Bing input method (desktop edition) software analysis and User Demand Survey

Target users: College students

Comparison software: Sogou Input Method (desktop edition)

 

I. Functions: 1. Personal name input:

I tried a lot of personal names and found that Bing and Sogou are almost all complete word libraries for personal names,

When "wskt" is entered, Bing gives the correct name of the person, and the first candidate word in Sogou is not the one we need.

A candidate word with the correct name does not appear. Bing is slightly better.

2. Place name input:

 

Both the recognition and accuracy of place names are good, but Sogou's input method is

For example, the second candidate word used in the Sogou Input method is Cleveland.

The most famous team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, will bring great convenience to users. Therefore, the place name input Sogou is slightly better.

3. Fuzzy input processing:

Generally, users have high requirements for fuzzy processing. As the typing speed increases

Incorrect input, which reflects the importance of fuzzy input processing. After comparison and testing, Sogou fuzzy processing

Bing fuzzy processing is much better. For example, the above "zhuianqian" Sogou Input method can be correctly

Zhuanqian is recognized as the input, and I is accidentally touched when the user inputs u. More examples: "ruanj

Ianfongcheng (software engineering), beiignweishi (Beijing TV), etc. Bing

The identification settings are as follows:

We can see that Bing only supports fuzzy identification of certain specific letters. Try adding a keyboard neighbor.

Near-letter fuzzy processing, including multiple-to-least-to-wrong processing algorithms for adjacent letters. Therefore, the fuzzy processing of Sogou wins.

4. Emoticons:

Press Ctrl + R to enter a keyword with emotion in the Bing input method to view the emoticons.

The input keyword of Sogou Input method displays an expression in the fifth candidate word.

You need to call up the toolbox to view more expressions. The two input methods for processing emoticon display are different,

Each has its own advantages. Conclusion: facial expression functions are flat.

5. Phrase initial recognition:

The recognition function of the first letter of a phrase is important for some "lazy" or slow-typing people,

The performances of Sogou and Bing are basically the phrases we want, but some phrases must be highly recognizable.

Yu Sogou, for example, entered "wmzsptpy". Although Sogou also identified "we are just ordinary friends" in the second candidate box"

This phrase, but it is the information exchanged in the networking status. If it is not connected to the Internet, Sogou cannot correctly identify the input.

. Therefore, Bing is slightly better at phrase initials.

6. Differentiated functions:

Bing input methodEnglish assistantIt makes people feel faster to enter English. Sogou does not have the English assistant function:

Sogou supports inputting and then passingShortcut call box, Bing does not support:

Bing input methodV mode and U mode:

The V mode is convenient for users who have special requirements (such as face text requirements and image requirements.

In the U mode, you can enter some text to obtain the pinyin of complex text.

SogouCustom status bar(Bing also has a custom status bar, but it does not respond after it is clicked).

Status bar to control which icons are displayed in the status bar:

Features that have to be mentioned --- functions:

This blog post requires a lot of references. Sogou's input method itself provides functions (without affecting the candidate box)

The Bing input method does not have a function. It is inconvenient to use other methods at a time.

Function is also added.

 

 

Experience: memory usage:

The memory usage is generally not large. The Bing input method is about 10 MB, and the Sogou Input method is about 3 MB.

The memory occupied by the input method is about two times larger than that used by Sogou.

Adaptability:

Bing has a variety of types of soft keyboards, so if you only use the mouse, you can fully implement the function of inputting various symbols.

At the same time, most phrase words can be played without the need of a network, and are highly adaptable to the disconnected state.

Installation and uninstallation interface:

For the installation interface, the Bing input method interface is more concise and fresh, and Sogou is also good. But yes

The default path should be hidden, which is not very friendly for those who do not want to put the input method on the system disk.

 

As for the unload, we can see that Sogou is doing better than Bing on the unload interface, and Sogou unload feedback is sent to the client

In the form of, Bing uninstall feedback is to pop up a page, automatically play the page experience is always uncomfortable. Bing

Then, you can apply the uninstall feedback to the uninstall interface.

Skin features:

The Bing input method has a small amount of skin. In total, there are only about 30 kinds of skin, which may be too slow for personalized users.

The Sogou input method has great advantages in terms of skin quantity and quality, which can be seen from the classification ..

 

 

Questionnaire:

Through the questionnaire survey, we received the following feedback and scores. Based on the overall score of the questionnaire, we selected some feedback with substantial suggestions. We obtained the following information for each score point and calculated the average score, which is precise to an integer.

