Sundry online gizmo forums (e.g., Gizmodo and Engadget) tend to go gaga over the Optimus. While it looks pretty and sure has a following among fans of shiny objects, it unfortunately is very unfriendly towards muscle/kinesthetic memory. Note how the QWERTY keyboard has prevailed despite its layout being 'sub-optimal'. Doug Engelbart's 5-key chorded keyboard never caught on even (or, especially) among the early UI mavens at PARC and elsewhere. For the same reason. Engelbart claimed that the device helped experts. Likewise, the Optimus is probably not for 'the rest of us.'
-murli | www.murli.com On 11/22/07, Nicolai Bentsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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: > > ________________________________________________________________ *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
