> Then I would invite you to study it some more. I am very much a UX enthusiast if not long-time student of that field. I am a constant proponent for usability

> Then I would invite you to study it some more. I am very much a UX enthusiast if not long-time student of that field. I am a constant proponent for usability features. These patently awful dial pads help nobody but the authors of the blog post fishing for clicks. They're junk. They're worse than useless. Apple made a "one handed keyboard" for iOS 11 (http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/09/21/inside-ios-11-apples-new-one-handed-keyboard-allows-for-easier-typing http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/09/21/inside-ios-11-appl...) and it shows how it can be done. They scrunched it down a bit to make it more convenient to use. They did not arbitrarily rearrange everything into an unfamiliar layout and force that layout on everyone who wanted to use that feature. Another example is the Matias "half" keyboard (http://matias.ca/halfkeyboard/ http://matias.ca/halfkeyboard/) which comes in two varieties: Minimal and full-sized. Both offer similar features and are intended to be used with one hand. Note they didn't jumble up the keys, either, they made it as conventional and familiar as possible while still achieving usability goals.