i'm still undecided... although i agree it is far more annoying to hit the wrong key instead of no key
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Joseph Reeves <iknowjos...@gmail.com> wrote: >> There is lots of space wasted. Why hasn't he put the key lines together >> inverted to each other? > > I think the fact that it's not like you describe the whole idea of the design > ;) > > Go to the page on El Reg and try and type your name by pushing your > monitor. It's stupid, yes, but it gives you an idea of how it would > work. It seems, without any feedback, to be very nice. The fact that > all the triangles are orientated the same way means you get a huge > area of triangular free space around each key, that lets you mash at > them without accidentally hitting another. > > I don't think it's about training your hands as others have said, it's > about providing a key with a lot of free space around it - effectively > you've made the key bigger (because you can hit any are around it and > "sort of" hit the right one without mis-hitting another) whilst > keeping the overall size very small. > > Its genius is its simplicity. > > Joseph > > > > > 2009/6/3 neove...@freerunner <spa...@ymail.com>: >> >> There is lots of space wasted. Why hasn't he put the key lines together >> inverted to each other? >> >> >> >> Risto H. Kurppa wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Robin Paulson <robin.paul...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> apparently, triangular buttons produce less errors. >>>> >>>> http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/06/02/crocodile_keyboard/ >>>> >>>> i'm not totally convinced, but it would be worth a go, i think >>>> >>>> now, is it possible to coerce raster's keyboard into using anything >>>> other than square keys? >>> >>> Looks interesting! >>> >>> >>> r >>> >>> -- >>> | risto h. kurppa >>> | risto at kurppa dot fi >>> | http://risto.kurppa.fi >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Openmoko community mailing list >>> community@lists.openmoko.org >>> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >>> >>> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://n2.nabble.com/a-new-keyboard---discuss-and-critique-tp3016473p3016823.html >> Sent from the Openmoko Community mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openmoko community mailing list >> community@lists.openmoko.org >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >> > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community