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A Better Way to Enter Text On a Palmtop

Posted by timothy on from the cuneiform dept.

DippyOz writes: "Ever wanted to speedily enter text into your palm and hate those 'look ahead' features? Dasher is a research project from Cambridge that presents an innovative way to speed up text entering by predicting and allowing you to choose from a number of choices by flying over them with your stylus (or mouse). There's Linux, Windows and PocketPC versions to download and try."

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  1. Not Free Software by SWroclawski · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Sadly, this isn't Free Software.

    See a function you think could be better? Too bad.

    Want to put this on a computer for a disabled person and then sell it at cost to them? Well you're out of luck.

    Want to include this on a distribution for handheld computers running GNU/Linux? You may not be to.

    Want to make your own version of the software that is Free? It doesn't even allow that:
    "Reverse Engineering. You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software."

    The software is nifty, but I don't see why publically funded software can't be made Free, for the use by the public (they paid for it didn't they!).

    Say no to nifty non-freeware.

    - Serge Wroclawski