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I find the OLED toolbar pretty interesting, and apparently well-implemented, but I am a little wary of how readily it recommends itself to a keyboard-based work
by dmreedy 10y ago
I find the OLED toolbar pretty interesting, and apparently well-implemented, but I am a little wary of how readily it recommends itself to a keyboard-based workflow. Most keyboards are designed such that I don't ever need to look away from my monitor. I just sort of think and my muscle memory does the work on the keyboard. Helpful affordances like physically distinguishable keys with different shapes, bumps on the homerow, and predictable, unchanging layout means that I can keep my eyes on the screen.
There are certain functionalities that might justify the cost of looking down (not to sound too melodramatic). But one of the examples that keeps cropping up is autocomplete. Which seems like a rather unnatural thing to put anywhere but the text it's completing. Wondering what else the expect to show up on this thing, in a location I currently don't really ever look at if I don't have to.
- Jtsummers 10y agoI suspect that looking at it won't take too much attention. It's at the top of the keyboard, it's just a slight glance down, and after some time with a particular app, you'll develop a good muscle memory for whatever features it offers that you want.