On 28/06/07, Fabien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 6/28/07, Robin Paulson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > someone on this list had a similar idea for enlarging number keys i > think, they would appear or resize depending on context iirc? > http://www.apple.com/iphone/usingiphone/keyboard_large.html That's shiny and beautiful, but of limited use: the key becomes bigger *after* it's been hit, too late to help the user aiming. Well, actually it's still got a practical use: it helps notice when one hits the wrong key (I guess no human being could type without looking at the keyboard on an iphone).
This immediately made me think of enlarging keys on a predictive basis. Not sure it is that useful but it was an amusing thought. -Pete A more interesting track would be some sort of transparent full-screen input
device: something that lets you see your text, but also lets you use the whole touch surface to type more accurately. Besides, that would be one of the extremely few cases where transparency effects improve usability instead of hurting it :) If you want to go further, you can combine fullscreen-ness with motions, instead of simply touches, thus augmenting the number of immediately accessible symbols, or reducing the required level of accuracy. There was a startup, a couple of years ago, which produced a very cool (soft or hard) input device, based on a 3x3 grid, which was fast, mnemotechnically friendly and easy to implement. Unfortunately, they're out of business, I can't remember their name and they aren't listed on the openmoko wiki. If anyone has a better memory... _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
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