On Mon, 2 Jun 2008, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
Dotan Cohen wrote:
2008/6/2 michael shiloh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Shachar has had a long conversation on the Openmoko mailing list regarding
the
state (and difficulty) of support for bidirectional languages.
Hebrew is not the only RTL language, nor is it the most common. If
Openmoko intends to be open in the sense that it is available to
everyone, then I would expect that support for LTR, RTL, TTB, and
other methods of writing should be a core part of the UI, not tacked
on later. I should probably bring this up on the Openmoko list, but I
am not subscribed and there are those who can better argue the point
than me.
The thread start at
http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-May/017287.html. Do let me
know if you believe there is anything I missed in my arguments.
Personally, I felt that had that thread gone on for any longer, it would have
gone flame war, so I stepped out. If you read it through you will find some
kind soul trying to defend me, and how effective that was.
I did note that you graciously stepped out, and I feel you are quite the
gentleman for that. I agree with your assessment.
At the moment, and Michael will forgive me, the official OpenMoko line seems
to be "we are not interested in BiDi speaking languages. don't buy our phones
if you don't like it".
I don't think there is an official line, and thus whateever point of view
comes from someone with an OM address seems to be the "offical" one. I think
it really is a simple matter of priority.
I think you made a very valid point, and I intend to push this further
internally.
Michael
Shachar
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