Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2002 16:39:17 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Why did Toshiba stop producing Libretto?
At 01:36 AM 9/06/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2002 10:29:00 +0200 >From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Vidar_Gr=F8nvold?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] Why did Toshiba stop producing Libretto? > >On Fri, 7 Jun 2002 17:06:07 -0700, you wrote: > >Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2002 08:03:24 +0800 > >From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [LIB] Why did Toshiba stop producing Libretto? > > > >Whilst I live in hope that Toshiba will release another tiny Libretto > >because despite all this I still think there is a market for them, > >realistically I don't seem them doing it until they develop a better way of > >doing the user interface (perhaps it may take until they build a projection > >keyboard into the laptop and have a touchscreen so you could still use it > >if you didn't have a surface to project onto). > >"projection keyboard"..well that gave me an idea..what about a >Libretto-type machine with an inbuilt projector..I mean, so you could >project the screen on a wall? That be a killer app. Problem with that is you need a significant light source. In contrast, the laser-based projected keyboard thats been tossed around needs significantly less power. > >Of course, I am still of the opinion that there should be more companies > >producing alternative input devices such as chording keyboards (ya I know, > >HandyKey still produce one but apart from that, to get one you really need > >to build your own), and half-QWERTY keyboards (where only half the keyboard > >exists, to get the other half you hold down the space bar and the missing > >keys are mirrored across ... surprisingly easy to type on as your brain > >rewires the keys of both hands onto 1 hand as long as you've been taught to > >touchtype properly). > >What about a keyboard that could be raised and folded out. Didn't IBM >make that for theire Thankpads? You still have the problem of having to have a surface to put the thing on and needing both hands to use it. IBM did produce one where the keyboard rotated slightly and clipped out but that was more to reduce the width of the notebook. Problem is the mechanism adds to the thickness and complexity of the laptop - notice they don't do that anymore (anyone who's played with either those or the Palm Portable Keyboards would know how flimsy any such keyboard is). - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | | ICQ: 31756092 | Libretto IRC channel #Libretto on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
