Yet another keypad idea

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Well,
if you have a touchscreen, why restrict to 9 buttons?

Basically, you end up in a handwriting recognition like xstroke:

http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/tech/freenix03/full_papers/ 
worth/worth_html/xstroke.html

which also uses 9 fields. Maybe this article helps to improve your  
approach.


Am 08.09.2007 um 14:30 schrieb OJW:

> Just playing with another idea for text-entry:
>
> http://almien.co.uk/Keypad/
>
> The idea is to be able to type mixed letters / numbers / symbols /
> control-characters without having to look at the screen when  
> typing.  It
> takes a while to pick-up, but should be easy to use once you see  
> how it
> works.
>
> Only implemented as a javascript demo for now, but imagine it as  
> finger-app
> (perhaps transparently overlaid on an application).  Only tested on  
> firefox,
> sorry!
>
> Regards,
>
> OJW
>
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