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Obviously, if you like physical keyboards, I respect your opinion that it's important to you. However, I don't think you can say a device without has lower usab
by edster 16y ago
Obviously, if you like physical keyboards, I respect your opinion that it's important to you. However, I don't think you can say a device without has lower usability.
What you gain in potential typing ability is offset by either a larger overall device (by volume) or a smaller screen. Both offset the potential increased usability of the keyboard.
Additionally, there is more to usability than simply having keys. In fact, there are some huge usability gains to be had with an on screen keyboard. For example, when typing into an email field, the keyboard changes to specialize for keys important for creating email addresses. Same with fields meant for URLs, or numbers, etc.
- nhooey 16y ago> In fact, there are some huge usability gains to be had with an on screen keyboard. For example, when typing into an email field, the keyboard changes to specialize for keys important for creating email addresses. On an iPhone, this is merely a way to compensate for the lack of real-estate you can dedicate to the keyboard. On a blackberry you have all of these keys accessible as alternates by holding down the ALT key. This includes all of the letters, numbers, backspace, enter, shift keys and these characters: ()_-+@#*/:;;"?!,$. Typing on a blackberry is much easier and quicker, making it a lot better for email and chat. I'd personally like to a new blackberry all the same, except the screen would also be a touch screen. Keep the small laptop-like touchpad, though.
- nhooey 16y agoOh look, they're making a hardware-keyboard-touchscreen-slider combo that just got leaked: http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/03/03/device.follows.general.form.of.bold/ http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/03/03/device.follows...