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[Ferdinand Holzner <ferdinandholzner@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's a nice idea. I've added a bug report there:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-keyboard/+bug/1545683

Anyone interestet pls click on "this bug affects me".

2016-02-15 11:46 GMT+01:00 Peter Bittner <peter.bittner@xxxxxxx>:

> Ferdinand, I'm pretty sure the T9 keyboard layout can be addressed via
> the layouts (not yet) available in System Settings >  Language & Text
> > Keyboard Layouts. You should file a feature request (bug report)
> requesting the T9 layout. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-keyboard
>
> Royden, The difficult cursor position *and* copy+paste handling must
> be (further) improved too. I read in a YouTube review comparing phone
> platforms (I think Jolla, Sailfish, Android, Windows Phone) that
> Windows Phone is by far the best platform handling keyboard,
> copy+paste! -- I believe there should be mentioned Ubuntu Touch one
> day. That's be nice.
>
> What is also missing is:
>
> - voice input (being translated into text)
> - dictionaries
> - swype'ish text input, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2080510
>
> Not sure if everything can only or must be provided by Canonical
> through the platform, or if hooks for 3rd-party providers are also
> planned (as on Android).
>
> Peter
>
>
> 2016-02-15 10:59 GMT+01:00 Royden Yates:
> > On Monday, 15 February 2016 06:06:54 CET, Ferdinand Holzner wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi there again,
> >>
> >> two thing are missing to improve the usability of the keyboard:
> >>
> >> T9 layout would be nice. Especially for people with big thumbs.I I never
> >> got used to those full layout on small screens.
> >> But more important would be to have arrow keys to navigate through the
> >> text. If I have a typo somewhere, its more of a hit and miss. I have to
> >> fiddle around until the cursor is on the place I want it to.
> >>
> >
> > Indeed. The blue cursor is not as useable as on other OSs yet but it has
> > improved. It works now well enough to select the line to be edited , but
> > fine letter level placement has a way to go. Picking up the cursor blob
> is
> > difficult. Are arrows necessary if that gets sorted?
> >
> > And please, let's have a back erase key that does not accelerate like a
> > Ferrari when held down.
>
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