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Authored by: ekc on May 27, '04 05:26:34PM
1) Um...did I not mention right at the beginning that this tip applies to people using the Input Menu? If you don't need the Character Palette or Keyboard Viewer, then fine: Apple-drag the thing off into a puff of smoke. I use the CP from time to time, and since I speak Japanese (which is how I clued into the Romaji trick in the first place), I even switch to Hiragana or Katakana on occasion. If there is anything I would change in the tip, it would be the part about non-Americans. I forgot that there are Americans who dislike the flag icon as well. Sorry for my oversight.

2) Look, I'm not anti-American. In fact, I am a dual citizen (born in the USA). But as an American, would you really want to be staring at say the Union Jack all day, even if you have nothing against the British? Heck, even the American in me is not thrilled by the flag. The 16x16 pixel square makes it look cheesy. I mean, since when have there been only 9 states? ;-)

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Authored by: Spades on May 28, '04 10:52:26AM

The Union Jack wouldn't bother me at all. The flag is just used as a simple representation of the language currently in use. Being an American company, Apple chose the American flag as that representation. If they had chosen something else, just as long as it was an obvious symbol for the English language, that would have been fine. Maybe they should just show the whole name of the layout, instead of using a smaller iconic representation.



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