<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">I believe a simple two character per "key" would be more than enough as a start (where the current phones are 3 chars per key). A full qwerty is too dense, so cut the density in half by bundling 2 keys into one.<br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br>I've attached a 2 minute mokup. Image is 480px accross.<br><br>just tossing ideas.. layout would be discussed.<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Josef Wolf
<jw@raven.inka.de><br>To: community@lists.openmoko.org<br>Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 3:51:50 PM<br>Subject: Re: Yet another finger keybord (gui mock-up).<br><br><div>On Sun, Aug 26, 2007 at 06:04:15PM +0200, Lars Hallberg wrote:<br>> Josef Wolf
skrev:<br>> >[ I warm-up this old thread again... ]<br>> ><br>> >On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 12:02:31AM +0200, Lars Hallberg wrote:<br>> >>a mock-up on a 90-key by one stroke finger keyboard. Think this might be <br>> >>an usable and pretty efficient input method.<br>> >><br>> >> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.micropp.se/openmoko/">http://www.micropp.se/openmoko/</a><br>> ><br>> >This looks very promising. I like this idea. The only issue I see is that<br>> >the least used characters (numbers) are the easiest to enter. IMHO, the<br>> >mostly used characters should be accessible without dragging. <br>> <br>> I think it's a good default as it reuses the users knowledges from t9 <br>> systems. It's important to be easy to pick up.<br><br>It is perfect for the "phone" functions. But we
don't want to stop
at<br>trivial functions.<br><br>> But an alternative layout <br>> optimised for text input is good, as is a possibility for power users to <br>> define there own layout, or even special layout for different <br>> programs/tasks.<br><br>I'm not sore what is the best layout for "text input". While I am pretty<br>that numbers-on-main-positions is the second worst possibility (the worst<br>would be to change positions automatically), I am not really sure what the<br>best layout would be. As an example, for an emacs user, about half of the<br>keystrokes are either ESC or CTRL-X. A lisp programmer would like<br>parentheses on the main positions. I don't think we will ever be able to<br>find the perfect layout for everybody. But we might be able to give people<br>the ability to choose.<br><br>As an exmple, I would like three layouts:<br>1. For phone functions, your original "phone"
layout.<br>2. For mails, mostly used letters on main positions (as described in my<br> last mail) but ESC and CTRL-X also on main positions.<br>3. For programming, some special chartacters should move on main positions.<br><br>> In 2007.2 the scroll wheel is gone, so the key layout should probably be <br>> 5x3 giving the number of functions / key like (the status bar is gone so <br>> the bottom keys get less functions):<br>> <br>> 5 7 7 7 5<br>> 5 7 7 7 5<br>> 3 4 4 4 3<br><br>Ough, I don't really understand... You want up to 7 functions per key?<br><br>> Make a total of 80 keys. Alternatively 6x3:<br>> <br>> 5 7 7 7 7 5<br>> 5 7 7 7 7 5<br>> 3 4 4 4 4 3<br>> <br>> Make a total of 98 keys... Think You need a real device to find out what <br>> is best.<br><br>Too bad they are sold out :-( No chance to buy one :-((<br><br>> <br>> The main good with this input method is its intuitive
and probably <br>> reasonable fast. But now I'm thinking more on how to use minimal of <br>> screen space and work good one handed without visual attention... and <br>> still be reasonable in speed.<br><br>Maybe 8 functions per key (instead of 6) would be a benefit? Only a guess.<br>You can't tell unles you actually tried it.<br><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>
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