On Nov 22, 2007 1:24 PM, Nicolai Bentsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
I can only imagine how annoyed users can be when they make mode errors. It may be of use to some professionals who spend most of their working day in one application (e.g. image/video editing) with lots of obscure functions but I can't see why they would invest in such an expensive keyboard. Most of them already use a keyboard with specially-coloured keys or stickers on top of keys, see for example: http://www.editorskeys.com/ For people constantly switching between different apps to get their job done, they would either have to constantly look at the keyboard to find out which key to press (not much an improvement from looking at a toolbar) or they would make a lot of mode errors (I still swear every time I press Cmd+T in my Mac to open a new web browser tab, but instead my instant messenger application is focused and I get a "Text Properties" popup that can't even be dimsissed by keyboard). A set of "shortcut keys" (which can be found with almost every keyboard nowadays) look more useful to me. (unfortunately, in my keyboard they're hidden in the ergonomically worst position, as my finger would have to jump over a row of function keys to reach them). Perhaps it would be appropriate to fit a display on each of these keys: although they are usually re-configurable through software, they icon printed on them cannot be changed. Regards, Alex ________________________________________________________________ *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
