2009/6/3 Carsten Haitzler <[email protected]> > but u'll hit dead space (nothing) about 50% more often than the actual key > you > intended to hit now (as 50% of the area it would have normally used is now > dead > space). for a physical kbd it might help as u have better tactile feel as u > have > more edge near the finger, but for a touchscreen - all you do is lose 50% > of he > area you had before for hitting keys. (admittedly for mis-types now where > you > would have hit another key there is less area to hit too). > > so you lose more keypresses (you lost 50% of the hit area), but you lost > mis-hit > area too. > > one way or another - you press, then quickly press next key, but then > notice > that the previous key wasn't hit - u still need to backspace and re-enter > again > (possibly missing again). you just give up 1 kind of error for another kind >
I'm amazed how much you guys can theorize about the idea before actually trying it. Is it because of allergy to patents? I bet we could use the general idea if we wanted to, without violating the patent. Just change the shape of the keys or something.
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