!!!!!!!! Finger Keyboard 2 !!!!!!!! - April 8 (Version 2.1.408 - nice improvements!)

[Giannis86]

http://i704.photobucket.com/albums/ww42/Giannis86/FK2a.jpg


Video demonstration of FingerKeyboard (WVGA)

http://www.imagesforme.com/out.php/i434526_fkbdyou.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngvGfMDIqII)

Please note that the speed of typing in
this video is intentionally slightly slowed
down - this was done so that it is easier
to see what buttons are being typed
during the demonstration.
Also note that the VGA skins can differ from the WVGA ones
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CURRENT LANGUAGE LAYOUTS
=====================
English
Greek
French
Italian
German
Spanish
Czech
Russian
Arabic
Romanian
Croatian
Danish
Norwegian
Bulgarian
Portuguese
Polish
Hungarian
Hebrew
Turkish
Swedish
Ukrainian (Thanx to olylak)


===============
VERSION NUMBERING
===============
Please note that ALL versions in this thread have Finger Keyboard 2.1 as a basis.
The constant updates are NOT related to updating the program itself.
It is for updating skins and layouts.
The last 3 numbers of the file name represent the date of uploading. So .408 represents 8 April!


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CHANGELOG
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April 08 - FingerKeyb-2.1.408
Added ś in Polish
Corrected k & l in Danish
Increased predefined TXT from 24 to 48 (Use Shift)
Added characters in digits layout (Use Shift)
Removed TXT from language button!
April 07 - FingerKeyb-2.1.407 VGA Fixed "k" in Greek layout, added Ukrainian
April 07 - FingerKeyb-2.1.3 VGA (Arrows) Fixed Resolution error
April 07 - Added version with Arrows
April 06 - Version 2.1.1 VGA


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INSTALLATION
==========
Uninstall any version older than 2.1 before you proceed!
After removing old version, please restart the device and remove FingerKeyb folder before proceeding!

1. Run the CAB file from your device. Installation on device memory is recommended!
2. After installation, a Configuration utility will open. Here you can customize the layouts, choose color schemes and configure various options of FingerKeyboard 2.
3. Click on OK and soft-reset the device.
4. Select FingerKeyb from the SIP list (By clicking on the small arrow next to the keyboard icon. FingerKeyb should be listed under "Other input options")

Additional Notes
A. FingerKeyb will install into /Program files/FingerKeyb. There is also a link to Configuration tool in the Start > Programs.
B. If you wish to set FingerKeyb as default keyboard, even after restart of your device, use SIP change (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=977148&postcount=1)application. Remember to set the time-delay to 40-50 seconds!


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TO DO LIST
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- Improve some language layouts
- Add Additional Skins
- Add more languages (Feel free to help!)


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CREDITS
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Created and programmed by Exidler
Designed by Rozenthal
VGA Porting and Additional Designing Giannis86



DISCLAIMER / LICENSE / EULA
Please read carefully the terms and conditions of this End User License Agreement ("EULA") before installing FingerKeyboard software ("Software").

This EULA provides a license agreement between authors of FinkerKeyboard ("Licensors") and you (person) ("Licensee") to use the Software and contains warranty information and liability disclaimers.

By installing and using the Software you accept and agree to the terms of this EULA. If you do not agree with these terms and conditions, you must cancel the installation or, if the Software is already installed on your device, promptly uninstall it.

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or any copy or portion thereof;
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3. Use or incorporate the Software or any portion thereof in any other product
without the prior written permission of the Licensor;
4. Remove, alter, or obscure the copyright, trademark, proprietary, or other
notices from the Software or any of its components.

Licensee is allowed to edit existing or create new language layouts, and share them with other users. Licensee is allowed to edit existing or create new graphic elements, but only with respect to copyright and trademark notices.

DISTRIBUTION
The Licensee may NOT redistribute the Software by any mean (CD, DVD, Web site...) without permission from Licencors.

TERMINATION
The Licensee may terminate the EULA at any time. Also, the EULA will terminate automatically if Licensee fails to comply with the restrictions described above. Upon termination of the EULA, the Licensee shall remove all copies of the Software from his (her, its) device and all storage media.

[Giannis86]

HELP AND FAQ - Frequently asked questions

Read this whole text before using the FingerKeyboard or asking for help! If your question is already answered in FAQ it will be ignored. Don't be lazy!

What version should I install on my XYZ device? / What is WVGA, WQVGA, VGA and QVGA?
To successfully install Fingerkeyboard on your device, you need to pick the correct version for your phone. For example, let's say you want to find out what resolution Samsung Omnia has. Type "Samsung Omnia review" into Google, and among the first few results usually you'll get the most popular review sites listed. Reviews always contain resolution information, so we easily find out that Samsung Omnia has a 400x240 pixels resolution. That means you should install FingerKeyboard WQVGA cab.

Here's the list of supported resolutions for FingerKeyboard, with their standard abbreviations:
WVGA - 800x480
WQVGA - 400x240
VGA - 640x480
QVGA - 320x240
Download these resolutions from here! (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=501122)

How can i uninstall FingerKeyboard?
Go to Settings > System > Remove programs.
It is listed as "Exidler's FingerKeyboard"

Why does FingerKeyboard look differently on my device then on the screenshots?
There can be some small differences between the screenshots and what you see on your screen. The reason for this is that different layouts can have different features, graphic elements or button layouts. We consider English layout to be the "standard" layout, with best combination of button size and positions.

How can I type those special characters that appear above normal characters?
Press and hold a key.

How to switch to full CAPS?
Press and hold the shift button.

Spacebar
If you press and hold spacebar button it will write a dot followed by a space.

How to use text selection?
Switch to full CAPS mode and then use arrow buttons to select text.

How to use cut / copy / paste / undo?
Switch to full CAPS mode, select the text you want to cut or copy, and press and hold ^c or ^x characters. Then press and hold ^v to paste. On some layouts these are named "cut", "copy" and "pst". Same thing with "undo" option - you can use "undo" at any moment, and it will take you back for unlimited number of steps.

Where is that Config tool you mention?
After you install FingerKeyboard, go to Start > Programs > Finger Keyboard.

How can I switch to numeric keyboard?
Press 123 button. If your layout does not have dedicated 123 button, press Shift and 123 will appear on your Language toggle button. Behavior of Language toggle button can be customized in Configuration tool.

How can I change a color scheme of the keyboard?
Config tool > Main > Color scheme: select which ever you like and press OK or Apply.

How can I select language layouts?
Config tool > Main: you will see a list of all language layouts you have in your FingerKeyboard folder. Put a tick next to the layouts you want to use and press OK or Apply. We also advise you to physically delete layouts you don't want to use from oyur device (Program files / FingerKeyb / Skins). This will make Config tool start up a little bit faster and use less memory.

What are all those Backspace options in Config tool?
Behavior of Backspace key can be customized to suit your needs. You can separately control what will Backspace do on short click and long press, as well as how it will behave in small caps or caps lock mode.

How to minimize or turn off the keyboard?
Short press the keyboard toggle button (the one with small keyboard or switch sign on it). Long press on this button will turn off FingerKeyboard and switch to default HTC keyboard.

How to disable click sound?
Run FingerKeyboard Config tool. Under "Options" tab you will find a "Press sound" box. Here you can select from several different click sounds, all of which have "quiet" and "loud" versions. This is useful if you want a subtle click sound, but don't want to lower the volume for the whole System. There is also a "no sound option".

How can I get vibration feedback?
Config tool > Options tab > Press vibrate. Here you can select how long you want the vibration feedback to last. Minimum of 20ms will get you a barely noticeable vibration effect, while 80ms will be very strong.

How can I control the key-press delay? / What is "Hold time" / Can I make the keys repeat on press+hold?
"Hold time" option in Config tool is a cool option you can use to control how long it will be needed for a key to be continuously pressed before it writes a letter or performs an action. This part of the "Hold time" function is controlled with numbers in the first box. The second box controls how long will it take for a key to be continuously pressed before it starts repeating itself. So, if you put 500ms in the first box, and 200ms in the second box, that means you will have to press a key for 500ms before it performs it's "long press" action, and 200ms more before it starts repeating that function. If you hold the key even longer, it will then gradually accelerate.

Can I hide / show Windows menu bars?
Yes, go to Config tool and under "Options" tab select how you want the keyboard to display in Portrait and Landscape mode. We suggest selecting "Show bar" for portrait, and "Hide bar" for landscape.

I want the pop-up images to stay longer on screen. How can I do this?
In Config tool, Options tab, there is a "Popup time" box. Here you can select how long will the pop-up image stay on screen after a key has been pressed. If you set pop-up time to 1500ms, this means the pop-up image will stay on screen for 1.5 seconds, or until next key is pressed. Pop-up image delay affects ONLY the normal character keys (A,B,C,D etc). Special action keys, such as Shift, Space, Backspace etc. have default short time and will not stay on your screen. This is done to avoid action keys images covering large areas of the screen with their larger pop-up images.

What are Smiles / Shortcuts?
This is a feature that no other keyboard has. It allows you to control what any of the several predefined actions keys will do when you press and hold them. Almost all layouts have these special actions included (between 7 and 11 actions on most of the layouts). You can control what will show up on a key when you open the keyboard, as well as what that key will write when you press+hold it. For example, you can type into "Key text" box "info" and into "Action text" you could type "John Smith, gsm:00123456789, e-mail: john@smith.com". Or maybe your favorite web address. Or your signature. Or your wife's name. Or your lover's name for all we care :) The possibilities are endless! You can do the same thing for smiles - if you don't like the default ones, use your own, or something else!

A special key I need is missing / Can I customize smiles / Can I change shortcuts?
If there's a key missing in your language layout, you can easily add it yourself by using either Smiles or Shortcuts tab in Config tool. Simply type the missing key into two of the horizontal boxes and the key will appear when you long press a button that has that Smiles / Shortcut action.

Why does XYZ language layout have only a few smiles / shortcuts buttons?
Some language layouts have very high demands regarding the number of characters they need to occupy. Because of this there are a few language layouts that may have a smaller number of smiles / shortcuts spaces reserved. We have tried to include as many as possible, believe us!

How can I make FingerKeyboard a default keyboard? / How can I keep FingerKeyboard as default keyboard even after reset?
You can use a small program called SIP Change. Look it up on XDA-developers.com forum, and remember to set delay to 40-50 seconds.

"Where is XYZ language layout? Why is it not included!?"
If you want a certain language layout, first check FingerKeyboard2.1 thread on XDA-developers.com forum if someone maybe already made an additional layout and posted it there. If not, the best thing you can do is to make your own layout and share it with other people. If your layout is good, we'll probably include it in next version. Please do not spam us with "I WANT THIS LANGUAGE!!!" messages. All language layouts depend exclusively on the community to produce them. If no one can't be bothered to make your language layout, we can't really help you.

Editing instructions:
You can use the existing layouts to make it custom layouts! The easiest way is to open one of the layout skin txt files and replace the existing characters with your own. Experiment a bit, and you will soon get the hang of it. Same applies if you want to make your own skin - edit the included bitmaps, and change the appropriate lines in txt files. Everything you want to know about FingerKeyboard actions, layouts, colors and resolutions is explained in "doc-about-skin.txt" that is located in the root of the FingerKeyb folder. Read it first before asking for help!

