New Keyboard Has Just 53 Keys

Enigma5O writes to tell us The Tech Zone is reporting on a new style of keyboard with just 53 keys. Departing from the normal QWERTY keyboard setup the 'New Standard Keyboard' designed by John Parkinson measures just 12.5 inches wide x 5 inches deep x 1 inch thick and is arranged in alphabetical order. The keyboard has been designed with ergonomics in mind keeping all keys within easy reach of the home position. The only question is, will everyone be willing to relearn how to type?

Handy

[Ironballs]

But if they implement a key for CTRL+ALT+DEL, the sales will go high as the sky

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[Galston]

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Re:My Theory of Keyboard Design

[dsginter]

While we're at it, we should all convert to a more sensible language like Spanish. English is just too difficult to master.

Re:One word anwser

[Anonymous Coward]

The only question is, will everyone be willing to relearn how to type?

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Impossible to game with

[ezpei]

You'd need two hands just to reach A, W, S, and D and god forbid you have to strafe

Re:Pictures

[bje2]

Um, even with safe search on, what is up with that 2nd pic???

Re:Space Key

[AKAImBatman]

There's a "SpFn" key directly in the bottom-center of the keyboard. I assume that means a combination of the SpaceBar and Function buttons.

Of course, if they can get away with a keyboard design like this, my keyboard design should rule the world! Just images, all your keys arranged in a circular fashion on a lazy suzan. As you type, you spin the keyboard to move the buttons into position for striking. I'll be rich, rich I tell you!

Or maybe this Fisher Price keyboard isn't going anywhere. (Except out the door.)

I created a new type of car

[hedleyroos]

It has only a gas pedal. You have to pull the door handle and hit gas simultaneously to brake.

I switched the gearlever from the traditional five to a more ergonomical two gears and second gear is the default. Studies have proven that more motorists pull away in second.

We expect this new model to replace traditional models around the same time DVORAK replaces QWERTY.

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[ahodgkinson]

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New and improved 49 keys!

[PurpleButter]

No need for those arrows in the middle of the keyboard.
h, j, k and l work just perfectly fine.

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Re:My Theory of Keyboard Design

[mtdnelson]

Esperanto, please. No masculine/feminine/neuter, no irregular verbs, only one way to form plurals...

Apparantly it only takes a week to learn Esperanto. When everyone else speaks it, I'll only be a week behind!

I believe that argument was coined by a lady called Trudi Berger (not sure of the spelling, sorry), who used to be a specialist in language crash courses at York University in the 70s.

She used to help her students get top grades in modern language exams in a week (from scratch). The only problem is that you often forget in less than seven days what was learnt in the previous week! So the solution was to follow one of her crash courses with an extended visit to the appropriate country...

Re:My Theory of Keyboard Design

[eraserewind]

Interesting, but all the same please remind me never to buy a keyboard from you.

in other news...

[critical_v]

i just designed a guitar with 6 frets and 24 strings...of course, now the tuning pattern is completely different, so i'll call it..uhh..."new standard tuning"! i wonder if it'll catch on.

Re:QWERTY, DVORAK, ABCDEF

[timster]

Dude, you've got it all wrong -- it's not "TYPEWRITER", it's "RUPERT".

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Re:My Theory of Keyboard Design

[Yocto Yotta]

My vote is for Orkian. No masculine/feminine/neuter, no irregular verbs, no nanu nanus...

Binary!

[Anonymous Coward]

Spanish? Binary all the way!

Re:One word anwser

[b4k3d b34nz]

And I still haven't figured out what "magltheuansr" is.

"Menstrual Hag"--courtesy of the Internet Anagram Server [wordsmith.org].

Damn

[Anonymous Coward]

I just bought a new keyboard.

Re:Handy

[Hymer]

"But if they implement a key for CTRL+ALT+DEL, the sales will go high as the sky"
I keep hearing about those keys... and I do not really understand the meaning of this key sequence...

Let's just see how fast those M$ FanBoyz will mod me troll...

--

You don't need Ctrl+Alt+Del if you don't run Windows...

Re:My Theory of Keyboard Design

[zippthorne]

That's true, spanish is easy to use. Just like mac. French is even easier, and they have a bureau to stamp out unfrench words, keeping it closed and proprietary - windows. English is a bit more open-source. As a result, it seems to have incorporated just about every word under the sun, so really it should only be used by hardcore language hobbyists.

Re:Pictures

[misfit13b]

Must be the inventors...

They came to Earth to give us new keyboard layouts, and shop for pants.

Re:Space Key

[C10H14N2]

They also forgot the solenoid to bang the side of the casing with every keypress like the IBM 5251. Now _that_ was ergonomics. [shudder]

Re:My Theory of Keyboard Design

[mdielmann]

[English] seems to have incorporated just about every word under the sun, so really it should only be used by hardcore language hobbyists.

Have you seen how most people use English? It appears they all think they're hardcore language hobbyists...

No windows button?!?!

[meinders]

There isn't a windows button! Which key am I going to use to open the start menu now? ha

Re:My Theory of Keyboard Design

[StrongAxe]

She used to help her students get top grades in modern language exams in a week (from scratch). The only problem is that you often forget in less than seven days what was learnt in the previous week! So the solution was to follow one of her crash courses with an extended visit to the appropriate country...

How much is a round-trip ticket to Esperantia?

Re:My Theory of Keyboard Design

[dovgr]

Using Dvorak with the keytops displaying the characters is really missing the whole point. The whole idea of touchtyping is that you should *NEVER* look at your fingers when you type. I've been using Dvorak for more than 20 years now, and I have never owned a "Dvorak keyboard". (It is actually a never ending source of pleasure at work, when the frustrated coworkers realize that they cannot type on your keyboard.)