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[maad11]

Hi,

At XDA forum, there is a new keyboard available - LINK
As for me, it is much better than the Samsung's one. Typing is much faster and more comfortable. It includes several national layouts.
Below, you will find some screenshots:









I also found some bugs:
- can not turn on the auto suggesting feature
- black skins do not work:




However, so far I consider this to be one of the best keyboards available, and it is free :-)

I hope I am not breaking any rules by uploading the cab to the post.


--MY MODIFICATIONS--

To use my mods, download the relevant rar archive, unpack and overwrite the txt files to your Program Files/FingerKeyb/Skins Directory.
REMEMBER to backup your old files first
Please remember that the keyboard must be RESTARTED in order the mods to take its effect - to do that - simply turon on the keyboard, change it to some other (Samsung one) and change it back to Finger Keyboard.

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1. MOD I

I am including a couple of txt files that I just made - for POLISH users, they add letters "ś" that was originally missing.
File to be downloaded - "mod_1 letter ś for Polish layouts.rar"

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2. MOD II

I fixed how the black skis are displayed. Well, It was just a matter of correcting the fonts sizes - so, I played with the config files and they are all fine now:



File to be downloaded - "mod_2 fix black skins.rar"

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3. MOD III

English landscape with bigger keys and arrows still present




File to be downloaded - "mod_3 bigger_keys_with_arrows_landscape.rar"

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4.  MOD IV

English and Polish Landscapes layouts - bigger keys with no arrows. However the arrows are still quickly accesible under the numeric pad.




File to be downloaded - "mod_4 bigger keys no arrows_landscape.rar"


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5. MOD V

Portrait layout modification - the keyboard is a bit smaller, no arrows in English layout, arrows present in numeric pad, other national layouts will be dispalyed a bit "off"

1. On the left: original layout, on the right: my quick modification



2. Numeric layout mod and an example how other (national) non-modified layout will be displayed after applying the mod



The numeric layout is not very pretty, because I wanted to keep the arrows and the images for keys and spacebar can not be downsized.

File to be downloaded - "mod_5 bigger keys smaller keyboard.rar"


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6. MOD VI

Smaller portrait with no arrows - the keys are the same size as in original layout.
If you want to just have smaller keyboard in all portrait layouts - loose the arrows (also in the numeric pad and all national layouts).
This way the general hight for all portrait keyboards will be smaller, and the arrows just simpy do not fit on the screen, see:



File to be downloaded - "mod_6 smaller keyboard no arrows.rar"


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7. MOD VII

Portrait layout - keyboard size about the same as original, large keys, no arrows in English and Numeric pads.
Button hights increased from 31 to 40 pixels, general dimension of the keyboard  roughly the same:



File to be downloaded - "mod_7 portrait large keys no arrows.rar"


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8.  MOD VIII

For those of you, who use the big buttons in portrait (my mod VII) and miss the total lack of arrows in portrait, I modified the numeric pad, it looks like this:



It has all the digits and signs, I added extra the ":" character for time typing, like: 5:30 AM...

File to be downloaded - "mod_8 numeric pad with large keys and arrows.rar"


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9.  MOD IX - Memory Occupation

Right after installation, the keyboard occupies about 1.8 MB in the Device Memory. Since I am running on original Samsung ROM - for me every byte is as precious as an ounce of gold.
I figured out that you can easily remove files (form the Skins folder) that you do not need anymore, without any harm to the main activity of the keyboard.
In my case, I am using only two layouts (EN and PL) and 2 skins (out of 5 available) - so, I removed all the other regional layouts (12 out of 14 total) both for landscape and portrait and removed the unused by me 3 skins (folders and config files).
After the removal, the keyboard takes only about 600 KB of memory - pretty light now.


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10. Mod X - Landscape Numeric

I adjusted the numeric pad in landscape mode: made a bit larger keys, separated numbers from operators and function keys, moved Backspace and Return keys to the right, etc.
Please see the screenshot, showing comparison to the original one (at the top):



File to be downloaded: "mod_10 landscape numeric rearranged.rar"


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11. Mod XI - Color Highlighted Keys in Black Skins

As requested by Lancez I added colored, highlighted keys for black skins. Originally, they are black - after applying the mod they will be red or blue, depending on your skin, please see the screenshot:




File to be downloaded: "mod 11 color keys in black skins.rar"
Please download and unpack the attached archive. You will get 2 folders: "blue" and "red".
- Contents of the folder "blue" (2 bmp files) copy and overwrite to the following directory on your device : "Program Files/FingerKeyb/Skins/BlueEd"
- Contents of the folder "red" (2 bmp files) copy and overwrite to the following directory on your device : "Program Files/FingerKeyb/Skins/BlackEd"

Edit:
Lancez has also prepared his version of the color highlighted keys - they are orange. Please download the attached file "mod 11b_orange_color_keys.rar", unpack and copy the 2 bmp files to the specific skin folder (as described above) - Thanks Lancez