[Giannis86]

XT9 & TEXT SUGGESTION:

This keyboard does not support T9. However, there is an option to enable standard Windows Mobile word suggestion, as well as SMS contact name suggestion. There are two ways to do this.

First way is to use the FingerKeyboard Config tool and select what you want to use (Word / SMS suggestion, or both). SMS suggestions will work normally, but for WinMo word suggestion to function, you will need to switch to HTC default keyboard and manually turn on XT9 on the little T9 switch. After that, you can reload FingerKeyboard and everything will work normally. This can be a good way for people who like to use T9 on other keyboards, but also want to use FingerKeyboard without T9. This approach also makes it possible to use new HTC style suggestion windows (the ones with small arrows on each side, where you can flip between names / words).

To avoid messing around with XT9 switch on HTC keyboard you can simply globally disable XT9 across the whole system. That means that T9 will not work even on system keyboards that have T9 support, but SMS / Word suggestions will both work. This will disable the HTC style suggestion windows, and use the default WinMo style (opens a simple white window with list of suggested words or names). The patch file which disables XT9 globally is attached in this post. This patch can be uninstalled. If you already have it installed, you do not have to remove it or reinstall it. Also, please note that when you install this patch, you will not be able to select SMS /Word options in FingerKeyb config tool - they will always be grayed out.
Click Here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=173195&d=1238970340)to Download this Patch

It might be best to install the FingerKeyb cab and test it first. You can always globally disable XT9 later on if you decide so.

There is a known bug with Word suggestion, that has been almost fully fixed in this version of FingerKeyboard. The bug manifests itself like this:
- if you have "Text word suggestion" turned on, and you type an SMS message, the "home" and "end" buttons will not work while the word suggestion window is open on the screen. If you select a word, those keys will work normally. Unfortunately, this isn't our fault - it's actually a bug in Word suggestion app.

[Giannis86]

a few screenshots

[Giannis86]

LAST one :D

[bubert]

Looks very nice... installing it now! Thx!


edit: works very smooth and nice too!

[Hawkeye2008]

Thats what im waiting for :D
You can customize nearly everything, thats awesome

Thank you very much Giannis;)
My thanks goes also to Exidler and Rozenthal :)

[redd214]

this is by far the best keyboard i have used!!

any chance of an oem package in the future?

[Sir Schwanzelot]

excellent work! thank you thank you!

:)

[vvtc]

is it possible to get the up/down/left/right arrows on the bottom row of the keyboard?

thanks

[04orgzx6r]

Awesome job! Thank you

[dkobran]

Looks fantastic- ill give feedback after testing. What i like so far, even without trying is that this is what im looking for in terms of apps for my WM fone. As Msoft has failed completely in this regard, it is up to us to create these type of apps and to make sure that they are usable and well documented. Unfortunately, many apps are half-assed (not an insult to their creators- it is simply not possible for an individual or a small group of people to do what the entire team at apple or HTC does) so often times, they can cause more problems then they solve as bugs upon bugs are discovered. What we need is comprehensive apps that are presented in an organized manner like this. An example is the FAQ section which is great (cuts down clutter- a thread does not need to be 200 pages long) because we all hate those who ask questions over and over again that have been already asked and most of the time- even answered. Way to go!

Edit: Works smoothly. Good customization options. Addresses major flaws in most other keyboards (example- .com and www. shortcuts). No bugs discovered yet. Would like to see directional arrows at bottom option in customization menu as we all hate the useless dpad on our Fuzes. So far...highly recommended!!

[omniwolf]

i currently have version 0.17 beta, and there's no uninstall option. how do i uninstall this before installing 2.1.1 ?
or should i just install 2.1.1 over the top?

thanks

[Brenn]

this is awesome Thanks!

Great work.

[scout7]

i currently have version 0.17 beta, and there's no uninstall option. how do i uninstall this before installing 2.1.1 ?
or should i just install 2.1.1 over the top?

thanks

I had no uninstall option either. I just installed the newest version, it would not work. So I uninstalled the new version, deleted the finger folder, soft reset, reinstalled, soft reset and it works fine. I have a Diamond as well.

Good luck.

[scout7]

Will there be a port of the Glossy version ??

[prismfire]

I see that there's predtxt in the language selection. May I know what is it? Is it a language or a special feature?

Thanks.

[Giannis86]

to answer some questions:

version with arrows will be uploaded today
unfortunately it cant be configured from the config tool

Predtxt is my special features..its predefined texting..try it...i will post some screenshots soon


to uninstall versions that were installed manually:
click on register, and then choose NO from the popup...after that delete the whole fingerkeyboard folder
whatever you do, do NOT install this over another...

edit:Glossy edition will be adjusted too..but it will take a while as i have to finish other stuff first

[RR33]

Great Work Giannis86 !!!

[olylak]

Hi,

Here is Ukrainian layout. Can you put it into the installation?

[Giannis86]

thanx!

UPDATE!
Version with arrows has been uploaded!

[Creutz]

Definately the best keyboard out there! Works like a charm!

[Giannis86]

Hi,

Here is Ukrainian layout. Can you put it into the installation?

sure thing!
i will add a link in the first page for now..the next update will include your skin ;)

[samermf]

Keyboard is awesome, I advice that u install it on device instead of internal storage (if it was installed on internal storage, when you connect it to USB to disk drive mode, it will cause it to fail)
but I have a small issue with the name suggestions in SMS, it shows whenever you press one character, and selects well, but on the second character you press, the list will go up too high and the first few names will not be shown, am I the only one facing this?
thanks Gianni for the hard/good work :)

[Giannis86]

yes indeed..as i advised in the first page, device memory is the best...

As about name suggestion it works perfectly here..can you post a screenshot?

[roisagi]

inatalled on my touch pro - into device.

"installation unsuccessful".

any advice?

[Giannis86]

When did you get that error? Before installation could start or during?
Do you have enough space?
Have you removed any previous versions?


UPDATE:
Arrow edition has been updated to .3 after a resolution error. Everything is fixed now!

[daniel93]

thank, it's a great keyboard :D

[dkobran]

to install the version with arrows we need to uninstall the previous version (I already have 2.1.1 installed)? If so, where do you click register- I have never seen that?

to answer some questions:

version with arrows will be uploaded today
unfortunately it cant be configured from the config tool

Predtxt is my special features..its predefined texting..try it...i will post some screenshots soon


to uninstall versions that were installed manually:
click on register, and then choose NO from the popup...after that delete the whole fingerkeyboard folder
whatever you do, do NOT install this over another...

edit:Glossy edition will be adjusted too..but it will take a while as i have to finish other stuff first

[sh500]

Excellent work Giannis86, by far the best keyboard I have used so far. Customisable features are great too- just tried changing the 'predictive text' entries from the skin files and that works a treat too.

Just one question:

I'm guessing I can delete the unwanted Skins, sounds, languages, etc that I'm not planning to use? Just that I'm short on memory and 7MB is a bit much (!)

[Giannis86]

yes, you can delete everything that you dont plan to use

here is a quick list:
Folder with the images
skin-00-sheme-XXXXXX (where XXXX is the name of the skin folder that you deleted)
Language files -port
Language files -lang

@dkobran
if you installed using the CAB, you can uninstall it from remove programs under settings

You can install the arrow version on top of this one though (Essentially its the same since doing so will first uninstall the previous version) :D

[Reefhunter49]

Great work Giannis86, was using my own layout's with arrows but I had to switch to yours! WOW... :D

[sprintnerd]

Just wanted to say Thank You, This my favorite keyboard :)

[Dom1n8tr1x]

Nice free software, Im trying it at the moment and liking what I see...

[mcowly]

nice job, will ckeck it out

[S2W]

I haven't been on for quite sometime and its good to know that great work is being continued...

So Giannis86, wanted to say awesome! Also to the creators of the fingerkeyboard.

Keep it up!

[losdrivare]

Excellent! Improved functionality and great to see that rotation works flawlessly now! The best VGA keyboard just got even better!

Also improved digi layouts, lots better with better arranged numbers in sets of three - just like they should. :)

Only one thing about the landscape digi layout: the zero key is really off IMO. I immediately moved zero to where shift is - shift doesn't even have a function in the number layout as far as I can tell... :D

[Giannis86]

UPDATE:
added ukrainian and fixed a small error in the greek layout

from now on i also use a different cab naming..the last numbers indicate the date of the version

@losdrivare
i agree about the 0 button but i wanted to keep it symmetrical :D
indeed shift is not used now but i will update it soon to display more characters when you press it ;)

[luckyuser]

Just wanted to say thanks! Great job, especially the config. options, awesome!:eek:

Yesterday I installed version WVGA 2.1 on my Blackstone!
This keyboard is the best i ever used!


Today I see this new release v2.1.407 but so far i can see its only VGA, will there also soon a WVGA version.:confused:

Thanks in advance!

[denist]

I'm having some problems in QVGA landscape layout.
I'm attaching a screenshot.

[Giannis86]

Just wanted to say thanks! Great job, especially the config. options, awesome!:eek:

Yesterday I installed version WVGA 2.1 on my Blackstone!
This keyboard is the best i ever used!


Today I see this new release v2.1.407 but so far i can see its only VGA, will there also soon a WVGA version.:confused:

Thanks in advance!

nonono:D
this is still 2.1
the extension (.407) is ONLY referring to the VGA layouts that i made. I have the habit of constantly updating stuff...The updates are related to fixing some issues in my original version, adding skins and languages, changing layouts...

The actual program itself is the same as the base is FK 2.1

@denist
please be precise about what you did..
Which file did you install and where did you download it from?
This thread only has VGA layouts...
Oleg was responsible for the QVGA..He took my VGA and just rescaled it.. So honestly i havent really seen what he did with it..

[denist]

@denist
please be precise about what you did..
Which file did you install and where did you download it from?
This thread only has VGA layouts...
Oleg was responsible for the QVGA..He took my VGA and just rescaled it.. So honestly i havent really seen what he did with it..

Sorry if wrong thread... I'm new to this app and still figuring it out.
I picked up the file here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=501122&highlight=giannis (FingerKeyb-2.1-QVGA-Giannis86.cab (577.4 KB))
Just installed, soft reset, choose language/layout and rotated.

[Giannis86]

Could you explain how the rotation occurs exactly?

In previous versions (older than v2) of FingerKeyboard, switching to landscape while FK was open caused some graphical errors..
When you switch to landscape, does the keyboard minimize? so do you have to press the button to open it again?

If not try minimizing and opening it again...

let me know how that works out
by the way what device are you using?

[Dynomite232]

thanx alot for a nice keyboard all the skins are they in this file

[hamish909]

My first time with Finger Keyboard. I came to this forum at the right time for FK2! Very good keyboard!!!!!!!!

[denist]

Could you explain how the rotation occurs exactly?

In previous versions (older than v2) of FingerKeyboard, switching to landscape while FK was open caused some graphical errors..
When you switch to landscape, does the keyboard minimize? so do you have to press the button to open it again?

