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People are still building chorded input devices. This was shown at CES: https://www.charachorder.com/ https://www.charachorder.com/ Mobile devices lack good
by melling 7y ago
People are still building chorded input devices. This was shown at CES:
https://www.charachorder.com/ https://www.charachorder.com/
Mobile devices lack good input methods. There’s a possibility they might prove useful for those on the go.
- falcolas 7y agoThis looks less like a chording keyboard (which tend to have fewer inputs), and more an evolution on the "Data Hand" keyboard (which allows access to every character by moving fingers in different directions). ref. http://octopup.org/computer/datahand http://octopup.org/computer/datahand
- melling 7y agoIt looks like both. You can move keys in multiple directions, but you also get chorded input: “ Over 17 Billion (17.1529*10^12) possible chord combinations per profile."
- falcolas 7y agoYou can do the same with a standard keyboard and drivers - such as plover, autohotkey, etc. 36! is a pretty large number as well. ;) This isn't an attempt to denigrate the product, it does look nice. One of my favorite chorded input methods was the old steam controller text input that combined 8 positions on the left stick with the right 4 face buttons of a standard controller. But it's design is closer to a standard keyboard than chorded keyboard.
- melling 7y agoYes, but I don’t want to carry a standard keyboard with me. That’s why I mentioned usage with mobile devices. I’d like to sit on a park bench on a nice spring day and write my blog with my phone. Starbucks, library, picnic table, deli, ....
- falcolas 7y agoI would personally think that the use of joysticks would not work exceptionally well with a "park bench" scenario, but that's me. I'd probably look into the Twiddler, or one of the single-key-per-finger options myself. Personal preference and all that. :)