ActiveKey
TUCOWS gives ActiveKey their highest rating!
and recently received Palm Central's HOT PRODUCT Honors
| Author: | Ron Doerfler activekey@earthlink.net |
| Version: | 1.3 |
| Platforms: | PalmOS 2.0 and later:
PalmPilot Personal/Professional, Palm III, PalmIIIx, PalmV, PalmVII (all ™) |
| Cost: | Introductory: $12.00 US |
| Purchase: | 
Phone: (817) 640-6558 Fax: (817) 640-6614 Or send US$ check or money order (and include email address) to:
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| Description: | ActiveKey™ is a richly featured *touchpad* memo editor for the Palm
Computing(R) platform. It offers the convenience of creating
and editing memos
by tapping alphanumeric characters on three selectable soft overlays
per layout.
Two different keypad layouts are provided—a simpler layout in which
the letters
are arranged alphabetically; and a full-bore, high-efficiency letter
layout that’s
designed to minimize finger/thumb travel and maximize editing speed.
Hardkeys
provide common editing functions such as scrolling, and menu options
(including
full cut/copy/paste editing tools) can be accessed through the pull-down
menus
or through menu shortcuts. And get this: in either layout, you
can select two
overlays at any time that automatically display your first 40 Graffiti
shortcuts for
super-fast text entry. And switching between using ActiveKey
and Memo Pad is
no problem at all. ActiveKey is tightly-coded in Quartus Forth™—with
all of
its features, it occupies an amazingly small 28K of RAM on your PalmPilot™.
There’s no need to use Graffiti or the tiny built-in keyboard. And though it’s designed for two-finger/thumb operation, it's a fast way to enter text with the stylus too. It’s ideal for jotting memos on the run, and for those who find the standard methods too time-consuming or error-prone. And it’s really a lot more fun than scratching out Graffiti characters! Twelve lines of text are displayed in the Edit Mode at nearly full display width. Interior keys are designed to be easily recalled, and their labels can be hidden if desired. At all times, scrolling up and down automatically removes these interior labels for reading convenience. To try it out, download the evaluation version, which includes a detailed ActiveKey User's Manual. If you like it, you can order the registered version to get free upgrades and support, and to support the independent shareware concept. The evaluation version limits the creation of new memos to a maximum of 10--there are no other constraints on it. |
