[via Slashdot] yet another alternative text input subject : Five finger keyboards

[Ian Stirling]

Giles Jones wrote:
> Florent THIERY <fthiery at gmail.com> wrote :
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>>Interesting blog post when you consider the custom cases possibility:
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>>http://trevors-trinkets.blogspot.com/2007/07/five-finger-keyboards.html
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> Always better sticking with the convention 0-9 abc def type keyboard. Anything unconventional will split people 50:50, half will love it (mostly geeks), half won't.
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> Besides, typing numbers by holding down multiple keys just seems silly.
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> KISS = Keep it simple stupid.
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> I'd much sooner see OLED buttons where the text can change to suit the task.

Those are quite expensive per.

I've used a chording keyboard.
I found it hard to get >6WPM
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