If not try minimizing and opening it again...

let me know how that works out
by the way what device are you using?

The problems occurs in any way, even if the writing application and keyboard are closed before rotating.
I've tried also to softreset the device, rotate screen and open SMS writing application + Finger Keyboard before anything else.
I'm using HTC Touch P3450 Elfin.
I have been trying Finger Keyboard 2.1 standard this afternoon (uninstalled before setting up your version) and did not have this problem.

[Giannis86]

i just took a look...
it looks like oleg forgot to change some values

i am making a quick fix for the english layout

[dkobran]

@dkobran
if you installed using the CAB, you can uninstall it from remove programs under settings

You can install the arrow version on top of this one though (Essentially its the same since doing so will first uninstall the previous version) :D[/QUOTE]

Thanks for getting back. This is probably the best app (most useful and stable) on my fone and probably have 50+ installed and have probably tried over 100 apps. Way to go and keep up the good work.

[cincy1020]

This is amazing!
Thanks!
I do have one question, is there a way to move the bottom right key to switch keyboad off, and maybe move it to the left side of the keyboard? I keep hitting it by accident when I want to hit enter.
Thanks!

[Giannis86]

The problems occurs in any way, even if the writing application and keyboard are closed before rotating.
I've tried also to softreset the device, rotate screen and open SMS writing application + Finger Keyboard before anything else.
I'm using HTC Touch P3450 Elfin.
I have been trying Finger Keyboard 2.1 standard this afternoon (uninstalled before setting up your version) and did not have this problem.


here is the english layout..i fixed it..put it in the skins folder
its too late though so the rest of the skins will be fixed another time..From what i saw however all QVGA skins need to be fixed

[cokoblazed]

hey man...i love this..great job

one quick question (didn't see it addressed in the FAQ)..how do i get my keyboard to show the bold, underline, align left, etc. line above the keyboard that you have in your screen shot...it doesn't show up on my keyboard.

[dkobran]

[QUOTE
@dkobran
if you installed using the CAB, you can uninstall it from remove programs under settings

You can install the arrow version on top of this one though (Essentially its the same since doing so will first uninstall the previous version) :D[/QUOTE]

I installed the original CAB (without arrows). I tried to uninstall it so I could install the one with arrows but it is not showing up in the remove programs menu. I also tried just installing the new version hoping that it would uninstall the older one but it will not install unless the old one is uninstalled (a notice comes up). I have never used this app before so it is not conflicting with an older version. Any ideas?

[cincy1020]

inatalled on my touch pro - into device.

"installation unsuccessful".

any advice?

Hi:
I had the same problem several times. After a soft reset installation worked perfectly. So, you may try a soft reset, maybe it will work for you also :)

[cincy1020]

hey man...i love this..great job

one quick question (didn't see it addressed in the FAQ)..how do i get my keyboard to show the bold, underline, align left, etc. line above the keyboard that you have in your screen shot...it doesn't show up on my keyboard.

You can find it in the configurator under Options. It says Portrait, you select "show bar", same for landscape.
It may be depend on the device though, I have a HTC Fuze, and the feature doesn't seem to work for me. I can not get the bar to show at all.

[Giannis86]

@cincy
yes there is...
open the corresponding language layout in notepad and replace the keys with one another depending on the layout that you want

@cocoblazed
that is Word mobile, its not finger keyboard

@dkobran
please note that the name of the cab is different than the name under the remove programs list. It should be listed as exidler fingerkeyb.
When the notice comes up, does it ask you to uninstall the previous one? if it does just click on yes and it will do it automatically

@cincy & roisagi
i noticed that the installation sometimes gets stuck in the end. or so it appears..

click on the home button and open the task manager..the config tool might have been minimized..click on it and apply the changes..then installation should finish

[cokoblazed]

@cocoblazed
that is Word mobile, its not finger keyboard



Oh my bad, i'm stupid..

[cincy1020]

@cincy
yes there is...
open the corresponding language layout in notepad and replace the keys with one another depending on the layout that you want


Hi:
Thanks for the reply. Sorry, but I can't seem to find the layout file. Where is it located?
Thanks again!

[Giannis86]

\program files\fingerkeyb\skins
you should be looking for something like -port-eng (depending on the language layout that you want to change)

[cincy1020]

@cincy
yes there is...
open the corresponding language layout in notepad and replace the keys with one another depending on the layout that you want


Hi:
Thanks for the reply. Sorry, but I can't seem to find the layout file. Where is it located?
Thanks again!

PS: I of course have already looked in Program Files/ FingerKeyB, but I guess I don't know what I am looking for :o

[Giannis86]

skin-02-vga-port-01-eng.txt

port=portrait
01-position of the skin in the language "grid"
eng - name of the language

[dkobran]

@dkobran
please note that the name of the cab is different than the name under the remove programs list. It should be listed as exidler fingerkeyb.
When the notice comes up, does it ask you to uninstall the previous one? if it does just click on yes and it will do it automatically


The program is not showing up in the Settings-System-Remove Programs list (I promise I looked like 12 times). If I try installing any of the new versions 2.1x (I want the one with arrows) one of two things will happen. 1- It will look like it is installing and then it quickly goes to the "installation unsuccessful" menu. 2-the message "Finger Keyboard must be removed before installing new version" shows up, I hit ok and it goes to the "installation unsuccessful" screen. Funny thing is the program is actually working fine, the customization menu and everything. Sooo confused! I have a Fuze by the way. Thanks in advance.

[lucasjohny]

Can you integrate with cut, copy and paste like touchpal did?

[emersonvier]

What the version I install on my Touch HD?

Thx,

EMERSON VIER

[cincy1020]

Hi:
Okay, one more dummy question :o
What file do I edit to change the predefined text (such as meeting is cancelled, etc...)? By the way that is a GREAT feature!!
Thanks again!

EDIT: Found it :)

EDIT 2: I noticed in the predictive text file, there are 30 lines. I only have 24 available, is there a way to access the rest of the text lines? I tried the shift key, bit that didn't seem to do anything.

[omniwolf]

to uninstall versions that were installed manually:
click on register, and then choose NO from the popup...after that delete the whole fingerkeyboard folder
whatever you do, do NOT install this over another...

what do you mean click register? what screen am i on to click register?

[denist]

here is the english layout..i fixed it..put it in the skins folder
its too late though so the rest of the skins will be fixed another time..From what i saw however all QVGA skins need to be fixed

Thanks Giannis. I'll be needing the italian layout, so I will wait a new release for downloading.

[Giannis86]

@dkobran
really weird..but if its working there is no harm :P if you want to remove you can do it manually too..

@omniwolf:
Navigate to program files\fingerkeyb
There should be an exe called register. Click on it..By answering No in the prompt, the keyboard is unregistered. You can afterwards delete the whole fingerkeyb folder

@emersonvier
please read the FAQ

@cincy
ah, i see
innitially i had a version that had 30 buttons thats why you see this..Soon i will adjust it though so that you have access to 48 texts in total

@lucas johny
if you mean have the buttons on a different layout, yes it is possible and i have it in mind but i wont do it yet..(if you mean gestures, i dont think it will happen)
The reason is that the new layout will appear on the language button..so it would become messy..
i asked exilder to implement an "ignore" function to make some layouts not appear on the language buttons.
I have many great ideas if such a thing could be done...
One of them is have a txt layout for every language for example

[cincy1020]

@cincy
ah, i see
innitially i had a version that had 30 buttons thats why you see this..Soon i will adjust it though so that you have access to 48 texts in total


Great!!
Thanks so much for this amazing skin!!!

[anubis.genix]

is there a way to let finger keyboard switch to another keyboard like touch keyboard instead of the default one? i'd like to know if there's the possibility to reassign the buttons in location and height and width...
your're doing a great job mate ... keep it up :)

[Giannis86]

open the actions skin
Action KbdButton KH,CS:default
i am NOT sure if this will work but you can try changing the "default" to the name of the sip you want..once again i have no idea if this will work

as about reassigning the buttons it is possible
read the doc about skin in your finger keyboard folder and you will undderstand how it works
then you can edit the language layouts to how you like them

[BlazerRazor]

Very nice keyboard, I really appreciate this creation!

I use the danish layout and I stumbled upon a tiny bug: key K and L are mapped incorrectly. K is J and L is K. I have corrected this little bug and I have included the "skin-02-vga-port-12-dan.txt" keyboard layout file with this post. You just need to replace it with the old one in "\Program files\FingerKeyb\Skins".

Again, thanks for this lovely application!

[Giannis86]

thanx..i will update it..
version .408 is almost done and its worth updating ;)

[roisagi]

auto tet button "txt" does not work - does not do anything...

[Giannis86]

enable predtxt from the config tool....

[roisagi]

where can i enable it? cannot find it....

edit: sorry - got it - thanks...

[h-guy]

hi, that's a great keyboard, thanks. i have a problem tho. the default skin never changes here even though i change the skin name in options. am i missing something here?

h.

[roisagi]

how can i edit predefined text?

[rast62]

how can i edit predefined text?

Same problem here. I try do edit the predefined text with some german phrases. I open the skin-01-predtxt.txt and overwrite the text. If I save the skin-01-predtxt.txt and start again the keyboard. Some changes working, but the most not.

[mike1986.]

Thanks for fixing the "ś" letter :) Anyway, I have one questions:

Why the TXT button is visible on the keyboard even if the TXT text is disabled in the config tool? Is it possible to remove it? There will be more space for "space" button :)

[luckyuser]

nonono:D
this is still 2.1
the extension (.407) is ONLY referring to the VGA layouts that i made. I have the habit of constantly updating stuff...The updates are related to fixing some issues in my original version, adding skins and languages, changing layouts...

The actual program itself is the same as the base is FK 2.1

Thanks for the reply!
When I am wrong please correct me!

I can't install that new arrow Version 2.1.408 on my Blackstone because its a VGA version, and there is no development for a WVGA version with arrows in the future?

[Giannis86]

i seriously dont see the problem...is it so hard to open the config tool and enable it?lol
its under your programs list..

It is possible to remove it but you would have to do that yourself..i find it quite important :P

to edit predefined text
open skin-01-predtxt.txt

EXAMPLE:
CScheme txt1 Hi!
Action txt1 SS:160Hi there!

The first line represents the DISPLAY TEXT. Note that you cannot have words seperated from each other on the display name (thats why i used "..." often)

The second line represents the text
160 is the number of characters.i put 160 there as it was way above what i needed..if i put 5 though, only the first 5 characters would appear (so "Hi th" instead of "Hi there!")

Make sure the number is present though otherwise nothing will happen!

@h-guy
try changing sip again..So click on the arrow and reopen FK2

[BlazerRazor]

Just a quicky Giannis86. I installed your new version. The L Key in danish layout is in uppercase although you type it as lowercase.

Again, great work! :)

[Hojlind]

my danish layout just shows the "l" as a k and the "k" as a j and the j is just j. just so you know :)

[Giannis86]

@blazer
lol i changed it cause i thought it was wrong...im in the train now so i cant fix it now..

