On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Kevin Dean wrote:
I have a stylus tied to my phone, and I am missing a finger, I never
thought before whether that might be part of the problem, It surely played
havoc with my touch typing at the time maybe 30 years ago.
I invite you to speak up and let that be know. Someone saying "I think
this touchpad sucks" is one thing - saying "I'm missing a finger and
this layout makes typing difficult". I think a lot of people hack
together code and then, in hindsight, attempt to make it accessible
for others who speak different languages or have disabilities. Certain
design decisions should probably be taken into account in the
beginning, I think. Making that be known adds a different prespective
to your input.
Well I don't see it quite like that. The vast majority of people have 8
fingers and 2 thumbs; My belief is that they use the 2 thumbs on those
phone keyboards. The phone is small, there is probably only room for about
3 fingers and a thumb at any one time. I think left-handedness is likely
to be more of a problem. I use my left hand on mice routinely as a
demonstration that it is quite easy, I get upset by lefthanders
complaining that they cant manage a mouse.
On the other hand, lack of fine control of the remaining fingers due to
arthritis or some other manifestation of old age might be a concern.
But the faithful stylus will solve that for me.
regards,
clare
