Monday, May 17, 2010

Re: App Store reviews and keyboard

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I agree with Andrew.

The hardware keyboard is a luxury I do not aleays have.

As to key pie vs. floater, would it be too much for that to be a
Settings option so that those who don't want to give up the space
don't have to?


On May 17, 3:55 pm, Andrew Plotkin <zgoo...@eblong.com> wrote:
> > The key pie menu was to be a functional replacement for such
> > a static keyboard, unfortunately the key pie menu just seems limiting
> > on the iPad.
>
> Agreed.
>
> > This is going to require screen real estate however.  Should it be
> > transparent?  Moveable (like the widgets in the VNC viewer)?
>
> I'd happily give up a couple of rows of terminal emulation for better
> keyboard input. I expect some people will want translucent widgets,
> but that's not my vote.
>
> > [...]  when a hardware keyboard is attached.  This prevents me from using
> > inputAccessoryViews.
>
> I see you reconsider this farther down the thread (hi Doug!) but it's
> worth adding: I *don't* agree that using a hardware keyboard is "the
> real solution". The app should provide the best solution for users
> with hardware keyboards, and the best solution for users without them.
> They don't have to be the same solution.
>
> I know, it's easy for me to say this when I'm not writing the code...!
>
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