Reading： the magical installation-free input method： the exploration of sogou cloud input method： the exploration of sogou cloud input method.

　　With the popularity of the Internet, there have been many technologies based on the Internet "cloud" recently. Recently, a user-friendly "sogou Cloud Input Method" was released. So, what exactly is the "cloud input method"? What kind of experience does it bring to users? Compared with the traditional client input method, what are its advantages and disadvantages? Next, let’s explore this "sogou Cloud Input Method" with the author.

　　One,What is "sogou Cloud Input Method"?

　　Sogou Cloud Input Method is a conceptual input method product based on Sogou Pinyin Input Method and cloud computing technology. Compared with the general input method, the most obvious difference is that it relies entirely on operation, has a stronger language model and thesaurus, and can greatly improve the input accuracy, especially the accuracy of long sentences. As a demonstrative concept product, sogou Cloud Input Method can only be used on web pages at present. (Excerpted from sogou Cloud Input Method) official website.

Fig. 1 technical schematic diagram

　　Second, the magical installation-free input method

　　Since sogou Cloud Input Method is an installation-free version, all users need to do is add this address to their favorites, which is very convenient and fast, especially on computers without client Pinyin Input Method. If users need to call sogou Cloud Input Method, they only need to directly open "Enable sogou Cloud Input Method" in favorites on the called page, and then they can use sogou Cloud Input Method to input. However, if users open a new page or refresh the page, they need to repeatedly open the "Enable sogou Cloud Input Method" in their favorites to use it.

Figure 2 Add to Favorites (or Click and Play)

Figure 3 Enable sogou Cloud Input Method

　　I thought that sogou Cloud Input Method would use ActiveX technology, which is a common method used by many domestic manufacturers. But as can be seen from the shortcut, sogou Cloud Input Method is based on JavaScript technology. This makes the sogou cloud input method more compatible, and can be widely used in various browsers and operating systems, and it is really easy to use without installation.

　　Third,Input experience

　　The status bar of sogou Cloud Input Method is very simple, and there are only four commonly used function buttons: Chinese-English switching, full/half angle switching, Chinese-English punctuation switching and closing. Sogou cloud input methods all adopt default settings, and users cannot change the input method settings. The functions of fuzzy sound and dynamic word frequency commonly used by users are not integrated.

Figure 4 Status bar of sogou cloud input method

　　Experience: When using sogou Cloud Input Method, the appearance of candidate words is slightly delayed (related to the network speed). But in terms of input accuracy, sogou Cloud Input Method is indeed more accurate than the client version. When the client input method installed by the user conflicts, the sogou Cloud input method automatically switches to the English input method state to avoid the conflict between the two input methods. Users only need to press the shift key to switch between the two input methods freely. The author comments on the input box of Pacific Computer Network, Sina Weibo input box, Discuz! All of them are used well. However, QQ on the web page is inconvenient to use and often cannot be successfully called.

Figure 5 Quick Input

Figure 6 Automatic conflict resolution

　　Fourth, the input measurement

　　As mentioned above, sogou Cloud is indeed more accurate than the client version. Then, I will use a paragraph to test the sogou Cloud Input Method, Input Method 4.3 and Input Method 2.3. All input methods have turned off the functions of fuzzy sound and dynamic word frequency. The author directly inputs the pinyin of a sentence, and then obtains the results of each input method candidate word/sentence.

　　Test a current news input test

　　China was hit by the first cold wave this autumn, with severe cooling in most areas. The temperature in some parts of Northeast China plummeted by more than 20 degrees Celsius. According to the statistics of the past 50 years, the time of the first snow in Beijing all the year round is around November 29 every year, and this year’s first snow time is a whole month ahead of schedule. (original)

　　Zhong Guo Zao Yu Jin Qiu Shouci Han Chao Tian Qi Xiji, (direct input pinyin test)

　　da bu di qu chu xian ju lie jiang wen tian qi。

　　dong bei ju bu di qu qi wen zhou jiang chao guo er shi she shi du。

　　gen ju guo qu wu shi nian de shu ju tong ji，

　　bei jing di qu chang nian chu xian chu xue de shi jian

　　zai mei nian de shi yi yue er shi jiu ri zuo you，

　　jin nian de chu xue shi jian ti qian liao zheng zheng yi ge yue。

　　test result　　

　　China encounters.score a goalThe first cold wave weather hit, and severe cooling weather occurred in most areas. The temperature in some parts of Northeast China plummeted by more than 20 degrees Celsius. According to the statistics of the past 50 years, Beijing area appears all the year round.begin to learnTime, around November 29th every year, this year’sbegin to learnThe time was advanced by a whole month. (sogou pinyin pinyin 4.3)

　　China encounters.score a goalThe first cold wave weather hit, and severe cooling weather occurred in most areas. The temperature in some parts of Northeast China plummeted by more than 20 degrees Celsius. According to the statistics of the past 50 years, Beijing area appears all the year round.bleedTime, around November 29th every year, this year’sbleedThe time was advanced by a whole month. (QQ Pinyin 2.3)

　　China was hit by the first cold wave this autumn, with severe cooling in most areas, and the temperature in some parts of Northeast China plummeted by more than 20 degrees Celsius. According to the statistics of the past 50 years, the time of the first snow in Beijing all the year round is around November 20 every year, and this year’s first snow time is a whole month ahead of schedule. (sogou Cloud Input Method)

　　By the way: it’s cold, netizens remember to add clothes.

