Re: Another chording keyboard

Giles Orr <[email protected]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:42:47 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.altkeyboards
Message-ID <CAEnxSC48t-Gj2HUN-RiYnhcDiRgeOdOswsK_mXdSV+sx5rfeVg@mail.gmail.com>
Wow, yeah - I hadn't stopped to think about that, but let's look at the
consequences:
- slightly shorter learning curve when starting out
- significantly lower top speed once the user masters the device

How long would it take to read and think about this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_frequency#Relative_frequencies_of_letters_in_the_English_language

(The producers seem to be English so I'm assuming that's the market they're
targeting.)

On 24 January 2013 10:48, Draco Rat <[email protected]> wrote:

> **
>
>
> The buttons are alphabetized. That should tell you something about how much
> (lack of) research went in to typing efficiently with this device.
>
> --Draco
>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 6:45 AM, Giles Orr [email protected]> wrote:
>
> > **
>
> >
> >
> > Came up on Slashdot today:
> >
> > http://www.in10did.com/
> >
> > Looks a lot like other recent chording keyboard designs. Also looks
> > awkward and slow - but it's very small. Don't think it's available
> > for sale yet.
> >
> > --
> > Giles
> > http://www.gilesorr.com/
> > [email protected]
> >
> >
>
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-- 
Giles
http://www.gilesorr.com/
[email protected]


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