Talk:Chinese input methods for computers

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this page needs to be refactored -- too many external links to relevant information ...

I disagree. Each description of an input method is very long, and people may well search for them by name. It would be awkward to put them all on one page. --Shibboleth 22:10, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Pronounciation is dialect dependent, the input methods should be subdivided into Cantonese vs. Mandarin etc.

Character structures are drastically different between traditional vs. simplified Chinese. These input methods should be subdivided into two groups.

not drastically different. the same method can be used for both simplified and trad. 218.103.132.85 16:49, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

The article mentions that there are input methods based on the encoding. I am not aware of such input methods. If it refers to entity editing in the numeric codes like 注音 for Unicode value of 注音 in HTML, then the term input method should be more defined. To my understanding, input method is the system/method implemented using Input Method Editor. Entering the characters by their binary values should not be considered as input method. Kowloonese 22:28, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Popular use today

Someone should write about which are the most popular methods today in the "Overview" section. Originally, that was what I was looking for when I came here. --200.85.8.194 (talk) 18:08, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Windows XP has some more

Windows XP provides even more input methods that are not mentioned here, they are

It'll be great if someone commented on these. --Abdull 15:53, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Both Quanpin (lit. "full pinyin") and ShuangPin (lit. "double pinyin") are variations of the "Pinyin" input method, and they both are traditional input methods dating from DOS days. Zhengma is also not Windows XP specific (it's available at least on Windows 2000).—Gniw (Wing) 00:06, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 速录

Should this super fast input method mentioned in this article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.130.197.75 (talk • contribs)

That word is Stenotype in English. It does not use standard keyboard, and application is different. So I would say no, we don't need it here. --Voidvector 09:44, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mac OS X Input Methods

The Mac offers the following menu of input methods for Simplified Chinese:
· ITABC
· Wubi Xing
· Wubi Hua
How do these correlate to the methods described here?
17.201.21.31 22:40, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Page title

Isn’t for computers extraneous? —Wiki Wikardo 01:05, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mystery input method

Does anyone know which input method this is? I copied it down ages ago and have forgotten what it is called. I can't seem to find an article about it. Thanks --Joowwww (talk) 14:32, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Double Pinyin. Consonant keys basically double as shortcuts for vowel groups. --Voidvector (talk) 15:04, 3 April 2008 (UTC)