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2010-01-05
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#22
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I'm one of those that never noticed this feature. I just tested it, it worked for the first time and then it stopped working. I cannot change between uppercase and lowercase anymore.
Could it be that this feature is only active depending on your locale? I'm testing it with a spanish locale by the way.
Could it be that this feature is only active depending on your locale? I'm testing it with a spanish locale by the way.
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2010-01-05
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Originally Posted by benny1967
yes how do I vote for it or We vote for it? This is a very handy feature. If I knew it from the start I would of use it everyday, instead of keep pressing on the Capital Letter tab. Would be nice if it stay and long press implementation as well.
old folks like me know it. it's an old maemo thing that was there since i don't know when... i think even the first maemo version on the nokia 770 had it. it used to be in the manuals IIRC. the fact that the N900 manual doesn't include it should have been an early warning.
if you like this feature, you can still vote for the closed bug. it's probably useless, but... what else could a user do?
For example if you hold a button for 20ms then it will change to number or what ever like the normal phone keypad.
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2010-01-05
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what i never get.. is why if you already have the code to do both.. not make it a setting.. So both people are happy...
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2010-01-05
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Originally Posted by jcompagner
Nokia's Maemo team doesn't like choices. I've seen other bugs that could have been resolved easily with just one extra checkbox in the options of an application... or maybe even hidden away from the UI and accessible only via a (documented) configuration file/gconf-setting. No, they don't do that. (Funny, isn't it? They say GNU/Linux is all about choice. Yet there's way more options to customize the user experience on my S60 handset than on the N900.)
what i never get.. is why if you already have the code to do both.. not make it a setting.. So both people are happy...
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2010-01-05
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I didnt know about this feature. Impressed.
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2010-01-05
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Originally Posted by Bundyo
I doubt they'll have that in PR1.1 (if ever)... But maybe they need to clean the code now in order to work on future features that are to be introduced in PR1.681. - You notice I'm still optimistic. The whole thing is so depressingly bizarre, there has to be some secret plan that we just don't know yet.
The new typing sounds more like this:
http://www.swypeinc.com/
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2010-01-05
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Originally Posted by jcompagner
From an open source perspective this generally works, it will be tested in proportion to the interest in it and if some bugs slip, thats ok. Generally in a commercial culture the more features you have the more of a testing burden you take on to maintain a certain level of quality. Sometimes its less work to go through and remove a feature than to keep it and have to test it.
what i never get.. is why if you already have the code to do both.. not make it a setting.. So both people are happy...
Also when discussing visible options (rather than hand fiddling with gconf) there is a balancing act with how many to expose and how. We might say "one more might not hurt" but a company needs to continuously balance how many and of what options to expose to keep the options from overwhelming the user. Even in my open source software, if I can't think of a clean way to expose an option than I try and leave it out no matter how many request it.
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2010-01-05
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I wasn't aware this feature. Now after testing it's quite good. Let's hope it stays in next release also.
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2010-01-05
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Originally Posted by benny1967
Such as a portrait virtual keyboard with smaller keys?
...maybe they need to clean the code now in order to work on future features that are to be introduced in PR1.681.
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I just found out my self on how to operate it.
Try this:
put your finger on the character you want (Not holding the Virtual.button and apply a bit of pressure) and move up quickly but not too quick.
Example: Press "P" and swipe up quick. "P" will now be "p" and If "p" then it will be "P"
Swipe down will result as New Line.