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[Touch HD Themes and Apps] -mattx-:
Some opinions abt fkb 2:

As much as Fingerkeyboard looks good, with all it's shades and patterns, I really prefer spb keyboard much better as it has spacing between the keys and ensures optimal input accuracy, at all times, in all finger positions.

I think the next fkb version should emulate more of spb keyboard and leave spaces between the keys and make use of the existing gaps present in the 2nd and 3rd qwerty rows to provide a wider keyboard......

Spb keyboard, for me, certainly types better and receives much much less errors than typing with fingerkeyboard... I can use spb key to type out a perfect sms at time, but fkb still gives mistakes, even with practice. I use fkb now just to show off my xperia... compared to spb's keybrd, fkb's interface is one of a kind. Nice. But looks must come with functionality as well.

Thanks for reading this.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
Thanks for the suggestions.

As always, it's hard to satisfy everyone's wishes. When we had smaller keys and more "dead-space" between them, everyone was crying about how we should get rid of the dead zones and make the keys as large as possible.

So we did. With a compromise that I personally came up with after much testing. And that is that we would stretch the key activation area as much as we can, reduce the dead zone to minimum, but keep the graphics a few pixels smaller the the actual click-positive zone. So, basically, the area that activates the key stroke is actually slightly larger then the key graphic you see on your screen. This was done to "force" the user to try to be as precise as possible when going for a certain key, but leaving some additional space around so that the number of correct key presses would be as high as possible.

This is especially useful because pretty much all WinMo devices have resistive touch screens, which means that there is always a certain amount of imprecision caused by the angle the finger touches the screen and the needed pressure to register a keystroke.

On top of all this, we tried to keep a traditional PC keyboard layout wherever it's possible, since it seem more logical for advanced PC users. And I honestly doubt there are many PC noobs using WinMo phones :)

The result of that compromise is best seen in the standard English layout.

So, there you have it. That's why I think we'll be sticking to this setup.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
Oh, and let's not forget - ours is free for personal use :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] b_slice:
This is the single greatest keyboard ever. Beats the hell out of everything else AND its free.

This is up and running FLAWLESSLY on my Fuze.

PRIMO WORK.

edit: I especially love the shift cut/copy/paste. HOLY COW have I been needing that for a long time.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] risterdid:
having a problem with fingerboard...

after im done typing my text message i cant find a "send" tab, i tried searching for the setting in options but had no luck.

anyone have any idea?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Tatsch:
Close the keyboard by button and send or "Show bar" in options.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] diamant1:
spb keyboard landscape option

Hello, i like your keyboard a lot but the landscape option with spb is the best option there is.

I try F i n g e r K e y b o a r d 2 with a auto rotation tool on my touch HD to get it in landscape mode but then:

1: first you have to minimize it.

2: turn your touch HD around and hold it realy steady!! for not going back to the landscape mode (a little turning and the rotation is back in portrait mode)

3: Then in landscape mode maximize it back with the little button on the bottom.

Is the "1 button full screen landscape spb option" not a better way to do this? This option not return back if i hold the screen a little to te right or left, don't need any extra rotation software and it works with one button!

The only thing is that it "paste" the written text in the sms or what you working at, and F i n g e r K e y b o a r d 2 is working "live" in the sms or whatever you working at.

Thanx! I hope to help you with this reply and keep up the good work!

gr. robin
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] DarkPrinceByWWW:
Thats the thing i also wanted to ask about. I love this Keyboard, but there are some things that could been taking into consideration by the next version :-P .

1) The Keyboard hides the send butten by SMS :(

2) There are some symbols missing like "^" and "°" but some not everyone need like "LG" and "GMX" (in the german version). So could you open up all the option to the user to be able to change things like "LG" or "!!!" or "uk" to things the user uses more, just to make more shortcuts for the user :)

3) There also some symbols like "?", ":" and ";" in normal and Shift mode, so one could actually replace them by moving this symbols"@", "£" (<- i do not even have this one on my normal PC Keyboard ^^) and make some numbers over "q", "w" and so on that is been made by the Minala Keyboard.