@hojlind
this is what me and blazed have been talking about (previous page..)
it has already been fixed in the new version

[polstein]

posted on main thread, but since I see Giannis being so active here I'm going to post it here as well. Heeelp this problem makes it unusable.

---

I've been trying to read all the threads on this forum (and others) - and haven't seen anyone else post about it, so I can only assume I have something funky on my phone.

When I click any key, I get a chirp sound. This isn't the normal key tapping sound that can be disabled via options and modifying the txt file & removing the 1 line doesn't help..

As near as I can tell via Wisbar, a small program of some sort is launching every time I hit a letter and the sounds I'm hearing is the same sound as if I opened any program & closed it real quick. Except in this case it's like a program opens & closes every time I hit a key.

Any ideas? If I missed someone post about this (and an answer) I apologize in advance.

--

Using FingerKeyb-2.1.408 VGA by Giannis86.cab. BTW, can't seem to get TXT button to work yet either, but I figure one problem at a time. Thinking about doing a backup, hard reset, reinstall to see if the problem goes away.

========

EDIT:

Copied my startup folder to a backup & wiped it out. Problem went away, I *think* it might be Wisbar. I'll check their settings for an exclude or something. Anyone else using Wisbar advance?

(no difference for the TXT button not doing anything for me)

[Giannis86]

i havent heard of that problem before..let me know if it persists..i think however that exidler is the best person to refer to for that matter..

as aboutTXT, open the config and tick predtxt..click apply and your done

[nir36]

perfect keyboard, perfect!

[epiphone]

Can there be a phone keypad version of this excellent keyboard?

somehow the full querty slows me down think I am too used to the phone keyboard layout, anyways great work here.

[PierreDiamond]

...
EXAMPLE:
CScheme txt1 Hi!
Action txt1 SS:160Hi there!

The first line represents the DISPLAY TEXT. Note that you cannot have words seperated from each other on the display name (thats why i used "..." often)
...

Yes - I had the same effekt, because of no spaces are allowed for CScheme-Strings.
@rast62: One German example text in attachment (without ä,ö,ü,... )

But: It doesn't work in skin...predtxt.txt for some common german letters like ä,ö,ü,ß - sometimes they won't be displayed in the text - sometimes they are not correct parsed and the Buttons are empty.


One question: Is there a possibility to toggle on and off the Arrows-Line, when you need some more space on screen while typing?

And @Gianni: GREAT WORK!!! Really the best keyboard I've ever had - thanx to you and Exidler - works like a charm on my Diamond.

Pierre

[polstein]

i havent heard of that problem before..let me know if it persists..i think however that exidler is the best person to refer to for that matter..

as aboutTXT, open the config and tick predtxt..click apply and your done

Thanks for the reply (and skin!) I'm upgrading Wisbar to a slightly newer version as we type - actually - done & no difference. Will probably post on their forums, but would like confirmation from another Wisbar person here.

Had to look a while for predtxt - didn't think to look under languages!! Much more better.

Think I'll go post on Lakeridge - they are usually pretty responsive.

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OH - one last thing. Probably my biggest beef with the OS in general that I've asked about in more places then I can count with no resolution. AFAIK, there is a bug in the OS when one tries to use more then one 3rd party sip. When it comes to writing with a stylus, I prefer SlideIT, but for keyboard thumb entry I would prefer this new keyboard. BUT I can't switch back & forth between ANY two 3rd party sips.

In other words, when I use SIP Change to make Finger the default keyboard, and I click SlideIT - I get the standard windows keyboard. If SlideIT is the default, I can't change to Finger without using SIP Change (and a reboot). It doesn't matter which 2 sip's I use.

You ever hear about this problem (sorry about the tangent, btw)

[denist]

here is the english layout..i fixed it..put it in the skins folder
its too late though so the rest of the skins will be fixed another time..From what i saw however all QVGA skins need to be fixed

Giannis, there are still some layout errors in the file you posted last night (QVGA).
I corrected it myself. I'm attaching the new file to this post.
Anyone interested, copy it in the skin folder and run the keyboard options to save the changes.

[Giannis86]

i have fixed the whole qvga version but i havent posted it yet..i will post it so that you can test it ;)

[jackburnt]

Awesome. Thanks. I can actually type in Portrait now!

[firiel]

Hello and grats for your app

Am using it with eng/grk and while typing in Greek the character "ά" it gives me back a"ά," (with a semicolon) . Same thing occurs with these chars έ, ύ, ί but not with these ό, ή, ϊ, ώ. Can it be fixed? Had the same issue while trying the 1.1 ver.
Also the greek "κ" with the latest version became "K" from "k".

Hope you can understand me.

PS Am using the VGA ver and tried Black-blue and Black-Green skins

[dkobran]

@dkobran
really weird..but if its working there is no harm :P if you want to remove you can do it manually too..



Soo weird, I tried removing it (using the method you mentioned- register, No, delete folder in programs, soft reset etc etc.) and it still wont let me install another version! is there information stored somewhere else? This is crazy it doesnt even make sense. Any ideas or should i just hard reset?

[Jiggs1337]

I uninstalled the version i had previously and deleted the folder in Programs, but still the new version is stuck on installing. The progress bar is not moving, and the egg timer keeps spinning and spinning. Been doing that for about an hour now, and its the 3rd try.
And ideas?

EDIT: Its now working. I did two things, so I'm not sure what solved it. I re-downloaded it and I also changed the default SIP to load at startup in SIPchange.

[Drybonz]

Giannis, what file was changed with the new stuff in .408? I need to know what not to overwrite, please.

Thanks.

[sjauquet]

Soo weird, I tried removing it (using the method you mentioned- register, No, delete folder in programs, soft reset etc etc.) and it still wont let me install another version! is there information stored somewhere else? This is crazy it doesnt even make sense. Any ideas or should i just hard reset?

same issue here, unable to install, even after uninstall of previous version, remove folder, soft reset....

[Sarc]

I don't know if this is a quirk, bug, or if I simply don't know how to use this keyboard. :p

FingerKeyboard does work differently in Live Search though.

At first I was put off since I could not type out a word, it brings down some quick search based off of the letter, and the next letter I would type replaces the first.
It's almost like it's triggering WinMo's sure-type system (I think it's called "sure-type").

Funny thing is, I can't figure out how to do the same thing with the factory provided SIP's that came with my Sprint Touch Pro.

I'm not even sure if this is something that needs to be fixed, just figured I would put it out there for the info.

I am curious if there are plans to do a "compact qwerty" style version of this Finger Keyboard? :cool:

[cincy1020]

I don't know if this is a quirk, bug, or if I simply don't know how to use this keyboard. :p

FingerKeyboard does work differently in Live Search though.

At first I was put off since I could not type out a word, it brings down some quick search based off of the letter, and the next letter I would type replaces the first.
It's almost like it's triggering WinMo's sure-type system (I think it's called "sure-type").

Funny thing is, I can't figure out how to do the same thing with the factory provided SIP's that came with my Sprint Touch Pro.

I'm not even sure if this is something that needs to be fixed, just figured I would put it out there for the info.

I am curious if there are plans to do a "compact qwerty" style version of this Finger Keyboard? :cool:

Weird, mine works normally with Live Search. Maybe it is device specific.

[tankrider]

Awsome application!
Thanks for the contribution guys.
VGA version working perfectly on my diamond:cool:

[rast62]

Yes - I had the same effekt, because of no spaces are allowed for CScheme-Strings.
@rast62: One German example text in attachment (without ä,ö,ü,... )

But: It doesn't work in skin...predtxt.txt for some common german letters like ä,ö,ü,ß - sometimes they won't be displayed in the text - sometimes they are not correct parsed and the Buttons are empty.

Pierre

Yes, thats the problem with the german letters ä,ö,ü,ß. If I used one of them on the display-name, the pred.-buttons behind are not shown.

[wilfmoralee]

This is the best keyboard ever!!!

using greek and english, works perfectly.

Only thing I wanted to know, can you change the set texts (such as 'I'm busty, call me later' etc)?

Keep up the great work. :)

[RaudelJr]

I'll try the keyboard soon.

Sorry if the following question had alrady been asked/answered.

What is the differenced between the arrow and non arrow versions?

Look forward to testing.

Thanks

Raudel

[Giannis86]

@firiel
i will fix it ;)

@dkobran
it shounds very weird..what you can also do is search yours registry for "fingerkeyb"
delete everything that comes up (if there is anything)
then try soft reseting and installing it

@jiggz
if it looks like its stuck press on the home button and open your task manager..there should be a config tool that has opened but was minimized for one reason or another..do your changes, click on apply, and then installation should finish

@drybonz:
all predtxt files
digit layouts
polish & danish

@sarc
i think its live search..hell that feature doesnt even work on mine..no matter which keyboard i use..LOL

@rast62
a wild shot in the dark here..can you try saving it in unicode format? hopefully that will work but im just guessing

@wilfmoralee
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3590601&postcount=81

@raudeljr
check the screenshots in thefirst page (post 4 or 5)

[Floyd1973]

It will ever be the best keyboard, but I can't use it as default keyboard, so I ever have to re-change to port off diamond2 keyboard....

Sip program are inutile, or don't work on my diamond... Nobody have this issue?

[Giannis86]

read the faq
it says how you can use it as default...

[owziee]

Wow I'm totally impressed by this new version!!! Looks & works AWESOME on my Diamond and doesn't take up to much screen space like earlier versions... I'm using the no arrow version.

But what do you mean by "This keyboard does not support T9. However, there is an option to enable standard Windows Mobile word suggestion, as well as SMS contact name suggestion."

I enabled xt9 and soft resetted, it works perfectly fine, just like with my other keyboards! :)

[smile_me]

Great keyboard! Many thanks to you!
I have one question with predtxt. I don't need so much phrases. I'd like to make 1 phrase for each button. I've found how to change the text, but I still have 2 phrases on each button with the same text. How to edit it?
Thanx!

[Giannis86]

does it hurt so much to have more texts available? :P

the 2nd ones are the phrases that appear when you hold a button
open the 99-predtxt layout

texts are seperated like this:
normal,hold,selected (shift), holdselect
seperated by commas
just delete the ones you dont like
for more info read the doc about new located in your fingerkeyb directory

if you want to have normal, nothing, shift, nothing
do this
TEXT1,,TEXT2,

by the way, deleting these will not increase the font size of the remaining text..(if in case that is your concern..

[anubis.genix]

i'd like to rebuild the original compact touch hd keyboard (because it's not working properly in landscape mode) see http://iloapp.wcw.dk/data/_gallery/public/30/1229607310_resized.jpg
how do i set more than just one letter per button?

[smile_me]

I've made in such way:
Key 5 5 154 45 1 tex0 spc1 CSCHEME.txt1 AC:txt1
but i still have 2 phrases on button (with the same text)

[MikeEx]

Much better. I tried 2.0 and went right back to the buggy TD2 keyboard.
I didn't like the spacing between keys (without the arrows).

Fingerkb 2.1 is perfect now.

