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The situation is worse for non-latin-alphabet based languages, especially if the alphabet is not ~20-30 letters. Some selected examples: https://www.branah.co
by eftychis 8y ago
The situation is worse for non-latin-alphabet based languages, especially if the alphabet is not ~20-30 letters.
Some selected examples:
https://www.branah.com/korean https://www.branah.com/korean
https://www.branah.com/japanese https://www.branah.com/japanese
https://www.branah.com/greek https://www.branah.com/greek
https://www.branah.com/hindi https://www.branah.com/hindi
https://www.branah.com/tagalog https://www.branah.com/tagalog
https://www.branah.com/tamazight https://www.branah.com/tamazight
https://www.branah.com/sundanese https://www.branah.com/sundanese
https://www.branah.com/tibetan https://www.branah.com/tibetan
I am not a speaker of many of the languages above. Thus, I think it would be great if native speakers share their input on the issues and what the optimal keyboard would look like in their mind.
In general, we are trying to shoehorn a language to an existing keyboard design and layout, that was designed for a totally different purpose and times. Perhaps, it is time we redesign the whole concept.
- ken 8y agoHow can you claim it's worse, if you don't speak any of these languages? My understanding is that Japanese is usually typed with an IME, and not a kana keyboard. I press exactly the same keys on my keyboard to get "taiko" or "太鼓" -- and I find Dvorak easier. (Japanese is even better about alternating vowels and consonants than English!) Kotoeri supports Dvorak just fine, and I assume other IMEs do, too.