Hi IxDA! Came across a gallery of the Optimus Maximus Keyboard http://www.engadget.com/photos/hands-on-with-optimus-maximus-at-last/
Imagine this as a standard on all new laptops and keyboards from an interaction perspective: Application Short-cuts displayed when an application has focus: When you switch to Photoshop, your keyboard changes layout to reflect the short-cuts as icons. Shortcuts behind Ctrl/Alt/Windows-key/Apple-key: When you press down either key, you keyboard switches context again to show the short-cuts behind the ctrl-key. The "C" would become a Copy-icon, when you pressed the Ctrl on Windows or Apple-key on Mac. Keyboard configuration: Developers could configure their keyboard to write code much easier while still enabling others to use their computer. Imagine how much easier applications and games could be to use, if all of them could change the layout of the keyboard, to reflect the available options as keys with different icons or text, in any given application-context. Just a thought I got from seeing the gallery of the new keyboard - please share your thoughts :-) Nicolai Bentsen Zecure ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