[Giannis86]

@smile_me
try this
CSCHEME.txt1,,CSCHEME.txt2, AC:txt1,,AC:txt2,

This will take care of the problem. The txt2 is there for when you press the shift button..you can use any number you want (corresponding to a text in the predtxt layout...
if you want the same txt when you press shift too, then use 1 in the second code too

[dkobran]

@dkobran
it shounds very weird..what you can also do is search yours registry for "fingerkeyb"
delete everything that comes up (if there is anything)
then try soft reseting and installing it



Your not going to believe this but I did (with Total Commander) I did a search using the "search" tool of my device and storage card too. I found a bunch of stuff using both searches and deleted everything. ....and, nothing- it still wont install. I give up. There is probably some file indicating the keyboard is still installed, either in the registry or just on the device in general that has a name that wont come up in the search. (I tried searching for "finger", "keyboard" etc.) Anyways, thanks for your help i guess ill just do a hard reset or somethin cause now neither version is working cause i deleted those files of course. The app looks and works great im just wondering why it never showed up in the remove programs menu in the first place- you said its supposed to right? Are other people having this issue (I know one guy said he is already)... Thanks again though.

[sonnybravo]

Absolutely love it! Thanks for this amazing keyboard!

[Giannis86]

@dkobran

me and rozenthal have been talking about the installation issues
rozenthal will talk to exidler about it and see what we can come up with

@anubis
unfortunately with the current functions of finger keyboard, a compact qwerty is not possible..i dont know if exidler is planning to make one though

[kevinniven]

i think i like the old layout better

[Giannis86]

the only difference frommy previous layout is in landscape digits and landscape the "." and "," position..

[Kaa-eL-Haa]

I don't know if it have been posted, but there seems to be a bug in the danish layout. When typing "l" a "L" is typed on the screen - with or without shift/CL.

Else, it is a really great keyboard! Thumbs up!

[eli_co]

hi ,

this is a very good KBD !!!!

i am missing only the dial pad (after pressing "phone" in HD) support for other languages (heb for me).

is there an option in ver 2.1 for that ?

[TheMelin]

Thank you, good work

[anubis.genix]

is anyone bored and willing to make a landscape version like this one? ;) http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/1726/nikoankeyboard.png

[vijaydesor]

Hi,

Earlier this year, I installed FKB and thought it was great - just saw your new version and when I came to trying to uninstall the previous version, I could not see it in my list of installed programs under "Settings" "System" "Remove Programs" :confused: ... any ideas or suggestions as to how I can uninstall? Thanks


Duh!!!! - sorry - just found out where I was going wrong! I had previously installed "Glossy VGA Basic Edition v1.0". Is there a newer version of this incorporating the latest FKB but with a black skin? Thanks

[JDish]

Your not going to believe this but I did (with Total Commander) I did a search using the "search" tool of my device and storage card too. I found a bunch of stuff using both searches and deleted everything. ....and, nothing- it still wont install. I give up. There is probably some file indicating the keyboard is still installed, either in the registry or just on the device in general that has a name that wont come up in the search. (I tried searching for "finger", "keyboard" etc.) Anyways, thanks for your help i guess ill just do a hard reset or somethin cause now neither version is working cause i deleted those files of course. The app looks and works great im just wondering why it never showed up in the remove programs menu in the first place- you said its supposed to right? Are other people having this issue (I know one guy said he is already)... Thanks again though.

I have the same issue on an Omnia with the wqvga version, I know, this is a Diamond thread but though it might help with the issue. v2.0 previously installed, uninstalled and unregistered per the instructions, v2.1 install failed. Get the must be uninstalled message and it stops. Tried to put v2.0 back on, same thing. I also searched the whole device and registry and removed everything, soft reset, didn't help.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

[West650]

Very nice!

[dkobran]

I have the same issue on an Omnia with the wqvga version, I know, this is a Diamond thread but though it might help with the issue. v2.0 previously installed, uninstalled and unregistered per the instructions, v2.1 install failed. Get the must be uninstalled message and it stops. Tried to put v2.0 back on, same thing. I also searched the whole device and registry and removed everything, soft reset, didn't help.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Looks like this is a legitimate bug. So far it seems like the only one except for stupid language conversions. Hopefully someone or the developers will figure it out. I get angry when apps dont show up in the remove programs menu (no offense to these guys- I know its a bug) Just a pet peeve of mine

[bapski]

cant seem to find a link to download SIPCHANGE. .checked sleuth's thread through your link but cant seem to find it there either.

loved your navy blue skin btw...

[oldhouse]

This keyboard is awesome but I would like to ask if this feature will be available:

I have XOR Morna 1.10 and I think it uses Rhodium keyboard. With this keyboard when you mistype a letter, T9 automatically suggest the correct word; let's say I type H E L K O, it recognizes K as an error and suggest me "hello".
Unluckily fingerkeyboard does not support this feature. Do you plan to add it?

[ettaros]

Really nice changes and nicely done!! TY . Works abolutely fine on diamond =D

[pekkala89]

Could someone make a finnish layout with "Ä" and "Ö" buttons etc.

[Giannis86]

@eli_co
i dont know if it will be made but i doubt it for the moment..

@vijaydesor
not yet but i will adapt the black skin for this version!

@JDish & DKobran
we are working to resolve that..
As about the "stupid" language conversions, we have used so much time for those..Unfortunately we do not know the language as a native speaker does..If you can do better, please just do so and post it..We wont spend more time than we already do to fix something that we dont know much about...

@bapski
a simple google does the trick :p
http://www.1800pocketpc.com/2008/02/14/sipchange.html

@oldhouse
you should ask exidler for that..i am not the programmer..To my knowledge T9 doesnt work and wont be implemented..Unless he finds a way to do so..

[band27]

This keyboard is awesome but I would like to ask if this feature will be available:

I have XOR Morna 1.10 and I think it uses Rhodium keyboard. With this keyboard when you mistype a letter, T9 automatically suggest the correct word; let's say I type H E L K O, it recognizes K as an error and suggest me "hello".
Unluckily fingerkeyboard does not support this feature. Do you plan to add it?

I observed the same shortfall. Not a deal breaker for me, but pretty close.
Wondering if the developers also thought of including a phone pad version to sit along side of this wonderful full qwerty app?

Superb job on this project!!

[epiphone]

I observed the same shortfall. Not a deal breaker for me, but pretty close.
Wondering if the developers also thought of including a phone pad version to sit along side of this wonderful full qwerty app?

Superb job on this project!!


Totally agree.... although there are many good things about this app, the thing about it being qwerty-only prevents me from wanting to use it.

I pretty much still only type with fingers instead of with stylus... and the phone keypad still has larger buttons and i hence type a lot faster with it.

[RaudelJr]

I would like to suggest a few things.

I find I could use both the Arrow and the non Arrow versions.

Since I have a Program that I use that doesn't like to be resized too small, the Arrow version causes an error because it is just a bit bigger then the non arrow version.

Either way, this is probably not a problem to everyone else, but,

1. would it be a bad idea to setup both keyboards as separate installable keyboards? This way they will both show up in the keyboards pop-up window and one can choose one or the other interchangeably depending on our needs.



2. would it be possible to have the setup request to be the default keyboard? SPB keyboard has the option to become default during the setup. But I like FingerKeybord 2.0 much more, but After every reset I have to select it again.


Thank you for this wonderful keyboard!!! You have already done a great job with it.

Raudel

[roniez]

Hm... i am using the omnia version for this, but i cannot enable xt9 or word suggestion.
how can i go about to do so, or is there anyplans on making that work in the future?

and this is the best keyboard imo, more screenspace. :=)

[wilfmoralee]

This is the best keyboard ever!!!

using greek and english, works perfectly.

Only thing I wanted to know, can you change the set texts (such as 'I'm busty, call me later' etc)?

Keep up the great work. :)

Thanks for your help, got it sorted.

Cannot believe no-one has picked up on my typo, just seen it now, can't understand why you need to call later if I'm 'busty'! lol

[Giannis86]

@raudel
1. installation already takes a lot of space..i dont know how many would like this..furthermore it requires quite a few changes in how the programs registers..You can try asking exilder what he would think of such a thing
2. read the faq

@roniez
read the faq

@wilfmoralee
i picked it up lol..this is one of those typos you wish you havnt done :D

[jeromenism]

is there anyway to get phone keypad?

[fagon]

I've mistaked.
I move my post to here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3607492#post3607492)

[scout7]

Since I only use one language, i should be able to swap the values for the language and the shift + language buttons to have that button go straight to the numeric pad. the button I have figured out. Now if I can just find those values..
Anyone?

[eranyanay]

I really love this keyboard.
I would like to know if it's possible to add a button that makes the keyboard wide full screen mode, similiar to SPB Keyboard button.
With the small box shows you the text...
That would be a great feature.

What do you think..?

[A2E]

Hi - using the VGA version with Arrows, Contact Recognition works in the english layout, but not in the hebrew one. And ideas?

[groz252]

Awesome keyboard! Would it be possible provide the facility to have the keyboard default on start up? I find that my device keeps resetting to standard keyboard on restart like the quote below.

Really good work and thank you very much :D

I would like to suggest a few things.

I find I could use both the Arrow and the non Arrow versions.

Since I have a Program that I use that doesn't like to be resized too small, the Arrow version causes an error because it is just a bit bigger then the non arrow version.

Either way, this is probably not a problem to everyone else, but,

1. would it be a bad idea to setup both keyboards as separate installable keyboards? This way they will both show up in the keyboards pop-up window and one can choose one or the other interchangeably depending on our needs.



2. would it be possible to have the setup request to be the default keyboard? SPB keyboard has the option to become default during the setup. But I like FingerKeybord 2.0 much more, but After every reset I have to select it again.


Thank you for this wonderful keyboard!!! You have already done a great job with it.

Raudel

[owziee]

Awesome keyboard! Would it be possible provide the facility to have the keyboard default on start up? I find that my device keeps resetting to standard keyboard on restart like the quote below.

Really good work and thank you very much :D

Just use SIPChange and select Finger Keyboard as your default keyboard and it will load as the default after restart... Works great for me on my Diamond...

Here's the app: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3578821&postcount=185

[LoganSnake]

Okay, stupid question. How do I make this work in landscape? I rotate the phone but nothing rotates. Is there a toggle button somewhere?

[bradshawadam]

What the heck? Everyone is all talking about how great this keyboard is and I can't even get it to landscape mode. Where is the stupid landscape mode???????????? I have an HTC Touch by Sprint. I have searched and searched and found no help anywhere, no key on the keyboard to let you flip landscape or portrait. INothing in the configuration menu. This is awesome!! 'm going back to SPB keyboard because it just won't do landscape.

[Giannis86]

@ everyone
there is NO phonepad feature at the moment and i dont know if it will be made available.

@eranyanay
you can make a skin that is full screen BUT you CANT have it interchangeable with a button..Thats against how FK2 works..Unless it will be changed in the future...

@A2E
i dont really know..can you try making a new contact, USING FK2 and then see if the contact recognision will recognise it? It could be that the coding of the letters is diferent (just taking a guess..)

