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
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