Attached Files

•  FingerKeyb_2.0_WQVGA.cab   347.73K   2385 downloads
•  mod_1_letter____for_Polish_layouts.rar   2.24K   427 downloads
•  mod_3_bigger_keys_with_arrows_landscape.rar   1.14K   787 downloads
•  mod_4_bigger_keys_no_arrows_landscape.rar   2.09K   1597 downloads
•  mod_5_bigger_keys_smaller_keyboard.rar   2.07K   977 downloads
•  mod_6_smaller_keyboard_no_arrows.rar   515bytes   830 downloads
•  mod_8_numeric_pad_with_large_keys_and_arrows.rar   1.11K   689 downloads
•  mod_10_landscape_numeric_rearranged.rar   695bytes   762 downloads
•  mod_7_portrait_large_keys_no_arrows.rar   1.98K   1342 downloads
•  mod_2_fix_black_skins.rar   756bytes   1263 downloads
•  mod_11_color_keys_in_black_skins.rar   2.67K   821 downloads
•  mod_11b_orange_color_keys.rar   421bytes   389 downloads

Edited by maad11, 05 April 2009 - 12:31 PM.

[mukiblaster]

Looks awesome!!, the portrait mode seems to be comfortable for typing with 2 hands, thanks dude!...I'm already installing it on mine right now.

[Pyroboy_UK]

Cool thanks,

I was just coming on to see if a new Keyboard was available for the Omnia.

[sid0101]

tried it.
Works well...kind of like zoomboard.
Only gripe I have is that in landscape mode, the keys seem to be smaller than that of the HTC shown in the XDA thread.  I know it might have something to do with resolution, but I mean, look at all that space not being used in landscape mode....
I think they are onto something if it the update it anymore.  But if not, I guess it will have to suffice.

[that1ryanguy]

I just installed this and I love it on my omnia!  Thanks for posting it!

[punkmonkey1984]

its not bad but touchpal is better have a look

http://www.cootek.com/intro.aspx

thats what i think anyways it has a free trial but the full version is on the net if u know where to look (no im not going to tell board rules and all) 

[sid0101]

punkmonkey1984, on Mar 1 2009, 18:52, said:

its not bad but touchpal is better have a look

http://www.cootek.com/intro.aspx

thats what i think anyways it has a free trial but the full version is on the net if u know where to look (no im not going to tell board rules and all) 

Are there any screen shots of this running on the omnia?

[punkmonkey1984]

sid0101, on Mar 1 2009, 19:21, said:

Are there any screen shots of this running on the omnia?

not that i know of but it runs just on mine just like in the video on the link i posted you can skin it too btw

[Tonza]

Is there scandinavian keyboard included? (With å ö ä) and does this use xt9 or some own word list?

[maad11]

Tonza, on Mar 1 2009, 21:38, said:

Is there scandinavian keyboard included? (With å ö ä) and does this use xt9 or some own word list?

See HERE post #162, as for the xt9 see the first post at the xda thread, however I can not turn on the auto suggesting on my Omnia. If you figure it out, let me know - please.

Regards

[TheDrizzle]

This keyboard seems great! Is there any way to turn off the "clicking" noise as each key is pressed is pressed? I didn't see it in the options....

EDIT: found it on the xda thread:
Open up Skin-01-global.txt in notepad and delete the following line:
ClickSound click-0.wav

Thanks!

Edited by TheDrizzle, 02 March 2009 - 12:12 AM.

[maad11]

Hello,

I was reporting earlier that the Blue and Glossy Skins do not work.

MOVED to post #1 - under "mod II" section

So, the only bug left on Omnia is that we can not turn on the word suggesting...

Hope it helps
Regards

Edited by maad11, 04 March 2009 - 07:58 AM.

[Ingvarr]

maad11, on Mar 2 2009, 11:06, said:

So, the only bug left on Omnia is that we can not turn on the word suggesting...

Does it correctly switch the orientation for you with keyboard onscreen?
Because it does not for me.

[pekkala89]

http://forum.xda-dev...ad.php?t=262768
I think this is the best keyboard I've found for my omnia. Attached it also to this post.

Attached Files

•  phonepad_atom_wwe.cab   1.46MB   405 downloads

Edited by pekkala89, 02 March 2009 - 12:09 PM.

[maad11]

Ingvarr, on Mar 2 2009, 11:31, said:

Does it correctly switch the orientation for you with keyboard onscreen?
Because it does not for me.

I do not quite understand what you mean... I am not using the auto rotation, do it manually with the rotation mapped to a hardware button.
In my case when I type a message in portrait and hit the rotation button, the screen rotates and the keyboard gets "hidden" - but it is just a matter of pressing the keyboard softkey at the bottom taskbar and it is visible again... The same happens with the Samsung's keyboards active.
Hope it helps.