@groz
sip changer is your trick is suggested in the FAQ :P

@bradshawadam
First of all show some appreciation for the time taken to make this instead of posting such an angry post.
Second of all, before you start blaiming the keyboard have some time to search around.. Your phone must be switched in landscape mode first..You can do that by Switching on a hardware keyboard or using a rotating aplication such as G-Sen or Gyrator..Some applications have autorotating features as well (some versions of Opera for example)
So thats how you can view it...
So in other words Landscape works just fine!

[IGY]

http://i704.photobucket.com/albums/ww42/Giannis86/FK2a.jpg


Video demonstration of FingerKeyboard (WVGA)

http://www.imagesforme.com/out.php/i434526_fkbdyou.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngvGfMDIqII)

Please note that the speed of typing in
this video is intentionally slightly slowed
down - this was done so that it is easier
to see what buttons are being typed
during the demonstration.
Also note that the VGA skins can differ from the WVGA ones
=====================
CURRENT LANGUAGE LAYOUTS
=====================
English
Greek
French
Italian
German
Spanish
Czech
Russian
Arabic
Romanian
Croatian
Danish
Norwegian
Bulgarian
Portuguese
Polish
Hungarian
Hebrew
Turkish
Swedish
Ukrainian (Thanx to olylak)


===============
VERSION NUMBERING
===============
Please note that ALL versions in this thread have Finger Keyboard 2.1 as a basis.
The constant updates are NOT related to updating the program itself.
It is for updating skins and layouts.
The last 3 numbers of the file name represent the date of uploading. So .408 represents 8 April!


========
CHANGELOG
========
April 08 - FingerKeyb-2.1.408
Added ś in Polish
Corrected k & l in Danish
Increased predefined TXT from 24 to 48 (Use Shift)
Added characters in digits layout (Use Shift)
Removed TXT from language button!
April 07 - FingerKeyb-2.1.407 VGA Fixed "k" in Greek layout, added Ukrainian
April 07 - FingerKeyb-2.1.3 VGA (Arrows) Fixed Resolution error
April 07 - Added version with Arrows
April 06 - Version 2.1.1 VGA


==========
INSTALLATION
==========
Uninstall any version older than 2.1 before you proceed!
After removing old version, please restart the device and remove FingerKeyb folder before proceeding!

1. Run the CAB file from your device. Installation on device memory is recommended!
2. After installation, a Configuration utility will open. Here you can customize the layouts, choose color schemes and configure various options of FingerKeyboard 2.
3. Click on OK and soft-reset the device.
4. Select FingerKeyb from the SIP list (By clicking on the small arrow next to the keyboard icon. FingerKeyb should be listed under "Other input options")

Additional Notes
A. FingerKeyb will install into /Program files/FingerKeyb. There is also a link to Configuration tool in the Start > Programs.
B. If you wish to set FingerKeyb as default keyboard, even after restart of your device, use SIP change (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=977148&postcount=1)application. Remember to set the time-delay to 40-50 seconds!


==============
TO DO LIST
==============
- Improve some language layouts
- Add Additional Skins
- Add more languages (Feel free to help!)


======
CREDITS
======
Created and programmed by Exidler
Designed by Rozenthal
VGA Porting and Additional Designing Giannis86



DISCLAIMER / LICENSE / EULA
Please read carefully the terms and conditions of this End User License Agreement ("EULA") before installing FingerKeyboard software ("Software").

This EULA provides a license agreement between authors of FinkerKeyboard ("Licensors") and you (person) ("Licensee") to use the Software and contains warranty information and liability disclaimers.

By installing and using the Software you accept and agree to the terms of this EULA. If you do not agree with these terms and conditions, you must cancel the installation or, if the Software is already installed on your device, promptly uninstall it.

OWNERSHIP
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LICENSE GRANT
The Software is freeware. However, the Licensee may use it only and exclusively for private personal and non-commercial usage, and only under conditions which do not contradict the restrictions noted below. If you want to use Software for anything else, you must contact the Licencors. Software may not be bundled or distributed with any other package without written permission of the Licensors.

NO WARRANTIES
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RESTRICTIONS
In accepting the EULA granted by Licensor, Licensee agrees that he shall not
1. Sublicense, sell, lease, rent, permit use of, give, or lend the Software
or any copy or portion thereof;
2. Decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, analyze, or otherwise attempt to
discover the source code of the Software;
3. Use or incorporate the Software or any portion thereof in any other product
without the prior written permission of the Licensor;
4. Remove, alter, or obscure the copyright, trademark, proprietary, or other
notices from the Software or any of its components.

Licensee is allowed to edit existing or create new language layouts, and share them with other users. Licensee is allowed to edit existing or create new graphic elements, but only with respect to copyright and trademark notices.

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The Licensee may NOT redistribute the Software by any mean (CD, DVD, Web site...) without permission from Licencors.

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The Licensee may terminate the EULA at any time. Also, the EULA will terminate automatically if Licensee fails to comply with the restrictions described above. Upon termination of the EULA, the Licensee shall remove all copies of the Software from his (her, its) device and all storage media.


Perfect work! Keep it up! Many thanks!

[4D3]

Perfect work! Keep it up! Many thanks!

One reason, even a stupid one, for quoting the ENTIRE first post!!!

[crirez]

Thank you very much, I have been looking for a keyboard with the Danish imput for a long time and finally I have found the best keyboard ever :-)

[references]

Could someone make a finnish layout with "Ä" and "Ö" buttons etc.

Yeah this could be a nice add :)

http://www.saunalahti.fi/janij/blog/images/2008_jun_finnish_keyboard_layout.png This is how finnish layout looks like.

[cincy1020]

Hi:
Maybe I am a dunce, but I can't find "smile6" on the keyboard.
Am I just missing it, or is it not there?
Thanks!

[xdq]

Ow yeah.. This is freakin' awesome... Thank you Masta Giannis86. ;)

[Giannis86]

@cincy
from FAQ:
Why does XYZ language layout have only a few smiles / shortcuts buttons?
Some language layouts have very high demands regarding the number of characters they need to occupy. Because of this there are a few language layouts that may have a smaller number of smiles / shortcuts spaces reserved. We have tried to include as many as possible, believe us!

@references
make it then :P

[references]

@references
make it then :P

Ok, i will try to make it today :p (just noticed your post #2)

[vil_09]

[QUOTE=Giannis86;3581045][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]

HELP AND FAQ - Frequently asked questions

Read this whole text before using the FingerKeyboard or asking for help! If your question is already answered in FAQ it will be ignored. Don't be lazy!


I have installed FingerKeyb-2.1.408 VGA (HTC PRO).
When I send SMS in Russian recipients receive quotation marks. Is it possible to fix the problem?

[dkobran]

[QUOTE=

@JDish & DKobran
we are working to resolve that..
As about the "stupid" language conversions, we have used so much time for those..Unfortunately we do not know the language as a native speaker does..If you can do better, please just do so and post it..We wont spend more time than we already do to fix something that we dont know much about...
[/QUOTE]

Haha i was just making fun of people who dload apps and expect them to be offered in like 36 different languages. I guess people expect that developers are linguists on the side... I did a hard reset and the newest version did show up in the remove programs menu so maybe the problem was resolved with your newest release? Everything's working great..

[references]

Ok, i will try to make it today :p (just noticed your post #2)

Done;) Finnish and Swedish layout are pretty similiar, so i just edited those txt file from swedish layout:D

[heppa]

awesome, awesome, awesome, my friends will be happier with me, since I will definitely be writing more short messages again... writing with "normal" keyboards just didn't make any fun. THANKS!

[pickiki]

Guys,
This is the best keyboard have ever came across with - :eek:

did someone tested them on 6.5 ??
i get the weirdest issue after installing on TAI 6.5 build 21500 - i can't get the "incoming call" view and sound to work...even after uninstall the FKeyboard.

[mithritades]

quick question,is it possible to use this keyboard in landscape mode on my diamond,if so how do i do it...love this app. by the way!

[rgelfand]

is it possible to switch typing direction to right to left?


thanks in advance

[VarioIII]

Will this work on the New Manilla2 ported from Touch Diamond 2?

[OlSarge]

Will this work on the New Manilla2 ported from Touch Diamond 2?

yes it does

[kurt1988]

i want to find a keyboard that got chinese one.. how?

[patrys]

Here is a fixed Polish VGA layout (including uppercase "Ś" instead of Smile 4).

[tims31]

An excellant application and can't do without it on my Touch HD now, but I have somehow managed to add a word consisting of lots of words and numbers into the word suggestion bar now and that is the first word to come up when I want to send a text to the wife. Is there anyu way to remove this word & number string from the word suggestion bar?

[klyttt]

Who can fix the Danish Problem
Typing L when you press l:confused:
Great Keyboard
Regards
Klyttt
DK

[patrys]

Who can fix the Danish Problem
Typing L when you press l:confused:
Great Keyboard
Regards
Klyttt
DK

Here you go, fixed Danish. I've only fixed the portrait version as the landscape one seems to be fine.

Just overwrite the file in your "\Program Files\FingerKeyb\Skins" folder and restart FK.

[tbvnz]

Hella nice, nice, nice!!! Loving the touch response. My Storm buddies are getting more envious!

[e_sela]

A brilliant keyboard!

Very good work. Thanks lot.

[hhp_211]

Awesome keyboard -- THANKS :D

How would I go about modifying the colors

I generally like the grey ones but I would like the secondary items [the ones you get by holding button] to be either larger or different color [preferred] or both
kind of like a GreyIce combo

So is there a registry edit or something else I can do?


NFSFAN's 6.5 21202 V6 GENERIC CARRIER ROM + Altell .cab
ROM version 2.00.V6.R2.ROM
ROM date 4/10/09
Radio version 3.42.30
PRL Version 30008
PRI version 2.02_011

[polarbjørn]

thank you a big improvement on the original keyboard. I write messages in English and Norweigen, so this keyboard is easy to switch between languages. As you can choose the languages or letters you want available. Rather than having to go through 9 sides of letters you dont need. But it is still not a finger keyboard well not for people with sausage fingers.

[sol-sol]

Awesome!!Very good work!

[brio48]

hi guys i try to install the finger keyboard in o2 xda flame, but alas cant make it work, any one to help me, the cab installs fine, yet when i choose fingerkb, it still shows defult keyboard, any help appreciated,

[sighie]

from the pictures at page 1 , it is able to write in landscape mode however when i tried , i cant seem to get my diamond to write in landscape , is there anything that im missing out ?

[theFREAKed]

i think i found a bug, actually two so if you would like you can see into it, nothing major.

1. smile3 is executing good predefined action, but its text is actually the one from smile5.
example:
smile3 text: :P
smile3 action: :P
smile 5 text: -.-
smile 5 action: -.-
and what I get on keyboard is this:
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr233/theFREAKed/Screen.jpg
as you can see, smile 3 is using text assigned to smile 5, although shortcut itself works fine

2.i use predefined shortcucts to store my mail adress, user and password, but the password only consists of numbers. and if i enter, lets say 12345678 the thing i will get when i use the shortcut is 345678 instead of the full string. also, when i go to settings again, the field i used to store the password is empty, although if i execute the shortcut it works. partially, ofc.

thanks!

