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FxKeyboard: A Firefox keyboard for touchscreens

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 by Marko Zabreznik

Ok, lets say you have a terminal that is serving the general public with a touchscreen interface. That particular system might be either on windows, linux or mac (or anything else you might have Firefox running on) and will most probably be run in full screen.

Finding a virtual keyboard that works good on any of those is a hard thing to find. I failed at finding it.So, how about a keyboard that works inside Firefox as a plugin ? Thats exactly what I imagined when i started on this project.

Here is a working plugin in my language and set for my specific needs.
FxKeyboard 1.1 – 3kb
fxkeyboard 1.1 English – Due to demand, a slightly more English version ( same layout as with the last one but English buttons, if someone makes a mockup for a real usable English layout, i will be glad to add it.)

GNU/GPL as usual, but i would like it if you ask for my permission before you use it in public accessible areas. If you are doing a kiosk system, you might also be interested in keeping firefox on the homepage using FxGrounded.

If you need customization, have a idea worth sharing or anything else, write me a email or comment this post.

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