Maliit

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Maliit

Maliit’s virtual keyboard running on the Nokia N9
Original author(s) Nokia
Developer(s) Openismus
Initial release June 30, 2010 (2010-06-30)[1]
Stable release 0.81.4 / February 1, 2013 (2013-02-01)[2]
Preview release 0.99.0 / March 27, 2013 (2013-03-27)[3]
Development status Active
Written in C++ (Qt)
Operating system Unix-like, Windows[4]
Available in Multilingual
Type Input method
License GNU LGPL (framework)
BSD license (plugins)[5]
Website maliit.org

Maliit an input method framework for computers with particular focus on implementing virtual keyboards.

Designed mostly for touchscreen devices, Maliit allows to input text without the presence of a physical keyboard. More advanced features such as word correction and prediction are also available.

Originating as part of MeeGo,[6] Maliit is free software licensed under LGPL. Maliit is being deployed as a standard component of Nokia N9,[7] KDE Plasma Active,[8] OLPC devices,[7] and Ubuntu Touch.[7][9]

History

Maliit was originally developed as part MeeGo by Nokia who eventually shipped it as part of MeeGo Handset “Day 1” software platform.[1]

After the MeeGo project ended, Maliit was transferred into an independent project by free software consulting firm Openismus.[10] The first formally independent release was 0.80.0 on June 20, 2011.[11]

Maliit 0.99, released on March 27, 2013, switched from Qt 4 to Qt 5.[7]

Features

Among Maliit’s features are a plugin-based architecture, word correction and prediction, multitouch, and context sensitive layouts.[12]

Maliit runs under X11 as well as Wayland.[7]

See also

  • List of input methods for UNIX platforms

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Handset Project Day 1 is Here". MeeGo. 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2013-03-04. 
  2. ↑ "[Maliit-announce] Maliit 0.81.4 released". Lists.maliit.org. Retrieved 2013-04-03. 
  3. ↑ "[Maliit-announce] Maliit 0.99.0 released". Lists.maliit.org. Retrieved 2013-04-03. 
  4. ↑ Jon Nordby (March 24, 2012). "Maliit on Windows: Basic build working". Jonnor.com. Retrieved 2013-03-04. 
  5. ↑ "[MeeGo-dev] ANNOUNCEMENT: MeeGo Keyboard license is now changed to BSD". Lists.meego.com. Retrieved 2013-03-04. 
  6. ↑ Jan Arne Petersen (2012-01-25). "Compositing in Maliit". Retrieved 2013-03-04. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Michael Hasselmann (April 2, 2013). "Maliit Status Update". Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-03. 
  8. ↑ Carl Symons (October 15, 2012). "Plasma Active 3 Improves Performance, Brings New Apps". KDE.News. Retrieved 2013-04-03. "Thanks to a new virtual keyboard based on Maliit—the input method used on devices such as Nokia's N9 smartphone—Plasma Active Three makes text input easier." 
  9. ↑ Murray Cumming. "Maliit Keyboard Improvements". Retrieved 2013-03-04. 
  10. ↑ "[Maliit-announce] Welcome!". Lists.maliit.org. Retrieved 2013-03-04. 
  11. ↑ "[MeeGo-dev] Maliit "Brave New World" 0.80.0 released". Lists.meego.com. Retrieved 2013-03-04. 
  12. ↑ "Features – Maliit wiki". Maliit.org. 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2013-03-04. 
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