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handwriting: why up/downcase distinction?
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Karel Jansens
2008-03-12 , 21:57
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Originally Posted by
Benson
Here you go
To my knowledge, nothing has been done with that "release", most likely because the "Hildon Input Method Framework" sux big donkey balls.
As a concept, Nokia's handwriting input method is fifteen to twenty years old, relying on the stupidest of all thinkable modularity models (with the possible exception of the Zaurus HWR, which actually requires the user to open the input box by hand!) and provided with an AI that is reminiscent of Red Dwarf's Holly in its lousier days.
In short, HWR on the Itablets sucks, and open sourcing it doesn't make it suddenly less suckier.
But don't mind me, I'm just a grumpy old fart who refuses to go "Woohoo!" every time some PHB at Nokia takes a dump.
(... which is kinda ironic, given that farts usually precede the faeces)
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