That would make this Keyboard really awesome! Though i already love this Keyboard! :D
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] woffu22:
Uninstall - Install Problem

incomplete Uninstall

Wanted to change from older version to 2.1. Uninstalled older version. When installing new one I get the message- please first uninstall older version.

NO Solution ??
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] frankfurtjoe:
Thanks for the Keyboard, i tend to use it for normal daily, but after installing i seem to have lost the Compact Qwerty which i use quite often when in a rush. Any ideas please on why and or where i can get a cab to reinstall a compact? (on Dutty 6.5 R9 )
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] DarkPrinceByWWW:
The normal keyboard does not desapper. Just press and hold the keyboard button on the FG v2.1 and the standard keyboard appers. Just press on the arrow symbol right from the keyboard symbol and a new menu appears. So u can choose now the Qwerty keyboard :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
Somewhere on our to-do list is the "change orientation on key press", but as far as the sensitivity of the G-sensor goes - this has nothing to do with FKBD. You should check your rotation software and adjust it to a higher rotation tolerance.

Also, as much as we wanted the keyboard to swap automatically on rotation of the screen, the WinMo simply refused to do it that way. Why? Beats me. Exidler explained it to me a long time ago, but I forgot :) So, this was the only solution, to minimize it and then reopen.

Oh, and btw, you don't have to minimize the keyboard before you rotate the screen - it will collapse down on it's own. You only need to reopen it.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
I answered a similar question not that long ago. Look it up.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Rozenthal:
Hi, FKDB gives you control whether you want the menu bar shown or hidden. So, you don't have to keep it that way, you can always turn on the WinMo bars.

Also, my solution for this was that we use long press on Enter key as a "send" option in SMS, but this required a lot of programming and a separate software running in the background capturing key presses and then relaying them to WinMo commands, so in the end we gave up on it since it would have a negative impact on device memory.

As far as the symbols go, you can always open up the TXT layout files and change them to whatever you want. It's really not hard to do.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] DarkPrinceByWWW:
Yeah, editet a little. There is no place for the figures in this stupid language :D
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] mao_red:
installed on my hima! faster response compared to pcm keyboard...thanks for this! :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] DarkPrinceByWWW:
Uuhhhhaaaa babeee i LOVE it! Great work!

:D

PS: By rotating into the landscape mode the keyboard disappears by itself and so it does by rotating in the portrait mode, so no manually minimizing needed :D
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] frankfurtjoe:
When ichoose the normal keyboard there is a blank space on the screen where it should be in view, there are keys there as you can press but not see what you are pressing, when you choose the Compact Qwerty - the keyboard is there but when you type nothing happens.

Can anyone tell me how to reinstall the standard kyboards and then i will reinstall the fingerkeyboard ?

Thanks
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] DarkPrinceByWWW:
I wonder about the keyboard became smaller. You have actually enough space to make a line of (exactly 10) buttons for figures, so why not using it? Or just move the keyboard a little up so the send softkey can be reached :)

Edit: Is it possible to add a line of buttons by myself? If yes, how? :D
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Lakjin:
I posted this at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=501434 but it looks like the developer frequents this thread more often =):

I have a request/suggestion for future changes:

Can you please add in the option to remove the page up/down home/end buttons? I don't know about other people but i rarely use the keys and always end up pressing them by accident.

Also can you give the option to move the enter key and instead and the enter functionality to the backspace key (hold down backspace). Same reason as the above: I don't know about others but I rarely use enter and it just gets in the way more than it helps.

Thanks!!!

P.S. Also I noticed you guys have not done anything on FingerKeyboard.com. Need some help with that?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Lakjin:
Also one question: whenever I rotate from portrait to landscape while I have FingerKeyboard open it is minimized. Anyway to change that? Thanks.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] DarkPrinceByWWW:
Is not it the same fred? ^^

It's pretty cool to be able to change that much on this keyboard :eek:

Could u please help me to make the keyboard bigger in the y direction?

I'm i able also to move this keyboard up to be able to use the softkey for send?