　　Test 2 Life Common Sense Input Test

　　Eight things you should do to prevent influenza A (H1N1): washing your hands is the first priority; Avoid hand contact with eyes, nose and mouth; Cover with your hands when sneezing or coughing; Seek medical attention as soon as possible when you have a fever; Pay attention to disinfection of living environment; Avoid contact with respiratory patients; Do not eat undercooked pork; Avoid going to crowded people. (original)

　　Yu fang jia xing H 1 N 1 liu gan, ni yao zuo de ba jian shi: (direct input pinyin test)

　　xi shou shi di yi yao wu；

　　bi mian shou bu jie chu yan jing　 bi ji kou ；

　　da pen ti huo ke sou shi yong shou zhe yan ；

　　fa shao shi jin zao qiu yi ；

　　zhu yi wei ju zhu huan jing xiao du　 ；

　　bi mian jie chu hu xi bing ren ；

　　bu chi mei you zhu shu de zhu rou ；

　　bi mian qu yong ji de ren qun 。

　　test result

　　preventJiaxingH1N1 flu, what you have to do.One thing.: the first priority when washing hands; Avoid contact with eyes,Bijikou; Cover with your hands when sneezing or coughing; The fever was this morning.polo shirt;doctrineDisinfect the living environment; Avoid contact with respiratory patients; Do not eat undercooked pork; Avoid going to crowded people. (sogou Pinyin 4.3)

　　preventJiaxingH1N1 flu, what you have to do.Ba knowledge：absorptionThe first priority; Avoid contact with eyes,Bijikou; Cover your sneeze or cough with your hands; As soon as possible when you have a feverpolo shirt; Pay attention to disinfection of living environment; Avoid contact with respiratory patients; Do not eat undercooked pork; Avoid going to crowded people. (QQ Pinyin 2.3)

　　Eight things you should do to prevent influenza A (H1N1); Washing hands is the first priority; Avoid hand contact with eyes,Bijikou; Cover with your hands when sneezing or coughing; Seek medical attention as soon as possible when you have a fever.pay attention toDisinfect the living environment; Avoid contact with respiratory patients; Don’t eat undercooked pork and avoid crowds. (sogou Cloud Input Method)

　　Test three popular keyword input tests

　　From the above tests, we can see that it is indeed much more accurate to input long sentences and popular keywords by using "sogou Cloud Input Method". This should benefit from sogou’s powerful computing and storage server and rich thesaurus, which makes users input easily.

　　Note: Numbers in brackets are the serial numbers of candidate words.

　　Test 4 compatibility test

　　In order to test the compatibility of sogou Cloud Input Method, the author tries to use sogou Cloud Input Method for text input in popular browsers.

Figure 7 is running normally.

Figure 8 is running normally.

　　After testing, sogou Cloud Input Method works well under IE8, Firefox, Opera and Windows. On the contrary, it can’t be called in browser 3 based on IE core, and it works well in Maxthon 2. Sogou cloud input method benefits from JavaScript technology, and the browser has little influence on it. However, the programming language technology adopted by the input editing boxes on the network has become a stumbling block for sogou cloud input method. Although sogou Cloud Input Method is compatible with most input boxes on the Internet, there are still some input boxes that cannot call sogou Cloud Input Method, such as the log editing box in QQ space.

　　Editor’s note:It is reported that Windows of the World browser version 3.0 is temporarily not allowed to run JS directly from favorites due to security mechanism problems, but considering the needs of netizens, a new version will be released soon to solve this problem in a friendly way.

　　summary

　　Sogou Cloud Input Method is an innovative input method in China. With its powerful "cloud computing" technology and rich thesaurus, it provides users with an accurate input tool. Good compatibility, so that users who use various browsers and operating systems can use it.

　　Sogou cloud input method depends on the network, so it can’t be used without the network. Moreover, the response speed of displayed candidate words after input also depends on the user’s network speed, which seriously delays the user’s input speed for users with slow network speed.

　　Because sogou cloud input method can only be used in the edit input box of web pages, the narrow application scope seriously limits the possibility of popularization of sogou cloud input method. After all, at this stage, most users in China use input methods only in tools and tools. Moreover, sogou Cloud Input Method is limited to Pinyin input mode, and does not support Wubi input mode, which also limits the users.