[benko286]

keyboard is greta but i have one problem, i dontknow/or my keyboard doesent have options for numbers?!?!

and can i somehow get qwertZ keyboard??

[jman069]

keyboard is greta but i have one problem, i dontknow/or my keyboard doesent have options for numbers?!?!

and can i somehow get qwertZ keyboard??

above each letter should be a number. Press the letter a little longer and it will select the number instead of the letter.

[tsokaris]

In greek's there an error the "K" letter is always "lock" in capital and some progs don't recognized it as greek latter but as English.

[benko286]

above each letter should be a number. Press the letter a little longer and it will select the number instead of the letter.
yeah i know for that but on first page there is also option for numbers(in picture)

[thangbom]

hic, a poor Vietnamese would like to ask if you are having any plan to make Vietnamese language available or not, my friend? Thanks, and I would appreciate if you can tell me your plans. I am with WVGA screen

[4D3]

Hi,

I have a skinning question, i really like the skin BLACKICE, but i was wondering if it would be possible to get a Red version of the BLACKICE keyboard?

thanks in advance

MG

[krakout]

In greek's there an error the "K" letter is always "lock" in capital and some progs don't recognized it as greek latter but as English.

Same for me, and what's more, the 'o' letter is locked in the small state...

[Dnst]

When i initially heard of fingerkeyboard i thought i would get a more finger-friendly one but I think that better than this one isnt possible. I thank you for the work. :) (Normally I dont make smileys but now that I have the function I use them.)

Its good to see that you solved the arrow-problem.

[buluba89]

In greek's there an error the "K" letter is always "lock" in capital and some progs don't recognized it as greek latter but as English.

I dont know about the problem with the capital but i can help for the english "k", just put this file at Program Files\FingerKeyb\Skins
and replace the old one.

[e.w.y.]

is it just me or is this thing crashing whenever i plug it into the computer? :S

[fagon]

hic, a poor Vietnamese would like to ask if you are having any plan to make Vietnamese language available or not, my friend? Thanks, and I would appreciate if you can tell me your plans. I am with WVGA screenGet 2 files inside FingerKeyb\Skins folder that you see most similar to your language:
skin-02-qvga-land-YY-XXX.txt and skin-02-qvga-port-YY-XXX.txt.

Rename themm for exemple, to:
skin-02-qvga-land-YY-XX2.txt and skin-02-qvga-port-YY-XX2.txt.

Then, open them with notepad and there you can change some letter or symbol that you don't need and put there
those you need.

Put both files in FingerKeyb\Skins folder, select open keyboard options, select at lesat 1 language and your "XX2" language and aply to test.

And good look!...

[rast62]

is it just me or is this thing crashing whenever i plug it into the computer? :S

The same problem here a few days ago. Where did you install finger keyboard? Device or Memory Card? I have install finger keyboard first at memory card, then it crashes if i plug usb in. So i uninstall and install new at the device. Now no problems...

[mcspikesky]

Very very nice although i must say on both of your threads, this and Black Touch Manila the banners have sunblinds which i find strange. Lol :P

MC

[e.w.y.]

The same problem here a few days ago. Where did you install finger keyboard? Device or Memory Card? I have install finger keyboard first at memory card, then it crashes if i plug usb in. So i uninstall and install new at the device. Now no problems...

i see, will definitely try that out, i always install my applications in the internal storage card of the diamond.

[Repetitor]

i see, will definitely try that out, i always install my applications in the internal storage card of the diamond.


If that is what's causing the problem, and it is, than non of the other aplications you have installed on your memory card will work, when your device is connected over USB. This is happening if you use your device as external storage, if you choose Active sync when connecting, than aplications should work fine, even when connected with USB. The problem has nothing to do with this specific software, it's just the way your device functions...

[rast62]

If that is what's causing the problem, and it is, than non of the other aplications you have installed on your memory card will work, when your device is connected over USB. This is happening if you use your device as external storage, if you choose Active sync when connecting, than aplications should work fine, even when connected with USB. The problem has nothing to do with this specific software, it's just the way your device functions...

Thats basically correct. But Finger Keyboard crashes at my device also if i connect via activesync

[fagon]

Giannis86:

I've instaled file FingerKeyb-2.1-QVGA-arrows-Giannis86.cab

I thank you for your wonderfull work!
I've configured it with my own ptg layout, including leters â and ê and all accentuated capital letters that were missing in your original ptg layout.
Note for futher upgrades: In Portuguese, there are only 11 expecific accentuated leters: à á é í ó ú ã õ â ê ô and , ç . The others are the usual in english.

Now, I've a problem with predefined texts and I put this post:

Rozenthal :

I saw that you really spent a lot of time making this keyboard really look professional! So, I uninstaled Resco Kbd that I used before!

Well... but I have another dificultie: I think that key 'TXT' doesn't work.

1.- Before, I thoth it was because I changed positions and add some new keys and letters/symbols.
- Also, skin-01-predtxt.txt is original and I maintain there original sentenses.
...
- but nothing happen when I press TXT key and so I think that it doesnt work...

I have some dificult in english language but seems that it must access to another layout with 30 CScheme/Actions from skin-01-predtxt.txt. Isn't it?

What am I missing?

Thanks.


So, I beg you any tip to solve that...

Edit:
I found! It is necessary to select, in options, predtxt.txt like it be a language!

Any way, many thanks for you keyboard!

[nmoreman]

I originally used Finger Keyboard 2.0, upgraded to 2.1. Love many of the features, but two questions -

Is it my imagination or are the letters smaller, less distinctive in 2.1? I'm using WhiteIce to get the letter colors to pop up, and it just seems harder to see, especially in landscape mode, than the other.

Second, can you use old skins for colors such as White/Pink - loved that combination.

[DomSim]

where are the settings stored? i would like to back them up so i can restore them during UC after a new flash

[peterrus]

This must be the best keyboard I have tried so far. I think I will be keeping it :) Thanks mate

[fagon]

where are the settings stored? i would like to back them up so i can restore them during UC after a new flash

Look for them at \Programs\FingerKeyb\...

[DomSim]

there are no settings there unless it is the dll :confused:

[fagon]

there are no settings there unless it is the dll :confused:
I've instaled FingerKeyboard in device and I have it at \Program Files\FingerKeyb\ where is .dll but also the folder 'skins' and inside it all other files and folders.
Look for it at your memory device and also in storage card...

If not, maybe unistall, softreset. Delete every remains and traces about FingerPrint. Softreset and reinstall (I think that the best is to install it in the memory device...)

[panosha]

I dont know about the problem with the capital but i can help for the english "k", just put this file at Program Files\FingerKeyb\Skins
and replace the old one.

In greek's there an error the "K" letter is always "lock" in capital and some progs don't recognized it as greek latter but as English.

There is a lot of problems in grk/GR language. :(

Please go here (http://www.navimania.gr/showthread.php?t=15617) for fixed Greek versions.

[dankgr]

thanks a lot :)

[hired_geek]

This is such a great app! I have recommended this to all WinMob friends/put out a tweet about it. Not sure if it has been suggested but having a skin with a plain space bar would be nice, maybe in a pro version?

[mstyra4u]

Thanks Can't wait to try this

[ced357]

thanks a lot for your work, this the best keyboard i've never try...and use all the day!!!

[thangbom]

Get 2 files inside FingerKeyb\Skins folder that you see most similar to your language:
skin-02-qvga-land-YY-XXX.txt and skin-02-qvga-port-YY-XXX.txt.

Rename themm for exemple, to:
skin-02-qvga-land-YY-XX2.txt and skin-02-qvga-port-YY-XX2.txt.

Then, open them with notepad and there you can change some letter or symbol that you don't need and put there
those you need.

Put both files in FingerKeyb\Skins folder, select open keyboard options, select at lesat 1 language and your "XX2" language and aply to test.

And good look!...

Thanks, dude, for the tip. I will try and let you guys know

[not4you]

everything works great, except the TXT button, nothing happens when I hit him, probably some setting I have not notice?

[Stamper]

Great app! Works perfect!

[unk4s]

great application! It pretty musch sorted out the problem with leters A and S wich I had problems to type.
Anyways is there a option to use the keyboard in landscape on HTC Diamond?

[Trident]

I've used this app w/great results when installed by cab.
Recently, I've tried a few ROMs with it built in and they used versions without the arrows or bottom layer of buttons. How do I switch layouts in that situation? Primarily, I need to know how to get to the number keypad for entering long strings of numbers.
Thanks.

[Gennadi]

Hi guys. I enjoy the keyboard very much. Just thought about what if in Numeric layout by pressing and holding the "equal" symbol the keyboard will generate the result of equation just like a calculator?

[gigi06]

I tried now, thanks for your job !

Gigi06

[Gennadi]

Hi guys. I enjoy the keyboard very much. Just thought about what if in Numeric layout by pressing and holding the "equal" symbol the keyboard will generate the result of equation just like a calculator?

[eskasi]

This is the best I have seen. I use SPB as I found that on my diamond, it had the most accurate finger typing response. This one comes very close but has way more functionality!

Giannis86, Thank you for your efforts. Is there ANY chance that you might add gesture support? It is the one thing I am missing badly, swiping my finger to the right for space after each word and swiping backwards to delete! I have been using that on Resco and SPB keyboards....

Please ;)

[apaquette420]

i have used this KB ever since it came out and evr since the last release i have noticed that when im typing a txt or anything for that matter sometimes any random key press closes the KB !! has anyone else noticed this glitch??? cause its really starting to bug me

[Trident]

i have used this KB ever since it came out and evr since the last release i have noticed that when im typing a txt or anything for that matter sometimes any random key press closes the KB !! has anyone else noticed this glitch??? cause its really starting to bug me
I thought it was just me. I thought, "Maybe I'm just accidently pressing on the softkey or the SIP and that's closing it down?"
It doesn't happen all the time, but it does happen.

And a little bump. How do I open the number pad when the kb looks like this?

[woodykr]

non si può aggiungere la normale tastiera del telefono con le frecce?


you can not add the normal keypad with arrows?

[v3patel]

First of great job, nice screen.

I am frequent ROM flasher. I want to find out where are my Fingerkeyb setting are saved(like languegue selection etc) are they in Registry or in some file which I can backup so when I flash next itme i can reimport those setting?

[alex_utlang]

thank you very much:)

http://i704.photobucket.com/albums/ww42/Giannis86/FK2a.jpg


Video demonstration of FingerKeyboard (WVGA)

http://www.imagesforme.com/out.php/i434526_fkbdyou.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngvGfMDIqII)

Please note that the speed of typing in
this video is intentionally slightly slowed
down - this was done so that it is easier
to see what buttons are being typed
during the demonstration.
Also note that the VGA skins can differ from the WVGA ones
=====================
CURRENT LANGUAGE LAYOUTS
=====================
English
Greek
French
Italian
German
Spanish
Czech
Russian
Arabic
Romanian
Croatian
Danish
Norwegian
Bulgarian
Portuguese
Polish
Hungarian
Hebrew
Turkish
Swedish
Ukrainian (Thanx to olylak)


===============
VERSION NUMBERING
===============
Please note that ALL versions in this thread have Finger Keyboard 2.1 as a basis.
The constant updates are NOT related to updating the program itself.
It is for updating skins and layouts.
The last 3 numbers of the file name represent the date of uploading. So .408 represents 8 April!


