the phone is meant to be how it was designed, no adaptive techy stuff is needed. There's no need to adapt it, it works! I'm sure if I didn't have the bumps on my f and j keys on my comp, I'd still find the keys, voice feedback. if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
On Jul 13, 2009, at 11:15 PM, Larry Wanger wrote: > I've been trying to get my head around an idea of creating a screen > cover with markings or even Braille on it for the keyboard. The > problem though for starters is that the keyboard changes and is > contextual. In some text fields, where you're entering email > addresses for example, the keyboard adds the period, @ sign and even > a .com button. In other cases those symbols are not present on the > main keyboard and you need to hit the more button to access these > functions. Therefore, I think creating an overlay would be > challenging but its something I've thought of. > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] > ] On Behalf Of Ryan Mann > Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 1:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Article Slamming the iPhone > > > > With the Iphone, can bumps be put on the spots where the F and J > keys are supposed to be? If not, I could see why it would take some > people a little too long to find the virtual home row. If somebody > can't find the home row, it will probably be a struggle to type each > key. > > > > > > > > On Jul 13, 2009, at 1:18 PM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote: > > > > > > > What I'd like to ask all these folks saying the iPhone is so > inefficient is: How efficient were you three weeks after the first > time you ever touched a QWERTY keyboard? It's a whole new model for > human interface interaction. After three weeks, I have no problems > just touching the battery status, or really much of anything else. > Things are not hard to find. They do not move around, and the flick > method of navigation is great when you are having trouble with a > brand-new and unfamiliar screen. > > > > Sitting with an iPhone for an hour and then declaring it slow, > inefficient, and difficult to navigate is just silly. :) The ever > growing number of VI iPhone users will tell you the same. Sure, it > takes time to be comfortable. Once you are, it's fantastic. :) > > > Josh de Lioncourt > > …my other mail provider is an owl… > > > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/Lioncourt > > Music: http://stage19music.com > > Mac-cessibility: http://www.Lioncourt.com > > Blog: http://lioncourtsmusings.blogspot.com > > GoodReads: http://goodreads.com/Lioncourt > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
