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This could be a stepping stone to a fully redrawable keyboard. There was one (not redrawable, but who looks at the keys anyway), but Apple bought it and killed
by lutorm 10y ago
This could be a stepping stone to a fully redrawable keyboard.
There was one (not redrawable, but who looks at the keys anyway), but Apple bought it and killed it: http://ergocanada.com/products/keyboards/fingerworks_lp.html http://ergocanada.com/products/keyboards/fingerworks_lp.html
I had one. It was not good for typing.
- jfoutz 10y agoI agree. It was not good for typing. I gave a good 4 months before i gave up. If someone made an e-paper optimus style keyboard, i would definitely give that a try. Little animations are neat. they pop. i really like them. for about a day. Then they're just annoying.
- jordybg 10y agohttp://www.theverge.com/2016/10/19/13328710/apple-e-ink-keyboard-macbook-sonder-rumors http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/19/13328710/apple-e-ink-keyb... There is one by Sonder
- hboon 10y agoJust an anecdote: I typed pretty decently on it and used it for years for everything including programming. (For reference sake, I've never timed, but I'm one of the fastest typist among people I know when not using the Touchstream)
- fusiongyro 10y agoBuying that company is what got them multitouch, which is what made the iPhone and iPad possible. It's funny, but they're really just closing the loop on that acquisition by making a programmable keyboard. By the way, a friend of mine had the Fingerworks (I use a Kinesis Advantage) and in the winter it would always go wonky because of static. He wound up having the company buy a humidifier... for his keyboard. I thought it was a neat idea (especially switching between typing and mousing by just sliding around) but I found the lack of feedback jarring and didn't fall in love with it.