- From: Peter Karlsson <peter@opera.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 08:23:28 +0100 (CET)
Henri Sivonen on 2005-01-18: > I still fail to see what the compelling use case is. Selecting the input mode is quite common for applications which are to run on mobile phones, PDAs or other devices where you only have a limited keyboard. If you can tell that a field should contain a telephone number, the user can then be able to enter the phone number directly using the phone's number pad (if there is one), instead of having to go through a complicated IME (compare how complicated it is to enter latin text on a phone keypad, and then extend that thought to the Japanese and Chinese writing systems...). Of course, as others have pointed out, most of this could probably be handled quite intelligently by the UA by looking at the expected data type and data pattern of the input element. -- \\// Peter, software engineer, Opera Software The opinions expressed are my own, and not those of my employer. Please reply only by follow-ups on the mailing list.
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