View attachment skin-02-wvga-port-06-ger.txt
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Tatsch:
Once again for all you guys who

- want the keyboard without arrows

- want the letter-buttons larger in portrait mode:

Modifications by Chris Cross:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3400939&postcount=156

Have fun with that ... ;)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] DarkPrinceByWWW:
On the first image of the link the keyboard is above the manila menu, so one can use the send button. How does he made it??? :confused:
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ag_meiske:
Thank's, i'm ready for try it
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] DarkPrinceByWWW:
You guys just genius! And this Keyboard is damn AMAZING!!!!

After some time i nearly can understand the documentation and i did a little mod :D

So, there is also no problem in making space button, by holding it, the enter order.

Here are my mods (for german layout, but the space bar changes is for all layouts):

To change the space bar:

Open "skin-01-actions.txt" and change "Action Space" order into "VK:14:0x20,VK:14:0x0D" -> if you hold space button for a while it will break the line :D

You don't need enter button now, so i made the other button a way larger, just copy control_buttons.bmp from the attached zip file into the theme folder like "BlackRed", open a your skin.txt like "skin-02-wvga-port-06-ger.txt" and change this:

Image controlbuttons CSCHEME.GfxDir\control_buttons.bmp

LayoutBegin ger

...

Draw 0 202 480 62 controlbuttons

...[/I]

and

Key 2 xxx 86 62 2,2,8,2 key9 shf1 ,,	ACTION.Shift

Key 90 xxx 56 62 2,2,8,2 key9 lng1 ,TEXTnl,,123	ACTION.NextLayout123

Key 150 xxx 236 62 2,2,8,2 key9 spc1 ,,	ACTION.Space

; Key 362 xxx 56 62 2,2,8,2 key9 ret1 ,,	ACTION.Return

Key 390 xxx 86 62 2,2,8,2 key9 bks1 ,,	ACTION.Backspace

ENJOY this great Keyboard!!!

The last thing to make it perfect is to make some sort of offset to make the manila sms menu accessible without minimizing the keyboard like in the screen from Chris Cross :D
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] baxev2005:
I installed FingerKeyb 2.1 on a friend's Wizard with WM 5.0 and .NET 2.0. Installation finished but finger keyboard can not be selected. SIP installed with 40 sec delay, again no result. Any other preinstalled keyboard can be selected, except Finger Keyboard.

I appreciate if someone can give me a solution. (If solution is posted before please again sorry, cause I cannot read +100 pages of messages)

BTW it works great on my KAISER
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] matejdro:
Can i suggest few options?

-able to move backspace to top instead of bottom

-option to disable shortcuts/smilies (i like having whole key instad of half, i often press smile instead of that key)

-able to remove arrow keys from landscape mode and increase key size

-able to remove fingerkeyboard logo from space (its little annoying to me)

-able to remove language select button (i use only one layout)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] DarkPrinceByWWW:
You can do all of this mods by yourself! It is really not that difficult. Its for free so if you wish to have some options, just take the time and do it by urself :D
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] cyanide911:
Hey, I just installed this on my Elfin P3452. It's great, but I cannot figure out how to switch to landscape mode.

Thanks.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] illuzi0n:
does it work with manilla 2.5 ?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] frankfurtjoe:
Anybody have a suggestion please - It really is a pain not ahving all keyboard avaialbility.

Thanks
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] DarkPrinceByWWW:
Can't u just deinstall the FG2 and look for the qwerty kb working againg?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] frankfurtjoe:
Yes i did try that but i ended up with no working keyboards, hence the query on how to reinstall the original. Cheers
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] DarkPrinceByWWW:
Here are some another Layouts ^^

And without the extra digits layout:
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] endursa:
hi

i'd like to request a skin for fkb!

i really like the coloring of the omnia 2 keyboard but i like the input style of fkb more, so if anyone with a bit of graphics knowledge can do this i would be very happy!

i have a screenshot of the original omnia2 keyboard colors attached!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] magmag:
Nice

it is a really useful. Bravo!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] baxev2005:
Any idea on this particular problem?????

