Thursday, December 12, 2013

Mon Standard Keyboard

Thanks to numerous Mon developers, we now have various keyboards, both Unicode and Non-Unicode compliance. The keyboard systems we have also usable in Windows, iOS, Linux, and Android. We have more than enough tools for development of a Mon standard keyboard system.

The problem,though, is more about taking  initiative. As far as I know, we have at least 2 camps: the traditional A1 Mon keyboard (Mon is also in this arena) and UniMon keyboard (Mon Unicode, per se). With the long history of A1 Mon keyboard, more than 80% of current users are in this camp (this writer included). But we also aware of the importance of Unicode and it's future, migration is needed in this case.


Migration like Thai and Myanmar are easier, as there are very little changes in the keyboard settings. But if you compare the traditional A1Mon and UniMon, you talking about Africa and Europe. It's big different and nobody feel the ease of migration, let alone wanted to migrate. This shouldn't be the case. We can make it better and standardize the system for future generations.

If you see the needs, please sign up with Mon Unicode Committee. Hurry up! We need you!

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