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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: [KDE Usability] 10GUI user interface: some great ideas,
From:       Diego Moya <turingt () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-11-06 11:54:46
Message-ID: 11ee04940911060354w29a14b6eu112277d34b408501 () mail ! gmail ! com
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For touch typing in a touchscreen, it really shouldn't be necessary a
precise aiming to exact screen points. A gesture could track and
calibrate the precise "home" position of your index fingers, and all
later keypresses would be defined as relative to that home position.

This would eliminate the "my hands are improperly aligned WRT the
keyboard" problem. I would go further and use the initial gesture as
the standard way to open a virtual keyboard, right under your
fingertips anyplace in the touchscreen.


2009/11/5 Shaun Reich:
>> And how does that help me to find "Q" or "W"?
>
> Ditto.
>
> The idea isn't to press the button, then see if your fingers are
> aligned properly. In reality, you kind of feel it out, then when you
> are where you want, you start typing. I tend to be aligned improperly
> every once in a while even with the regular keyboard (usually happens
> when my feet are on the desk). This would be a lot worse if there was
> no ability to "feel" where your fingers were with respect to the keys.
>
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> Shaun Reich
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