR 2000 - custom OSK, mouse is ofset in menus: start dragging from the top left corner
Neighbors from hell - 800x600 only, delete cinemaware.exe to get rid of pesky intro D-pad keyboard recommended - available from gog.com
Mafia 1 - driving only, custom OSK, needs virtual joystick/mousepad app for aiming.
Fallout tactics - requires HiRes Patch, without proper right click game pace might be too slow.
Requests:
The keyboard I found so far seems to behave quite inconsistently when resolutions are switched. It also doesn't come cheap, so if anyone knows a better one or plans to make one, please let me know!
Any virtual keyboards, joysticks, joypads, touchpads news are extremely welcome!
More to follow
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can you tell me what all games i can play on my netbook running win8 pro with 2gigs of ram?
TouchPal is also a nice keyboard app worth trying for Win8
I have Uggos X4Q tv box with Android 11 and Deco LW pen tablet connected by USB to it. When I move stylus over any menu items, I can see changes of this items (lighting), but no pointer cursor. Cursor visible only when I touch pen to tablet. In some apps I can configure displaying pointer when stylus in sensor range of tablet but not touching it (hover event, I think). But it work only inside app. How to change behavior of stylus pointer across OS? I would like to make stylus pointer behavior like classic mouse pointer. May be exist some OS settings to force it. I have a root rights in OS. Or may be exist easiest way to do this by writing app or driver for it? I mean, simple logic in selected API methods, etc.
Please, help.