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10/GUI – Desktops Without a Mouse, Operating Systems without Windows
- technomancy 17y agoI've tried the multitouch-is-a-keyboard thing with a fingerworks device, and while it's great for graphical/point-and-click things, the typing speed penalty you pay for not having physically distinct keys is huge. Definitely not worth it unless you just don't type very much.
- Semiapies 17y agoThis system has come up before a few times (the one with the most discussion I see in a quick search is http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=877535 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=877535). The problem with this system is that it seems to require 10 usable fingers, which excludes a non-trivial number of people. Or, as my best friend (who only has the equivalent of two fingers - but less flexible - and who has to mouse using his feet) puts it, "The future of interfaces seems designed to screw me over."