Comments on: inputmode mobile question http://dubinko.info/blog/2007/01/02/inputmode-mobile-question/ From an XML geek, a reader, a writer, a connector, a man of the people (says keep hope alive) Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:18:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael(tm) Smith http://dubinko.info/blog/2007/01/02/inputmode-mobile-question/comment-page-1/#comment-3090 Michael(tm) Smith Fri, 05 Jan 2007 06:23:34 +0000 http://dubinko.info/blog/2007/01/02/inputmode-mobile-question/#comment-3090 Latin digits? I thought modern digits were referred to as "arabic" or "arabic/indic"... Anyway, Japanese (for one) has native characters for digits, but I can't think of a case where anybody would want to use them for input. I guess having alternate digits for inputmode would almost imply a device that has a keypad that has alternate digits on it (since there's not so much point in inputmode on devices that have full keyboards (or software keyboards), only on devices that have limited key input -- keypads, basically). I've never seen a keypad that had numbers other than 0-9 on it... Latin digits? I thought modern digits were referred to as “arabic” or “arabic/indic”…

Anyway, Japanese (for one) has native characters for digits, but I can’t think of a case where anybody would want to use them for input.

I guess having alternate digits for inputmode would almost imply a device that has a keypad that has alternate digits on it (since there’s not so much point in inputmode on devices that have full keyboards (or software keyboards), only on devices that have limited key input — keypads, basically). I’ve never seen a keypad that had numbers other than 0-9 on it…

]]> By: Mark Baker http://dubinko.info/blog/2007/01/02/inputmode-mobile-question/comment-page-1/#comment-3088 Mark Baker Wed, 03 Jan 2007 20:47:00 +0000 http://dubinko.info/blog/2007/01/02/inputmode-mobile-question/#comment-3088 I've never seen it, but I don't hang out in non-latin environs too often 8-) I’ve never seen it, but I don’t hang out in non-latin environs too often 8-)

]]> By: mdubinko http://dubinko.info/blog/2007/01/02/inputmode-mobile-question/comment-page-1/#comment-3087 mdubinko Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:18:13 +0000 http://dubinko.info/blog/2007/01/02/inputmode-mobile-question/#comment-3087 Does that happen in practice on phones? Which ones? -m Does that happen in practice on phones? Which ones? -m

]]> By: Mark Baker http://dubinko.info/blog/2007/01/02/inputmode-mobile-question/comment-page-1/#comment-3086 Mark Baker Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://dubinko.info/blog/2007/01/02/inputmode-mobile-question/#comment-3086 The difference would only be seen when the user's native language had non-latin digits. The difference would only be seen when the user’s native language had non-latin digits.

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