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This is the best idea I have read in ages, "the computer is an extension of my keyboard". If the keyboard had an onboard macro editor, it would be perfect.

lmilcin 6y ago
Macro editor is a simple feature. Unless you mean uLisp running on the keyboard... (http://www.ulisp.com/show?29ST http://www.ulisp.com/show?29ST)
- guessbest 6y ago
  An embedded forth system sounds better as the user's knowledge base would have to be encoded in such as way it would be extensible and memorable. A computer keyboards job in this case wouldn't be the end usage but a slave process to entering data in the host process for freeing up cognitive space for the user to delve in to their problem set. Some sort of mucking together of prolog and forth is what I'd imagine, a simple enough programmable stack builder constrained to the user's expressive capabilities while focusing on making new rules to constrain the host computer's usage. The role of the keyboard is to prevent the main computer from deviating from the user's focus in the problem solving session of input and retrieval (I/O).
nine_k 6y ago
Hello, this was called a terminal back in the day :) I noticed that the Gergo keyboard from the original post has a small screen, like a real terminal would.
- guessbest 6y ago
  I think rather than a dumb terminal, the idea was to create an I/O unit which would house user shortcuts and memory to handle the mental clutter of clipboard history, snippets, and browser bookmarks without depending on the host computer system which could be difficult to use due to locked down policies by the IT department. Such an idea as "unclose window" and "restore last browser tab" if unfeasible on a terminal. Also, a cloud connected keyboard would store information retrievable across host machines using a biometric ID to secure the data such as using fingerprints which, again, is difficult for an even a power user to manipulate with given the standard security practices in IT departments these days. Of course the I/O device would have to be as potable as needed, while the host machines could be locked to a desk.
ihodes 6y ago
The QMK firmware offers a (very) simple onboard macro editor, JFYI

lmilcin 6y ago

Macro editor is a simple feature. Unless you mean uLisp running on the keyboard... (http://www.ulisp.com/show?29ST http://www.ulisp.com/show?29ST)

guessbest 6y ago
An embedded forth system sounds better as the user's knowledge base would have to be encoded in such as way it would be extensible and memorable. A computer keyboards job in this case wouldn't be the end usage but a slave process to entering data in the host process for freeing up cognitive space for the user to delve in to their problem set. Some sort of mucking together of prolog and forth is what I'd imagine, a simple enough programmable stack builder constrained to the user's expressive capabilities while focusing on making new rules to constrain the host computer's usage. The role of the keyboard is to prevent the main computer from deviating from the user's focus in the problem solving session of input and retrieval (I/O).

nine_k 6y ago

Hello, this was called a terminal back in the day :) I noticed that the Gergo keyboard from the original post has a small screen, like a real terminal would.

guessbest 6y ago
I think rather than a dumb terminal, the idea was to create an I/O unit which would house user shortcuts and memory to handle the mental clutter of clipboard history, snippets, and browser bookmarks without depending on the host computer system which could be difficult to use due to locked down policies by the IT department. Such an idea as "unclose window" and "restore last browser tab" if unfeasible on a terminal. Also, a cloud connected keyboard would store information retrievable across host machines using a biometric ID to secure the data such as using fingerprints which, again, is difficult for an even a power user to manipulate with given the standard security practices in IT departments these days. Of course the I/O device would have to be as potable as needed, while the host machines could be locked to a desk.

ihodes 6y ago

The QMK firmware offers a (very) simple onboard macro editor, JFYI