On 6/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Peter A Trotter</b> <<a href="mailto:peter.trotter@gmail.com">peter.trotter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 28/06/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Fabien</b> <<a href="mailto:fleutot+openmoko@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">fleutot+openmoko@gmail.com
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<span>On 6/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Robin Paulson</b> <<a href="mailto:robin.paulson@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">robin.paulson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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someone on this list had a similar idea for enlarging number keys i<br>think, they would appear or resize depending on context iirc?<br><a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/usingiphone/keyboard_large.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.apple.com/iphone/usingiphone/keyboard_large.html
</a></blockquote></span><div><br>That's shiny and beautiful, but of limited use: the key becomes bigger
*after* it's been hit, too late to help the user aiming. Well, actually
it's still got a practical use: it helps notice when one hits the wrong
key (I guess no human being could type without looking at the keyboard
on an iphone).
</div></div></blockquote><div><br>This immediately made me think of enlarging keys on a predictive basis. Not sure it is that useful but it was an amusing thought.<br><br>-Pete <br></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br>
Which immediately makes me think of the way Dasher (<a href="http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/">http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/</a>) works, with the most common next letter(s) being greatly enlarged from its normal size. This could work for a keyboard too, with the predicted next keys getting larger and less likely keys shrinking. It would have to be handled very well though, or else it would just look horrible and be unusable.
<br><br>-Steven