[hackers-inc]

Still got the error when i download the text files...

[maad11]

punkmonkey1984, on Mar 1 2009, 19:52, said:

its not bad but touchpal is better have a look

http://www.cootek.com/intro.aspx

thats what i think anyways it has a free trial but the full version is on the net if u know where to look (no im not going to tell board rules and all)  

Touchpal is for sure a great keyboard, but in the new version (3.5) there is a limited national layouts available. For example, the one I am interested in (Polish) is missing (-:

I decided to let you know about FingerKeyboard, because I consider it very comfortable, it is free, but it is also veeeery easy to customize.
You can easly (with very little effort) add you own national signs/letters, emoticons, whole words or phrases assigned to a single button.
All you have to do is do modify the txt layout files (found in the Skins directory) - according to the instructions provided at the xda thread. Every key is described in the following way:

Quote

Key  50   5 44 62 2,2,8,2 key0 key1 w,£,W,é          SC:w,SC:£,SC:W,SC:é

where the first part: "Key  50   5 44 62 2,2,8,2 key0 key1 w,£,W,é" describes the key's number and what is displayed on it, and the second part: "SC:w,SC:£,SC:W,SC:é" describes what will be typed in after the key is pressed in four "modes" (separated by a comma): "normal mode" with short and long press and the "Shift/Caps Lock mode" with short and long press. In the second part you find the prefixes: SC and SS. SC means that there will be one character typed in and the SC:x means there will be several characters typed in, where the x means the number of the characters.

So, if you want to add your own characters or phrases to an English layout, you need to midify the following files: "skin-02-wqvga-land-01-eng.txt" and "skin-02-wqvga-port-01-eng.txt".

Below, you will find a little example... I modified the English layout in Caps lock mode, adding to the letter "S" phrase "Regards", to the letter "D" an example email address and to the letter "F" an example phone number:



Below you will find the modified strings in the txt file:

Quote

Key  37  39  22  31 1,1,4,1 key0 key1 s,CSCHEME.Smile2,S,Rgr SC:s,AC:Smile2,SC:S,SS:7Regards
Key  61  39  22  31 1,1,4,1 key0 key1 d,CSCHEME.Smile3,D,w@g SC:d,AC:Smile3,SC:D,SS:[email protected]
Key  85  39  22  31 1,1,4,1 key0 key1 f,CSCHEME.Smile4,F,555 SC:f,AC:Smile4,SC:F,SS:12+48555555555

This way you can have typed in your name, signature or a phone number you send sms's pretty often to - with one click.

I hope it sounds clear to you guys, I am not the best teacher out there :-)
Hope it helps

Edited by maad11, 02 March 2009 - 12:40 PM.

[maad11]

hackers-inc, on Mar 2 2009, 13:19, said:

Still got the error when i download the text files...

Check your file "skin-00-sheme-BlackRed.txt" in the Program Files/FingerKeyb/Skins directory.
It should be like this:

Quote

CScheme Name                BlackEdition

CScheme GfxDir                BlackEd
CScheme FontNormal            ffffff Tahoma 18 700
CScheme FontHold            b3b3b3 Tahoma 10 700
CScheme FontSelected        efefef Tahoma 21 900
CScheme FontSelHold            efefef Tahoma 15 500
CScheme BgColor                000000
CScheme SelectedOffset        5
CScheme SelectedOpacity        220

This is working for me perfectly

Regards

[Ingvarr]

maad11, on Mar 2 2009, 15:18, said:

I do not quite understand what you mean... I am not using the auto rotation, do it manually with the rotation mapped to a hardware button.
In my case when I type a message in portrait and hit the rotation button, the screen rotates and the keyboard gets "hidden" - but it is just a matter of pressing the keyboard softkey at the bottom taskbar and it is visible again... The same happens with the Samsung's keyboards active.
Hope it helps.

I mean that keyboard layout is not changing on auto-rotation. Neither its hidden, it tries to display landscape keyboard layout in portrait or vice versa.

Edited by Ingvarr, 02 March 2009 - 12:59 PM.

[maad11]

Ingvarr, on Mar 2 2009, 13:58, said:

I mean that keyboard layout is not changing on auto-rotation. Neither its hidden, it tries to display landscape keyboard layout in portrait or vice versa.

Out of curiosity I've just checked the auto rotation on my Omnia, and it is working fine - just the same as with manual rotation. When the keyboard is visible and I rotate the screen, it gets hidden and when I press the keyboard softkey it appears in the correct layout (portrait or landscape).
Maybe it is ROM specific in your case? Are you using any additional application for rotation (like the one for Manila users)? Maybe that is your case?
Can not help you on this - I am not the developer, just a regular user.
You can go to the XDA thread and report the bug to the developers.
Sorry, I could not help.
Regards