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I always thought it made a lot more sense to pair an existing touch device with a computer instead of embedding touch in the keyboard. It’s less limited (e.g.
by makecheck 10y ago
I always thought it made a lot more sense to pair an existing touch device with a computer instead of embedding touch in the keyboard. It’s less limited (e.g. larger horizontal or vertical or grid layouts as needed) and it uses something that most people already have.
- dsr_ 10y agoIt would also be particularly good if it acted as a USB or Bluetooth HID keyboard and/or touchpad.
- moses-palmer 10y agoI have had that as a low-intensive side project for the last three years. It's amazing how responsive a virtual touchpad you can create using touch events + HTML 5 + websockets!
- no_news_is 10y agoSince you didn't link it, I will. https://github.com/moses-palmer/virtual-touchpad https://github.com/moses-palmer/virtual-touchpad Requires >= Python 3.5 though so I won't be trying it out just yet. Oh, and welcome to Hacker News!
- moses-palmer 10y agoThank you :-) I have been silently reading linked articles and comments here for a couple of years; apparently I needed a reason to push my own semi dormant project as well as an actual computer to finally register.
- nilkn 10y agoIsn't the advantage of embedding it in the keyboard that it's ideally positioned just a short finger reach away from the default touch typing stance? Also embedding it in the keyboard means it doesn't require any extra desk space, so it's available in bed, on the couch, etc.
- pmontra 10y agoSometimes you are close to the keyboard and sometimes you're walking around giving a presentation or other activities. There is space for both approaches.
- rokyed 10y agoi can see that, thanks for the idea
- rokyed 10y agoi would love to implement it like Apple did it but i am no electronics engineer to do such.
- vaqm 10y agoit does make sense, if you'd like your iOs device to behave as a (sort of) giant Touch Bar check Quadro out... (http://quadro.me http://quadro.me)