QIM IME Promotion 12.14.08 to 01.04.09
calkins
December 09, 2008 at 12:37 PM posted in General DiscussionJust wanted to let everyone know that QIM is having a promotion from Dec. 14 through Jan. 4.
This IME has been talked about a lot on CPod. I think it's the best for Mac. Even if you don't purchase the full version, the free trial version is great if you don't need traditional support (you lose some of the features, including trad. support, after 30 days or typing 10,000 characters).
Some features:
1) Display the candidates while typing.
2) Switch between Chinese and English with one key.
3) Switch between Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese with one key.
4) Supports both Mac OS and Windows input-method conventions.
5) Parses Pinyin input strings automatically.
6) Supports full-width punctuation and Roman text.
7) Users can change the appearance of the candidate palette's font, font size, opacity, colors, and more.
8) Saves user-defined word and phrases automatically.
9) Recognizes URLs automatically. Just use the return key to input the Roman input string directly.
10) Supports Fuzzy Pinyin.
11) Supports Tone Control.
12) Supports all Mac OS X international keyboard layouts (French, German, etc.).
Promotion Details:
3-weeks promotion from 12/14/2008 to 1/4/2009.
1.QIM only 11.99 USD
2.ID3Mod2 only 6.99USD.
3.QIM&ID3Mod2 bundle package, Only 16.99 USD.
calkins
March 07, 2009 at 09:07 AM
xemrac，tài hǎo le！！！ Thanks for the great tip...I've been using QIM for over a year and didn't realize this. So much easier than the other method I was using.
xemrac
March 06, 2009 at 06:00 PM
hi all, just a note that with QIM it's quite easy to type pinyin with tone marks, and you can even make sure you're referring to the correct character.
QIM > preferences > candidate palette > check "use tones to filter candidates"
now you can use the tab key to toggle between tones after you input the pinyin
to output pinyin with tone marks instead of the 漢字, you hit "return."
so to type chīfàn, i just type "chi>tab>return" "fan>tabtabtabtab>return"
pretty simple, i think, and you can see (in the candidate palette) that you've got the right tone for the character. and all within QIM, which i think is totally worth the $19 investment.
hope this is useful and not just some obvious thing that everyone knows already!! :\
calkins
January 18, 2009 at 08:36 AM
Hi Matt, I think the only difference is that IMK QIM is recommended for OSX10.5. I think that the traditional feature will not work after typing 10,000 characters.
I still have OSX10.4 on my PowerBook, so I use QIM IME...I lost the traditional support after a few month's use. However, I assume you type using simplified more, so maybe you lose the traditional functionality only after typing 10,000 traditional characters.
matt_c
January 18, 2009 at 05:07 AM
@Calkins I'm have been using IMK QIM on my mac for simplified and traditional writing since mid November - however I don't think I had to pay for it. What's the difference between QIM IME nad IMK QIM?
calkins
December 28, 2008 at 03:33 PM
Just a friendly reminder that this promotion expires in a week (Jan. 4). I almost forgot about it, but upgraded yesterday for $11.99. Now I can type traditional characters again...happy days!
calkins
December 10, 2008 at 12:08 AM
Thanks Alice for appreciating the vocab. pics...I wish many of those where mine!
azerdocmom
December 09, 2008 at 09:10 PM
Thanks Brent, as always, for your helpful posts : ) BTW, love your photos...some are just visually spectacular.
calkins
December 09, 2008 at 03:20 PM
Hi Alice. I'm glad you asked that, I should have mentioned it in the original post.
Just ignore options 2 and 3. ID3Mod2 is a completely unrelated product, it's just made by the same people that make QIM. Basically, it allows you to transfer mp3's (that are encoded with Chinese tags) from iTunes on a PC to iTunes on a Mac. Without this software, the Chinese would be garbled.
azerdocmom
December 09, 2008 at 02:50 PM
I agree. I have the free version and find it immensely easy to use. Brent, do you know what are the differences between the 3 paid versions from the not-too-computer-savvy-user point of view?
tvan
December 09, 2008 at 01:23 PM
This is a great deal. If you're a Mac user and not totally broke, this is the best IME that I've seen on the Mac by far.
xemrac
March 13, 2009 at 05:03 PMcalkins, great! glad to share the QIM love. i stumbled upon that function by accident... so easy!