Thanks in advance
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] oufledingue:
hello there

i have a problem with fkb

the xt9 option are greyed and cannot be selected.

is this a known bug ?

ouf
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] m0nt3r0z4:
i've installed fkb 2.1 Wvga on my HD....

but it intermittenly hung..... especially if i use my HD as modem for my PC, and then i create text message...the fkb doesnt appear... and i cant change to the default keyboard....

the keyboard function is just hung.... and i have to soft reset the HD to get keyboard function normally.......

anybody have this issue?

how to fix it?

thanks
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] risterdid:
i changed he delay numbe on sip change to 50, when i soft-reset my device it still isn't my default keyboard, any idea?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] DarkPrinceByWWW:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4224214&postcount=232
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] sigp229:
Program installed but not loading

I installed FingerKeyb-2.1-QVGA-arrows-Giannis86.cab and selected the languages I wanted installed. The program installed but the keyboard never loads. Even when I change the default keyboard it still does not work. Anyone experience this?

ROM: duttys's wm6.1 wwe

AT&T Tilt
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] eivind82:
Witch version shall i download?

I have a HTC Touch HD, with Miris ver 2,6 rom.

Windows Mobile 6.5.

Witch version of the keyboard is working for my phone?

Tryed to download some of the versions, but then i got error msg after installing.

Something wrong with the resoloution it says.

Someone plz help me!

Im gonna use the norwegian layout..
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] MrMikeske:
Downloaded Fingerkeyboard 2.1 on my HTC TD2/Topaz, all works well so far!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] aussiebum:
The one thats labelled "WVGA"
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] aussiebum:
Been using this great keyboard for a while now and can't live without it. Finally got around to donating (ID: 7FH305790C759642L).

Thanks a lot guys! Look forward to more releases from you guys....
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] stylez:
Thankyou great looking keyboard & works well :)

I've read the f.a.q done seraching looked in REG but can't seem to find out how to fully disable the pop up when keys are pressed? Found how to do it but then doesn't look like keys are pressed.

Sorry if this has been covered.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Des_Esseintes:
Hi I wasn't able to install it. While clicking on setup I get Interet Explorer with some scripts. There is also 0CABBF26 file with an icon of DAEMON tool and when I click on that I get "Error in command line". I've got Win. Vista 64. Can anybody help me? I'm looking forward to try your keyboard. Thanks.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] aussiebum:
Umm... you have to put the CAB file onto your phone (either via ActiveSync or as a file in removable memory card) to install it.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] cyanide911:
Can anyone help me? I cannot figure out how to put this in landscape mode!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] quicksite:
Hi, where can I find these files, and how do I install please?

Also, I wonder if you may know the answer to this:

The ROM I am using had FingerKeyboard 2.1 cooked in... but in terms of color choices, it only has installed black/blue.

(a) How do I get more color choices and where to install files?

(b) what happens when there is a rev to Fingerkeyboard, let's say to 2.2 or 2.5, etc... Since the app is coooked into my ROM, would I then install as a separate cab file the newer version? In which case i would have to set my SIP to be the newer instance of FingerKeyboard, right? because i know i can't overwrite or edit the apps coooked in, right?

thank you...

btw, to authors: I had long been using PCM Keyboard and only recently switched over with this new ROM... I have been making videos of various apps on WM, and will now be making them with FingerKeyboard instead.

I still have to get used to the differences... I was used to holding down an alphabet letter to get a CAP letter, vs having to toggle/shift each time... But I see advantages to tap&hold presenting alt-charcaters vs capitalize. ... ANd the copy/paste functions are very different. I was hesitant to learn a new system but it's quickly looking like WAY more edit features. Thanks to all those who made this app.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] quicksite:
Rozenthal: EXCELLENT usability-based response. Suggestions are always good. But sometimes when people say, "why did you do XX, when YY is clearly better?", they presume the developers don't understand the issues and all the variables re usability. But the best developers take usability feedback very seriously, and do their best to address end-user functional concerns. I also want to applaud the manner in which you responded to the feedback. Very respectful, very focused on end-user satisfaction, and the impossibility of providing variable-controls for each and every interface element, such that users can tweek their personal preferences for VALID CONCERNS like space between keys etc.

