But dict mode is useless for me if I want to write in german, and I didn't bother to find a german dict yet because they mostly don't contain slang anyway. This hold-until-magnifier-pops-up thing isn't too helpful because it takes ages to type something up with that. Hitting a key twice because the first hit wasn't exact is faster.
-- Marcel Am Mittwoch, 3. Juni 2009 14:14:40 schrieb Mathieu Rochette: > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Marcel <tan...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > I simply want to try that design before sending it to hell, maybe it > > just works fine... I agree with people who said this before: Hitting > > actually dead space is less painful than hitting the wrong key and > > having to backspace/stroke-left all the time, maybe even accidentally > > pressing other keys while doing that. > > with illume keyboard, if you use the dictionary mode, pressing another > key is not that annoying. > it is for other mode but the preview key (the key gone up when you > press it) give you good feedback about which key your in and you can > move your finger to correct if needed. > unless his keyboard print the key on finger press (instead of finger > up), you can not see if you hit a dead space or a key and so you can't > move your finger to correct it, you have to make another try. > > > -- > > Marcel > > > > Am Mittwoch, 3. Juni 2009 13:53:46 schrieb Yorick Moko: > > > 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-tp301 > > > >>6473 p3016823.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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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