#Virtual russian keyboard windows#

So called Phonetic layout (see item (2) below for details) such as for example, a well-known вЂњStudentвЂќ layout created at вЂ“ see itвЂ™s image here: The absence of Latin symbols has even worse effect if itвЂ™s not an American keyboard (the keyboard of 1 st post has French variant вЂ“ Azerty, and German вЂ“ QwertZ), but say Spanish, Italian, German, French or Swedish where Latin symbols location is different вЂ“ practically impossible to useД¬) The keyboard from 1 st post offers only one Russian layout while many people outside of Russia use (at home too) another layout. For instance, a user sees that Russian вЂTвЂ™ is a button number 6 on the image and must count the buttons вЂ“ while other virtual keyboards which do have Latin letters on the image, let a user see that Russian вЂTвЂ™ is on the button where Latin вЂNвЂ™ is and thus a user just presses вЂNвЂ™ without counting buttons. Рђ РєР°Рє РІ РЅРµР№ РІ Control Panel Р·Р°Р№С‚Рё?'Д«) Yes, it provides a user with keyboard-driven input (press вЂQвЂ™ get вЂР™вЂ™) in addition to mouse-based input (which is good only for typing 2-3 words and too tedious to type forum messages).Д«ut there are no Latin letters on the keyboardвЂ™s image which limits keyboard-driven input only to people who can blind-type.Д«ecause if a user knows Russian layout very good, but cannot blind-type then itвЂ™s very hard to use.

Known usability issues of the Keyboard listed in the top message of this topic:ДЄ) One can type only Russian (not as with system keyboard when one can switch to вЂњENвЂќ) while in forums itвЂ™s often a mixed text like for instance In any case, that Virtual Keyboard listed in the top post (based on Google one) is not really handy, has usability issues due to the fact that Google created it for absolutely different purpose вЂ“ to type 2-3 words into a Search field - and not to type the texts or forum messages. Sometimes on-line keyboard are used at home, too if a user does not want to activate Russian system keyboard layout via Control Panel Usually itвЂ™s a tool to be used at work or in an Internet-cafГ© where one cannot activate system keyboard tools.

#Virtual russian keyboard windows#

while really on-line keyboards are rarely used at home (because Windows has its own) while system keyboard is used only at homeвЂ¦ДЎ) Virtual, on-line, on-screen keyboards (like one listed in the 1 st post of this topic). On-line keyboard, stickers, system keyboard, etc. Just found this topic, almost a year later but because itвЂ™s important stuff, I've decided to clarify the things as currently itвЂ™s all in one pile вЂ“