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Dasher Source Code And Documentation Available

Posted by Hemos on from the making-it-free dept.

Matthew Garrett writes "You've covered dasher before, but the source code is now available for download under the GPL. There's also now documentation for developers who want to port Dasher to other platforms - there's currently Windows and GTK front ends, plus experimental GTK2 code and ports to the GPE and Opie Linux PDA environments being worked on, and optional integration with the Gnome accessibilty framework is on the cards. Anyone fancy a MacOS port?"

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  1. What Dasher is by andfarm · · Score: 2, Informative

    Dasher is apparently a mouse-based input method that does a sort of wierd zooming thing -- described as "Attack of the Killer Alphabets". Could be useful for hands-free use, like for a quadraplegic, but not especially good for general use. Keyboard is still faster if you've still got full use of your hands.

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    1. Re:What Dasher is by Prowl · · Score: 3, Informative

      i thought it was more like predictive text for pda type devices.

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  2. Wow by Apreche · · Score: 2, Informative

    wow, this dasher is really innovative and awesome. It's an especially fun toy as well. I like to put the mouse in one plae and see what words come out, its really neat.

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