On 2011-03-25 06:19 , William Ehrich wrote:
> [quoting Ashley:]
I think a multitouch IDE app will need to (and will) have very good
keyboard control and equivalents. And the terminal will, of course,
always be keyboard centric, so EMACS and vi will live on (until their
users don't).
Especially for people who still prefer their model 33 teletype.
i've met lots of young web developers who are quite comfortable with vi
& eMacs; i've never found one who is full time with vi (i was for a
while in the late 80s), but a few are very serious about eMacs
it seems like it will take a whole new paradigm, not just a simulated
typewriter keyboard, to make a touchscreen more efficient for writing or
coding than a physical keyboard
i also feel it's more ergonomic to have the display at nose height and
the hands at waist height; i don't know how we're going to get around
that -- grow eyes in our chests? cross-breed with swans?
I was amused to find that the new touchpad gesture system is good enough
for playing solitaire. But it's easier with the mouse because of the
mouse buttons. And editing text is faster with the mouse because my
mouse pad is much bigger than my touchpad and has multiple buttons.
how many buttons do you need to play solitaire? anyhow, an iPad display
is as bigger as most mousepads, and has even more buttons
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