Scoring item	Information feedback	Score
Core functions	Of course, the core function of the input method is auxiliary input. Most of the students are quite satisfied with this part, A small number of students reported that the Korean input method could not be called, resulting in a decline in goodwill.	8
Details	For details, some people reflect that if the recognition of personal names and place names is not as sensitive as the Sogou Input method; custom There is no response when clicking on the status bar. The advantage is that you can customize phrases and words.	6
User Experience	The probability that the first letter of the phrase entered by the user identifies the correct phrase is very high. The chat input bar is in the lower left corner of the game, but the alternative box of Chinese characters appears during typing. In the upper left corner of the screen.	6
Auxiliary functions	I am satisfied with the feedback of the auxiliary functions, but some hope to set skin transparency. To avoid the operation being affected because the area of the status bar is too large.	8
Differentiated functions	The search function is faster to use. You can set more shortcut keys. The V and U modes are well designed. Good, but many people think the Bing and Sogou Input methods are similar.	7
Software performance	The running speed is very fast, and the memory usage is about 10 MB to 20 MB, but it will be relatively higher than the Sogou Input method. I am very satisfied with the performance.	9
Software adaptability	The dictionary is large and the network disconnection status is almost unaffected. You can use the mouse to type on a soft keyboard, but there are I think the keyboard is too ugly ..	8
Uidesign of software	The skin is too small; the UI of various input methods is similar, and it would be nice to have your own innovations.	7
Installation Interface	The advantage is that it is refreshing, but the disadvantage is that the default path is hidden. If you prefer to install something on a non-system disk, you will feel uncomfortable.	6
Special requirements	You can set a self-added phrase, or you can choose to add a dictionary. You can find the facial expression in the V mode. Library can find a lot of interesting expressions, and the special symbols are also Comprehensive. In short, if you have special requirements, try it. Try the V mode.	9

 

User Survey Final score: 74

 

In-depth interview with Li Zhujin, senior computer school coder

Q: When did you use Bing input method?

A: In my mind, Bing's input method came into being in the Win7 era. At that time, I accidentally clicked on the official website and found that Microsoft had come to grab the input method market. The intention was also obvious, it is nothing more than expanding its ecosystem. In this field, you have always heard me debut. At that time, Sogou, QQ, Google, these new forces have long squeezed Ziguang, pinyin and those old input methods into the historical stage, each taking a place, even the King of Speed-five strokes squeezed down the altar.

Q: Which input method do you use first?

A: Sogou's input method is one of the early intelligent pinyin input methods. I still remember the surprise I used for the first time-I didn't expect pinyin to be so intelligent, so I used it all the way, and it was never hard to get through.

Q: Have you found any shortcomings in the Sogou Input method?

A: of course. Win8 appeared when I used Sogou's input method. You know that Win8 comes with its own pinyin input method, but its quality is inferior to that of other input methods. In other words, it is "not smart ". So I still want to use Sogou. The problem is: Sogou will arbitrarily change the registry key to achieve the purpose of custom input methods. It seems very user-friendly, however, the Japanese input method and the strange items in the control panel that come out for no reason make me really uncomfortable with obsessive-compulsive disorder. In addition to some of its own problems, such as annoying pop-up windows, bloated and flashy shortcut menus, various bindings during installation, let me simply discard it. I started to look for other input methods. Google does not like the interface. Baidu simply copies Sogou. Later, I found Bing input method and gave it a try.

Q: What do you think about Bing input method?

A: I think the installation process of the Bing input method is clean and the interface is refreshing (it seems that everything MSRA has A uniform style ). I like the color of the input method, and the built-in skin is quite amazing. It is not that important for me to think about words or something, because similar products do not feel very different. The user experience should be put first. There are many elements in the input method. We can see that it is based on similar products, and the overall feeling is comprehensive, for example, a variety of personalized settings, account login, shortcut keys, and so on, and for me to use or don't use those gadgets, are also provided. In short, I think it is still very high. If I rate it, it will be 90 +.
Of course, there are still some shortcomings. For example, I want to customize some frequently-used buttons on the input method panel, such as full/double-fight switching. This is done by Sogou. Another point is that it is a fatal defect for me-it does not support the use of the Metro interface, which directly rolls back the input method that comes with Win8. Bing's input method, as a rising star, is indeed quite good. It's just a bit "clean" enough to make it the first choice for my input method. However, there is still a long way to go to occupy the market.

Conclusion:

In this survey, our team believes that Bing's input method still needs to be improved. For example, the UI design is updated, such as the function of adding a custom status bar, for example, the handling of the alternative box location of the input method in some special circumstances. Most of the respondents prefer the Sogou Input method, which means that the promotion of the updated Bing input method still needs to be improved.

Bing input method (desktop edition) software analysis and User Demand Survey