========
CHANGELOG
========
April 08 - FingerKeyb-2.1.408
Added ś in Polish
Corrected k & l in Danish
Increased predefined TXT from 24 to 48 (Use Shift)
Added characters in digits layout (Use Shift)
Removed TXT from language button!
April 07 - FingerKeyb-2.1.407 VGA Fixed "k" in Greek layout, added Ukrainian
April 07 - FingerKeyb-2.1.3 VGA (Arrows) Fixed Resolution error
April 07 - Added version with Arrows
April 06 - Version 2.1.1 VGA


==========
INSTALLATION
==========
Uninstall any version older than 2.1 before you proceed!
After removing old version, please restart the device and remove FingerKeyb folder before proceeding!

1. Run the CAB file from your device. Installation on device memory is recommended!
2. After installation, a Configuration utility will open. Here you can customize the layouts, choose color schemes and configure various options of FingerKeyboard 2.
3. Click on OK and soft-reset the device.
4. Select FingerKeyb from the SIP list (By clicking on the small arrow next to the keyboard icon. FingerKeyb should be listed under "Other input options")

Additional Notes
A. FingerKeyb will install into /Program files/FingerKeyb. There is also a link to Configuration tool in the Start > Programs.
B. If you wish to set FingerKeyb as default keyboard, even after restart of your device, use SIP change (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=977148&postcount=1)application. Remember to set the time-delay to 40-50 seconds!


==============
TO DO LIST
==============
- Improve some language layouts
- Add Additional Skins
- Add more languages (Feel free to help!)


======
CREDITS
======
Created and programmed by Exidler
Designed by Rozenthal
VGA Porting and Additional Designing Giannis86



DISCLAIMER / LICENSE / EULA
Please read carefully the terms and conditions of this End User License Agreement ("EULA") before installing FingerKeyboard software ("Software").

This EULA provides a license agreement between authors of FinkerKeyboard ("Licensors") and you (person) ("Licensee") to use the Software and contains warranty information and liability disclaimers.

By installing and using the Software you accept and agree to the terms of this EULA. If you do not agree with these terms and conditions, you must cancel the installation or, if the Software is already installed on your device, promptly uninstall it.

OWNERSHIP
The Licensee acknowledges and agrees that the Software is a product of the Licencors. It is protected under international copyright law. All copyrights are exclusively owned by Exidler and Rozenthal.

LICENSE GRANT
The Software is freeware. However, the Licensee may use it only and exclusively for private personal and non-commercial usage, and only under conditions which do not contradict the restrictions noted below. If you want to use Software for anything else, you must contact the Licencors. Software may not be bundled or distributed with any other package without written permission of the Licensors.

NO WARRANTIES
The Software is distributed "as is" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. The Licensee uses the Software at his own risk. The Licencors shall not be liable to the Licensee for any kind of consequences, which occur or not occur while installing, using or uninstalling the Software.

RESTRICTIONS
In accepting the EULA granted by Licensor, Licensee agrees that he shall not
1. Sublicense, sell, lease, rent, permit use of, give, or lend the Software
or any copy or portion thereof;
2. Decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, analyze, or otherwise attempt to
discover the source code of the Software;
3. Use or incorporate the Software or any portion thereof in any other product
without the prior written permission of the Licensor;
4. Remove, alter, or obscure the copyright, trademark, proprietary, or other
notices from the Software or any of its components.

Licensee is allowed to edit existing or create new language layouts, and share them with other users. Licensee is allowed to edit existing or create new graphic elements, but only with respect to copyright and trademark notices.

DISTRIBUTION
The Licensee may NOT redistribute the Software by any mean (CD, DVD, Web site...) without permission from Licencors.

TERMINATION
The Licensee may terminate the EULA at any time. Also, the EULA will terminate automatically if Licensee fails to comply with the restrictions described above. Upon termination of the EULA, the Licensee shall remove all copies of the Software from his (her, its) device and all storage media.

[srikrishnak]

a little bump and great job. After much deliberation I tried and I think I can forget about the default keyboard. great job..

[player911]

I love Finger Keyboard. I also saw a really neat feature on the new AT&T Samsung "Omnia"... the one with a Samsung OS.

One thing that was really sweet was that the keyboard would change depending on the orientation. In portrait mode, it would display the old phone keyboard for old school texting... but rotate the phone in landscape mode and the keyboard went into a full qwerty keyboard.

It was a PERFECT solution. It allowed quick 1 handed texting in portrait mode and quick 2 handed texting in landscape. Very slick feature. Perhaps this could be an option in a future release?

[4D3]

thank you very much:)


WTF? why quote the entire forst post?

[MrObvious]

Can someone explain how to make a layout for English landscape that I can either have a fourth row or move the comma and period to the bottom row somehow? It would make typing a little easier. Or has someone done something like this before? I have tried myself but I ended up only having the q and w keys showing up and the rest not there.

[Brenn]

Can someone explain how to make a layout for English landscape that I can either have a fourth row or move the comma and period to the bottom row somehow? It would make typing a little easier. Or has someone done something like this before? I have tried myself but I ended up only having the q and w keys showing up and the rest not there.

Here you go... I swapped the : and ; to one key on the second row left, dropped the , . directly down and put the / ? above it. You know too that you can hard press the space bar to put a period and space...

eenieMINI

[MrObvious]

Here you go... I swapped the : and ; to one key on the second row left, dropped the , . directly down and put the / ? above it. You know too that you can hard press the space bar to put a period and space...

eenieMINI

Thanks. :D

[roisagi]

i have installed on latesd on TP, and cannot see any t9 word suggetstions: i have enabled this feature in FingerKryboard settings - but nothing: not the HTC t9 and not the Windows t9.

any ideas?

[feryox]

Hi, I've jus installed this on my newly flashed WM6.5. Works very well!
Now, the only problem is that I type both in english and chinese. So was wondering is chinese (in pinying mode) in the pipeline for furture release?
I really hope I that there is chinese layout for this.

Thxs again for this great program!

[klyttt]

:confused:
Hi
Great keyboard
But if someone could make a new predefinedtext in Danish it would be nice
And I would like to know how to make the keyboard switch to landscape mode when I’m writing sms and email. It works fine in Opera (browser)
Regards/Hilsen
Klyttt

[Achiko]

Georgian layout WVGA & VGA

[Jgobeil]

Thanks for a great kb - very nice work !

[vexingv]

is it possible for this keyboard to have a dedicated symbols layout (eg. for use w/ the hardware keyboard or even for the sip for those less commonly used symbols). i just find it easier switching to a symbols layout instead of pressing/holding a button.

thanks.
(btw, this is an english layout...)

[Achiko]

Copy into :\FingerKeyb\Skins

[bapski]

ive been using this keyboard app since it first came out and ive always re-installed it every time i flash.

i do my auto-install using sashimi. i noticed that when i miss, de-selecting the languages i dont need (only need english) it takes so long for the install to get done. it always looks like the install has crashed. in comparison, when im able to just select english, install is a breeze.

question is, would i be able to customize the install process so that it only loads up the english language by default?

thanks.

[roisagi]

i have installed on latesd on TP, and cannot see any t9 word suggetstions: i have enabled this feature in FingerKryboard settings - but nothing: not the HTC t9 and not the Windows t9.

any ideas?

any ideas?

[chuck_so]

Finger Keybord is realy excellent! Nice looking, nice skins and very configuratible. I just have one issue.
After few sentences typed it starts to slow down reaction a bit. It delays my typing. I am using only english chacarcter set, and without text word suggestion.
Is it normal behavior?

[owziee]

I love this keyboard and been using it for quite a while on my Diamond... There's a problem I can't find a backslash "\" anywhere on this keyboard???

[Oldan]

There's a problem I can't find a backslash "\" anywhere on this keyboard???
I had a similar issue this morning. I finally found it. SHIFT/hold-H or SHIFT/hold-G I can't remember which is backslash.
- Dan

[owziee]

Thank you Oldan, I'll test and see if it works...

[omniwolf]

any chance of a dvorak layout?

[alncool]

Coult it be possible to add Japanese Kana ? Maybe kanji/ideogram system is too much but it would be great anyway to write some Hiragana or Katakana ...

There is already an open source japanese keyboard for ppc here :
http://www.ookii.org/software/japaneseinput/
Maybe it can help to improve FK2 ...

But it would be amazing to a a all in one keyboard !

Keep up the good work, i definetly use FK2 now !

AlnCool

[bapski]

did not have any problems with this kb till i used it on 6.5 . when sending txt msgs. as i am typing the letters on the TO: section, i dont see any names that i can scroll through on the lower screen.

thought it was a .rom issue at first but when i changed SIP, i did not have the problem... anybody else have this issue?

[robocik]

First of all i must say that i like your FK2 very much, it's great!
one request... could it be possible to make the "Apply" button in FK Config to just apply changes and not quit and the OK button to apply and quit ?
It would be easier and quicker to see or when vibrating feel the changes, don't need to load the config application again.
thanks again for a great app.

[Alex2003]

Thank you for this nice keyboard i really love it :)

[-haze-]

Wow, this looks awesome! Keep up the good work, I'm downloading now.

Looks like I'll be kicking SPB Keyboard to the curb.

I love XDA! :D

[mitsi]

Exidler, Rozenthal and Giannis86 - this is really great. I love it and it works extremely well. I particularly love the shortcuts and the appearance.

I actually installed it to the Internal Storage in my Diamond (despite you advising to instal it to the Device memory), just to see if it worked well. I am glad to say that it does! There are no bugs, at least that I have seen so far. I have soft resetted it a couple of times and it is still the default keyboard (just as I had setted it up to be).

One thing I have noticed is that it seems to have saved me about 6MB of RAM! This took me by surprise, unless I am going crazy. Perhaps you could try to install it to your Internal Storage instead of your device and see if you too save this amount of RAM. I think lots of people would like this if it is infact the case. Perhaps everyone saves this RAM even by installing it to their Device instead?

I think HTC programs do eat memory anyway. I use the Windows Dialer as this saves memory too.

Thanks to you all again.

[4D3]

Hi,

I really liked the blackice skin, but i didnt like the blue so i made this one.

Just extract both files from the zip and place them in the skins folder!


http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=187744&stc=1&d=1242990571


Enjoy

P.S. I only use VGA so it may not work on other screen sizes!!

MG

[Gabriel1360]

excellent work! thank you Man.. :)

[Dromax]

Hello,
I have a HTC Touch Diamond and I installed FingerKeyboard 2.
I put the language en but the problem is that the letter M is not good
place, it is next to the W and the L.
thank you to tell me how to change places
PS: I put the skin WhiteIce

[Gabriel1360]

what is the difference between fingerKeyb-2.1.408 VGA by giannis86.cab and fingerKeyb-2.1.408 VGA ( arrows) by giannis86.cab?

thanks you for your Help :)

Gabriel