So, that's why we have an open marketplace that makes multiple products all viable -- if one design approach doesn't work as well for a person's needs, and another line does, then choose the other line of products. No harm, no foul, everyone is happy when the marketplace addresses unmet needs. :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] bat0nas:
I have 2 quations:

1. Lithuanian language is not supported by default. Questions:

- What needs to be done to include LT language into installation?

- How to add LT symbols to shortcuts if they're not in the keyboard? Do you know any CharMap or similar application for windows mobile?

2. I noticed that FingerKeyboard has smaller buttons than original HTC keyboard. Or is it just an opticcal ilusion?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] junda15:
may i know how to change the finger keyboard to just numeric keypad only ?? is there any short cut ?

by the way, this is a nice add on
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] DarkPrinceByWWW:
Which files? U mean this Layout? It's a german one, i just modified the original layout a little. So u actually would need to adopt this files to ur layout :)

As far as i get some free time, i will post these files (first i have so sort some things and make the new layout not disturbing the original one).

There should be a folder "fingerkeyboard" in "programs" or maybe in "windows" folder....So if u find it, you could just copy the other layouts, so you maybe could choose them.

I have two exams next days, so i can't look for how to make it. Just try it. Here are some skins. You have to copy them to the fingerkeybaord folder View attachment Skins.zip.

No idea man :D
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] barisahmet:
it says theme for current resolution not found.

I have installed wvga version on my blackstone. Strange.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] CoatbridgeRuss:
I had some trouble (back on page 88...).

Just wanted to say thanks for the help. All working good now and also jsut saying this is an awesome product.

Thanks :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] joshzzz2001:
does not open at all!

this looks like a really good keyboard compared to the built-in htc keyboards. i installed it and fingerkeyboard appears among the keyboard toggle switch list but i can't open it at all. whenever i click on it, the default keyboard opens instead. i even disabled the xt9 but to no avail.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] junda15:
hi can anybody help me ? i am facing abit problem with this finger keyboard.

i would use my sms and email in landscape mode with finger keyboard. as usual, after every sms i would off the phone screen. so when i turn on the screen to reply my sms and suddenly the keyboard won't appear and i won't be able to open the keyboard as well.

i have to totally off the phone and ON it in order to have the keyboard again. this is quite troublesome.

is it because of bug or what ?

can any kind soul please help me with this issue ? thank you so much
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] msedhom:
Sorry if this has already been answered.

Everything works fine. Till i Sync using my memory card only (Not autosync). After i disconnect the device, about 3mins later, the keyboard wont appear. When i go to input it says this keyboard cannot be loaded (or something along those lines). The only way to get the keyboard back is to do a soft reset.

Is this a known problem?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] somchai15:
FingerKeyboard and TP2 issue

Hi,

not sure if I am the only one - but it seems there is a conflict between the physical Keyboard of the TouchPro 2 and Fingerkeyboard.

When I use the TP2 Keyboard to input Names for SMS or Mail I get the Contact Selections - however if I use FingerKeyboard these Contact Selections do not show (although I selected that Option in the Settings of FingerKeyboard)!

Does anyone have the same problem :confused:- and is there any solution to it?

Thanks a lot!:)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] MarcoMilano:
Sorry if this was asked before, but can I somehow change language for settings window?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] tacchan23:
Omnia 2

On my Omnia 2, in the setting tool all I get is that the "HTC xT9" tab in Keyboard settings is "grayed out" and none of the boxes can be "checked" (I tried turning the T9 on, off, different settings and nothing works).

I have tried the T9 disabling patch and it works after that.

BUT I'd like to know if in a future version there will be support for Omnia 2 without the need of disabling T9 (I still want to be able to use it on the samsung keyboard)

Thanks
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] illmatic75:
i tried it on my touch hd and it wouldnt work sumhow, saying the screen size was not supported or something on the same lines....any suggestions???
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] illmatic75:
:D my mistake, sorted it, had downloaded the wrong one, works like a charm !! thanks guys !

now is there any way this could be used in the landscape mode which typing texts/emails etc ???
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] DarkPrinceByWWW:
Its just disappears by switching into the landscape mode, but you can get this keyboard back just by touching the keyboard button ^^