Google IME for Japanese

[whiterabbit]

In case some of you haven't seen it yet, there is a Google Input Method Editor for Japanese. Works on both Windows and Mac. Demo video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHRLN1wz ... r_embedded

[phreadom]

I installed this last night. I'll try to remember to post back with my impressions on it.

I wasn't exactly a "power user" of the IME to begin with, so I don't know how much I could say that would be of use.

[Adriano]

magic!
thank you!

EDIT: my impressions

the suggestions are way smarter than IME, that gives you 40 characters to the name Akira, while google jp input gives you more than 100!
Also, you don´t have to change everytime input options （一般／人名／地名／話し言葉） because it gives you all the character suggestions at the same time.
Type かおもじ and you'll have a bunch of them at hand, as when you type きごう in IME.
(^_-)-☆＼(^o^)／(人´∀｀)．☆．。．:*･ﾟ　
sorry for the useless remarks.

[furrykef]

I don't particularly like it. MS IME tends to offer better suggestions for my purposes. For instance, I typed どうしたほうがいい and its first suggestion was 同した方がいい. I mean, 同? Seriously? MS IME would never make that mistake.

It may however come in handy if I have to type a lot of Kansai-ben or something, though.