Brainstorm: Sandbox, invalid, category Desktop http://maemo.org%2Fcommunity%2Fbrainstorm%2Flist%2Fxml%2F%3Fstatus%3Dsandbox_invalid%26category%3DDesktop/ Sat, 23 May 2026 23:06:31 +0000 FeedCreator 1.7.6(BH) en AutoText http://maemo.org/community/brainstorm/view/autotext/ I've preordered my Nokia N900, and I propose an application for Maemo 5 that I've found very useful on my Blackberry for the past few years. It's the autotext app. What it does is allow the user to pre-program a sequence of characters and have the OS replace said characters with another set. For example, my name is never capitalized on my phone, so I made an autotext for when the OS finds me typing (in real time) kent, it automatically changes it to Kent after pressing space after the word. Some other examples of this are the following (which I use, I'm sure many of you will find it very useful and this will increase your typing speed, and overall productivity). Once again, these are all based on my usage.


Original Text                  Autotexted.

putsig                        Sincerely, Kent Yousif.

putnum                      <my personal phone number appears>

putemail1                  <puts my first email address, which if i put a 2, it'll show my second. I have many emails>

putaddy                     <places my address>

ilu                             I love you

zsmile                       :)        <it's a pain to go into the characters simetimes>

cus                           see you soon

fb                             Facebook

 

these are some of the uses that professionals (and chatters) might want to use. But let's not forget on how it could help us type faster in general.

 


Original Text                  Autotexted.

wel                           we'll

il                              I'll

ddnt                         didn't

dnt                           don't

b                              be

th                             the

dsnt                          doesn't

 

these may seem like saving a letter here and a letter there, but it really shows when you begin to notice your own typing and how you can save time just by typing Sa and have it change to Samantha. or CUS changes to See you soon. These are all ways that will help the user finish what they're doing on their phone FASTER and save time, battery life, and gets you doing what you need to do sooner.



1 solutions for this brainstorm.]]> zkyevolved@gmail.com (Kent Yousif) |Desktop|Utilities|User Experience|System| Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:08:29 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-59202beaa73e11deafadad9306ee69fd69fd Left handed mode http://maemo.org/community/brainstorm/view/left_handed_mode/ The device is designed for right handed people such that the user can simultaneously use the navigation buttons with their left hand while holding the device and use the stylus with their right hand.

From photographs of the device it appears that similar functionality can be provided for left handed users by rotating what is displayed on the screen 180 degrees and using the device 'upside-down'. That is the user holds the device in his/her free hand (right hand for left handed person) with the stylus in their writing hand (left for left handed person).

Although the placement of the navigation buttons means that the left-handed person will not be using the device exactly as if it were designed for a left-handed person (instead of a right handed person) it seems to be an excellent compromise.



1 solutions for this brainstorm.]]> oskari.kokko@iki.fi (Oskari Kokko) |Desktop| Mon, 11 May 2009 06:02:10 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-444a36903df111dea01589981d1dd2cfd2cf