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Re: Chording for iGesture Numpad

From: Steve Barr <>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 18:57:26 -0400

Ben Roose wrote:
>  You could change a lot of these gesture chords to
> outputting the alphabet, etc. but then you've lost most of the gestures
> used for commands and macros.

So you're back to Control-C, Control-V, etc.

>  If the chording could be linked to the
> surface keys then you could have more than 16 combinations and they
> could be independent of the gesture command chords.

I hope they respond to your email about that.

>  A lot of companies have tried to just decrease the size of a full QWERTY
> keyboard, the most extreme being the keyboards on the front of some
> PDAs.  It's a mad idea, keys need to be a comfortable size for the
> fingers, the PDA keyboards can really only be struck accurately with a
> stylus not multiple fingers. 

Most such keyboards are generally intended for two-thumb typing,
which I've found surprisingly fast.

Also, keep in mind that unless your hands are the average size for the
entire world, some keyboards just won't fit.

 > I admit the
> Mini Keyboard isn't as small as some but it still looks uncomfortable
> for two hands and a QWERTY keyboard is quite slow when used with one
> hand only.

Practice, practice, practice. ;-)

Actually the real problem would be hitting the correct key with a moving
hand and a moving keyboard.

Steve
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