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So Close and Yet So Far: the Webshell On-Screen Keyboard# D' T% G) a, |2 l5 t- F" R
By Jason Robitaille | Saturday, Jun 20, 2009 |' n/ | G4 @) L' m$ h
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* A5 K) }% j, I1 P6 w" F6 ~7 cOne thing people continually want for the WebOS is an on-screen keyboard. And why not? Sometimes you only need to write a quick message and don't want to pull down the keyboard. Other times, you're in landscape and don't want to have to attempt using the hardware keyboard sideways.7 }8 _8 |) {0 |+ H
Well, today PreCentral forums member Deesugar was playing around with WebShell, a browser-based SSH client, running in the Pre's browser, when he discovered an on-screen keyboard. Don't get too excited though. Contrary to the confusion in the forums thread, it's not a WebOS on-screen keyboard, it's actually just a part of WebShell, as you can see from the official screenshots webpage).
8 a8 y1 c' f- t* lSo where do that leave us? Well technically we're back where we started, with no on-screen keyboard. That being said, it could be possible to use the WebShell keyboard as a basis to try and create one for the WebOS. Which is a definite possibility given that the WebOS itself is based on html/css/js.' M! C" \# ^4 u3 ?' y5 Q- r, R! U
Even better, it seems the idea of a virtual keyboard has been now added to PreDevWiki's Development & Tweak Ideas page with people already working on it. Let's hope it's not too long before we see an official or unofficial on-screen keyboard solution. |
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