Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 11:02:46 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Why did Toshiba stop producing Libretto?
At 07:45 PM 9/06/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 02:41:13 +0000 >From: "Cerulean Skies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] Why did Toshiba stop producing Libretto? > >> >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? > >Yes, that'd be cool, it could use the unused space on top of the L100 >battery pack. >Or else, I've seen those flexible keyboards that you could roll >up. Perhaps a pull-out keyboard that rolls back into a tight pack at one >end of the laptop? There isn't ANY space on top of the L100 battery pack last time I looked ... certainly not enough to store part of the keyboard ... remember, the keyboard module needs at least 4mm thickness for a reasonable 2mm-odd key travel. As for the flexible keyboard, you may have seen one but have you ever tried typing on them? Its worse than typing on a membrane keyboard as the keys don't even go down straight (besides, they don't roll up tight enough anyway because they try to emulate key travel) ... whilst the projection keyboard would have related problems (in this case, NO key travel or tactile feedback), at least it wouldn't take up nearly as much space as a rollup keyboard so it could be included with minimal tradeoff. Personally, if I were going for a full QWERTY, I'd still rather carry something like a folding Palm Portable Keyboard which has a full 3mm keystroke and desktop-sized keys. - 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 **************************************************************
