Triangular Buttons Make On-Screen Keyboards More Usable 287
As someone targeted for perpetual failure by the designers of most keyboards, I'm happy to read
The Register's report that "A British inventor has submitted a patent application for a wacky touchscreen keyboard design which, he claims, could spell the end for accidental key presses."
Maybe (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Other innevitable innovations... (Score:5, Funny)
And you could put little springs under the bumps, so that you could feel them move when you pressed them hard enough!
Re:The Best Thing To Do (Score:5, Funny)
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I thought the caps lock key made things easier? http://www.bash.org/?835030 [bash.org]
Re:The Best Thing To Do (Score:4, Funny)
> As someone who sues it
Why so litigious??
Re:The Best Thing To Do (Score:5, Funny)
As someone who sues it
How exactly do you sue a keyboard key?
Re:make users adapt to hardware (Score:2, Funny)
It's like peeing on the fly; having something to aim at makes it easier to aim.
With all that space between keys... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The Best Thing To Do (Score:5, Funny)
Don't me an idiot. He clearly meant "suse".
If triangles are good... (Score:2, Funny)
... wouldn't diamonds be better?
Re:The Best Thing To Do (Score:1, Funny)
How exactly does one me an idiot?
Re:Apple is, or should be, FAR ahead of this... (Score:5, Funny)
most of the way over toward E, and the previous two letters were T-H, so I'm going to go ahead and make it an E.
That is the single most aggravating "feature" of the iPhone keyboard. To he'll with that ducking shot.
Re:?? On touchscreens.. (Score:3, Funny)
Quick, you'd better patent that idea so nobody else can use it.
Re:The Best Thing To Do (Score:5, Funny)
Excellent. So then, the formula I need will be:
(num_users * keyboard_price) + (num_users * large_reptile_price * crocodiles_per_moat)
?
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so can most keyboards, when you use the (not supplied) screwdriver tool. :)
Re:The Best Thing To Do (Score:5, Funny)
How do you shout without a caps lock key?
Re:Stupid (Score:5, Funny)
Only on Slashdot is it helpful to explain how something works by pointing out it is similar to devices in the Pegasus galaxy.
Re:The Best Thing To Do (Score:5, Funny)
By pushing on the keys very, very hard.
Re:The Best Thing To Do (Score:4, Funny)
How many users can each crocodile kill or maim?
How many users can attempt to cross each moat at a time?
Can the users access the drawbridge controls? What is the cost of the security on the drawbridge controls?
What is the value, in crocodiles, of a moat-bound kraken?
Have you considered ill-tempered sea bass as an alternative to crocodiles (they are much cheaper than sharks WFLBs)?
In short, I'm not sure you've thought through the moat implementation in depth. My firm, Moats and Goats, LLC, would be happy to offer our moat consulting services for a small fee. If you sign a contract by the 15th of this month, I'll throw in free goat lawn trimming for your castle courtyard (please note that goat disposal is not an issue; the crocs or kraks will need to be fed, after all).
Re:make users adapt to hardware (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The Best Thing To Do (Score:2, Funny)
The Logitech wave keyboard has a little "moat" around Capslock and Numlock keys, making them far less easy to accidentally press.
Plus it kept the Black Knight at bay!
Re:Apple is, or should be, FAR ahead of this... (Score:2, Funny)
No problemo. I'll just use emacs then.
Re:make users adapt to hardware (Score:3, Funny)
I just swear at computers until they put me through to an operator.
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I find no problem with "Sci-Fi" as shorthand. "SyFy", on the other hand is a horrible marketing conception that looks like a pet name for a venereal disease.
Anyway, I'm not going to bitch when someone calls a desktop tower a "CPU", so Bradbury (or whomever made the statement, as the poster was not sure) can go cry about his little pet-peeve in the corner and let everyone else continue to evolve the language.
Re:The Best Thing To Do (Score:5, Funny)
How do you shout without a caps lock key?
Like this [bash.org].
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Seriously, I'd like a keyboard that reads my mind
dude, that is so yesterday. I'm using (blowjob) on of those key(nice tits) boards right now. I (69) highly reco(tap that)mmend that you go (damn, lookat that ass) out and get one (hot lesbian action) for yourself. They are (I'd like to bend her over) not that ex(she's gotta be 18)pensive.....
you know, on second thought, not such a good idea.
Re:I'll consider... (Score:3, Funny)
...and I'll upgrade my car when my Model-T stops running :^)