Thread: N9 [Shipping]: It's finally here [for some]!
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kanishou is offline kanishou
2011-07-04 , 08:32
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Originally Posted by lma View Post
Hm, in landscape mode the keyboard only leaves 6 lines for the terminal. Curses apps (vi, mutt, or even plain old top) certainly won't be much fun with that. For the rest, I guess one of the first things people are going to be adding to that button bar will be "| less" ;-)

Portrait mode might actually have been usable with a stylus (those keys look about the same size as the ones on maemo's stylus keyboard, and I definitely can't finger-type accurately on that).
Yes, the terminal is a bit narrow in landscape, which is one reason why I always use it in portrait mode. Another reason is, that I don't have any trouble with the VKB in portrait mode.

Don't compare it to the Maemo keyboard, it's an entirely different feeling. It is surprisingly easy to hit the right keys, it seems like it registers the position of a finger much more reliably than the resistive screen does (so where a resistive screen will send contact events all over, the capacitive screen will activate the closest button at the center of your touch). I may not have the hugest fingers, but I'm talking thumbs here.

And even if you have trouble hitting the right keys reliably for some reason, you can always plunge down your finger, and move it around until the right letter appears in the magnifier (which is also eased by the excellent haptic feedback on the N9). It's slower of course, but always gets the job done.
 

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