UI suggestions based on observing "Remote Keyboard" app (Which uses telnet as the interface)

[mofosyne]

Glad to see this project is still alive. Btw I tried a few similar apps out there. A common thing I noticed that I liked was that in "Remote Keyboard" they included a button called "Select Keyboard" which instantly open up the keyboard settings, which is quite convenient. (Oh just noticed they have a repo in github at github.com/onyxbits/remotekeyboard ).

Also what was very convenient was they had a small "keyboard" stub, which exposes only the "switch to another keyboard", "close connection to computer", and "copy content to computer". I think you don't really need the "close connection", but being able to copy the content of a text-box back to the computer for editing will definitely be very handy. Also keeping the stub to be able to change keyboard, will be very handy in the case that you need to quickly enter via a proper virtual keyboard (e.g. you take the tablet out for a walk). (Or, you need to enter sensitive info, like passwords)

Also I really liked how "Remote Keyboard" includes a entry box to make key entry easier.

Aside from the need for some form of encryption, this is already pretty good. If you don't have time to add these, I'll see what I can do to inspect both code and see what can be carried over (and push the changes over to you).

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tl;dr:

• Add shortcut to "select keyboard" settings on the app itself.
• Add in a keyboard stub, to allow for switching to other virtual keyboards and also to copy the content of the text in android to the browser for further editing.

[IvanVolosyuk]

I have copy content to computer as well. It's on an F4 key AFAIR.

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016, 1:39 AM mofosyne [email protected] wrote:

Glad to see this project is still alive. Btw I tried a few similar apps
out there. A common thing I noticed that I liked was that in "Remote
Keyboard" they included a button called "Select Keyboard" which instantly
open up the keyboard settings, which is quite convenient. (Oh just noticed
they have a repo in github at github.com/onyxbits/remotekeyboard ).

Also what was very convenient was they had a small "keyboard" stub, which
exposes only the "switch to another keyboard", "close connection to
computer", and "copy content to computer". I think you don't really need
the "close connection", but being able to copy the content of a text-box
back to the computer for editing will definitely be very handy. Also
keeping the stub to be able to change keyboard, will be very handy in the
case that you need to quickly enter via a proper virtual keyboard (e.g. you
take the tablet out for a walk).

Also I really liked how "Remote Keyboard" includes a entry box to make key
entry easier.

Aside from the need for some form of encryption, this is already pretty
good. If you don't have time to add these, I'll see what I can do to
inspect both code and see what can be carried over (and push the changes
over to you).

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[mofosyne]

Oh I didn't know that's what F4 does. I had an impression it only did
client side editing.

Btw is it normal that when copying and pasting from computer to android, I
cannot just press ctrl+C, I had to switch to local edit mode then copy and
paste?

For some reason it types halfway, but then clears the text box, before
typing the other half (without pressing enter).

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Ivan Volosyuk [email protected]
wrote:

I have copy content to computer as well. It's on an F4 key AFAIR.

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016, 1:39 AM mofosyne [email protected] wrote:

Glad to see this project is still alive. Btw I tried a few similar apps
out there. A common thing I noticed that I liked was that in "Remote
Keyboard" they included a button called "Select Keyboard" which instantly
open up the keyboard settings, which is quite convenient. (Oh just
noticed
they have a repo in github at github.com/onyxbits/remotekeyboard ).

Also what was very convenient was they had a small "keyboard" stub, which
exposes only the "switch to another keyboard", "close connection to
computer", and "copy content to computer". I think you don't really need
the "close connection", but being able to copy the content of a text-box
back to the computer for editing will definitely be very handy. Also
keeping the stub to be able to change keyboard, will be very handy in the
case that you need to quickly enter via a proper virtual keyboard (e.g.
you
take the tablet out for a walk).

Also I really liked how "Remote Keyboard" includes a entry box to make
key
entry easier.

Aside from the need for some form of encryption, this is already pretty
good. If you don't have time to add these, I'll see what I can do to
inspect both code and see what can be carried over (and push the changes
over to you).

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[IvanVolosyuk]

Ctrl-c, Ctrl-v should do the on device copy paste when local editing is off.
Typing half seems strange, sound like a bug.

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 1:48 PM mofosyne [email protected] wrote:

Oh I didn't know that's what F4 does. I had an impression it only did
client side editing.

Btw is it normal that when copying and pasting from computer to android, I
cannot just press ctrl+C, I had to switch to local edit mode then copy and
paste?

For some reason it types halfway, but then clears the text box, before
typing the other half (without pressing enter).

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Ivan Volosyuk [email protected]
wrote:

I have copy content to computer as well. It's on an F4 key AFAIR.

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016, 1:39 AM mofosyne [email protected] wrote:

Glad to see this project is still alive. Btw I tried a few similar apps
out there. A common thing I noticed that I liked was that in "Remote
Keyboard" they included a button called "Select Keyboard" which
instantly
open up the keyboard settings, which is quite convenient. (Oh just
noticed
they have a repo in github at github.com/onyxbits/remotekeyboard ).

Also what was very convenient was they had a small "keyboard" stub,
which
exposes only the "switch to another keyboard", "close connection to
computer", and "copy content to computer". I think you don't really
need
the "close connection", but being able to copy the content of a
text-box
back to the computer for editing will definitely be very handy. Also
keeping the stub to be able to change keyboard, will be very handy in
the
case that you need to quickly enter via a proper virtual keyboard (e.g.
you
take the tablet out for a walk).

Also I really liked how "Remote Keyboard" includes a entry box to make
key
entry easier.

Aside from the need for some form of encryption, this is already pretty
good. If you don't have time to add these, I'll see what I can do to
inspect both code and see what can be carried over (and push the
changes
over to you).

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