Re: Re: New Standard Keyboards
[email protected] Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:05:19 -0400 (EDT)
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certainly not new, I've seen similar layouts for years. Bob On Tue, 26 Apr 2011, S Bjornstad wrote: > Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 02:28:22 -0000 > From: S Bjornstad <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [altkeyboards] Re: New Standard Keyboards > > I must agree--it's a bit hard to be open-minded about someone who claims any kind of alphabetical layout is "fast and efficient". (Notice the locations of "a", "e", and "i" especially--that looks like it would become painful after about five minutes.) Also, the "Typing made easy!" and "Learn to touch-type in 5 minutes" seem a bit strange...not to say that the image doesn't make the keyboard look terribly comfortable to type on. > > Still, it's an interesting idea--if only it would work. > > --- In [email protected], Joey Mink <joeymink@...> wrote: >> >> I have to admit, I'm having trouble being open-minded about that keyboard. It appears that not one key is meant to be operated by a thumb, and the alphabetical layout seems useful only to those who hunt-and-peck *and* have never seen a QWERTY or Dvorak keyboard before. >> >> -- >> Joey >> >> Sent with Sparrow >> On Monday, April 25, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Chuck Esterbrook wrote: >> Has anyone on this list taken the following keyboard for a test drive? >>> >>> http://www.newstandardkeyboards.com/Products_S.html >>> >>> I'm skeptical of certain aspects like the alphabetical layout, but I'm >>> also trying to be open minded about it. >>> >>> -- >>> http://charles-esterbrook.com >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------ >>> >>> To Post a message, send it to: altkeyboards@... >>> To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: altkeyboards-unsubscribe@...! Groups Links >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > > >