One major annoyance I find with Character Palette is that it is obtrusive. YouĬannot just insert a character and get back to your application. Have to mouse over to Character Palette’s close gadget to get it out of sight. On the other hand, with PopChar, you can get back to your application You can enable Minimize on Application Switch, but that’s exactly what happens.Ĭharacter Palette would only minimize when you use Command-Tab key, not when youĬlick in the application you were working on when you had a need to insert aĬharacter. ![]() Unobstructed simply by using Command-Tab, mouse click, or even after oneĬharacter was inserted. Even when you choose All Characters, the list of You first have to know which language a certain character is The PopChar window can quickly get out of your way in many ways, even withĪnother issue I have with Character Palette is that the characters are too Why, even the Esc key dismisses the PopChar window. Think ahead which category the character you need is in-Math, Punctuation, Even when you select Roman, you still have to Languages actually expands to include even more language groups, like South Asia,Įast Asia, and Southeast Asia. Not so with PopChar because all the characters available are in one window. Visual one, so it is helpful that we can browse through PopChar’s offerings TheĬharacters are sub-categorized, although by default they are all shown. Without having to know which category the characters belong to. What’s more, PopChar has its own subcategories like It also offers the option of highlighting up to 30 recently The visual experience even more readily available by maintaining a RecentĬharacters list. If I want to insert Moof, I would just click it, no need to know that z is Punctuation and Currency Symbols, but they are tucked away in a drawer, asĪn option and not as the only way to find characters. ![]() ![]() PopChar has a few other useful features not found elsewhere with the built-inĪpplications.
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