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Comment on Japanese Typewriters by Emily N.

Emily N. — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:13:40 +0000

Hi, I’m very interested in Linux but Im a Super Newbie and I’m having trouble deciding on the right distribution for me (Havent you heard this a million times?) anyway here is my problem, I need a distribution that can switch between reading and writing in English and Japanese (Japanese Language Support) with out restarting the operating system.

Comment on Japanese Typewriters by Antonio Gonzalez

Antonio Gonzalez — Mon, 24 May 2010 04:41:49 +0000

Very interesting!!!! I was researching about the evolution of the
objects.
Now I am living in Japan and I want to buy japanese type writer.
Do you know where can I buy one???
or there are a museum that I can see this objects?
Thank you!!

Comment on Japanese Typewriters by Rachel L'Efquihi

Rachel L'Efquihi — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:55:01 +0000

Hello,

Please could someone contact me as I have a Japanese type writter very simular to your first picture above and am trying to get some more details about it.

Thanks

Rachel

Comment on Using a Japanese IME by Gatunka

Gatunka — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:20:38 +0000

Hi Ali, I know the issue you’re referring to. It happens on a Japanese keyboard if you hit the Alt+カタカナ key combination. Just hit the same key combo to turn it back into romaji mode. Alternatively, you can look for the kana lock “KANA” button in the language bar. You might have to choose to “adjust position” from the context-menu first to make the full language bar appear.

Comment on Using a Japanese IME by Ali

Ali — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:20:19 +0000

this is a pretty neat explanation about how the IME works. I was wondering if you have experienced the issue where, when using the japanese text input, windows automatically treats input as though it were from a japanese layout keyboard? I was able to use the IME input system up till recently, but now when I type photically, kana come out that I don’t want/intend to type. any help would be appreciated.

Comment on Japanese Computers – Still Living It 8-bit by Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:17:01 +0000

@Jostein: While I am a Mac user, I’d be happy for anyone to bring proper resolution-independence to the desktop. If anything, I’m disappointed that it’s still not available in OS X despite being rumored for so long.

Comment on Japanese Computers – Still Living It 8-bit by Jostein Kjønigsen

Jostein Kjønigsen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:59:53 +0000

@Aaron. I see you mentioning how Mac OSX solves this problem without the usual smug remarks, so not going to shit on that directly. Good for Mac users, as I agree DPI independence in the UI is an important thing.

That said (and that particularly goes to the blog author): Microsoft released WPF a long ago, and WPF is all vector, not pixel based. I’m not going to say the API is flawless (it isn’t), a gift from the Gods (it isn’t) and can’t be abused by developers hellbent on making their solution inflexible (it can), but it also goes a long way of solving this particular problem and it is supported all the way back to Windows XP SP2.

For developers on the Win32 platform I see little to no reason for not using it, especially now with the tool-support shaping up, and in that remark especially the upcoming Visual Studio 2010 release. Why Microsoft didn’t add a fully featured XAML/WPF editor into Visual Studio 2008 is still something I can’t comprehend.

Comment on Japanese Computers – Still Living It 8-bit by Troy

Troy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:57:24 +0000

heh, 鬱 is a personal favorite of mine since it is the most complex kanji my dictionary lookup tool that I’m working on can handle at the moment (and the most complex kanji I’ve come across in my studies/reading).

At any rate, Windows 7 does in fact still have cruddy fonts while OS X 10.6 looks kinda decent:

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/4135/screenshot20091104at124.png

Reviewers with the new higher-density Android do say the higher dot pitch does make a big difference compared to 160DPI.

One issue with higher-density displays is defect rate. I don’t have any inside information, but it must be harder to create flawless high-density displays of any great size, so it’s not just a matter of economies of scale.

Comment on Japanese Computers – Still Living It 8-bit by Gatunka

Gatunka — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:44:29 +0000

You're right. I'm not sure how I made this mistake, since I originally picked the first five out of The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary to make sure that they were 常用漢字. I've certainly seen the complex form 甕 used in novels before, though, so it does have some relevance. Anyway, thanks for your comment and for reading!

Comment on Japanese Computers – Still Living It 8-bit by Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:23:25 +0000

Great post! Are you sure 甕 is learned in high school though? It’s not 常用漢字, but does have a 常用 equivalent: 瓶.

Mac OS X has had resolution-independence on its radar for several releases now. Since they control the whole widget, I’d look to Apple to deliver a high-resolution solution before Microsoft. Their market share isn’t huge, but even in Japan it may be enough to push other manufacturers (as they did in making USB ubiquitous and getting touch controls on phones).