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I think we'll need a new input method in the coming proliferation of touch ui based devices. Something like the old quickwriting research project perhaps. I hav
by jasonwatkinspdx 16y ago
I think we'll need a new input method in the coming proliferation of touch ui based devices. Something like the old quickwriting research project perhaps. I have no idea how one brings about a social skill change like that. I suppose Palm did pretty good with their writing system. But in any case, I think if you just look at the problem the answer is a new input method for this form factor. How you get people there I have no idea.
- wladimir 16y agoGood point, we really need a new text input method for a touch-centric world. On-screen QWERTY keyboards are inconvenient and especially slow. Something that allows for really fast typing using fingers only, no stylus should be required. The lack of a good solution to that is the only thing holding me back from using a tablet. I'm mainly a producer not a consumer so I really need to be able to type text quickly...
- pyrhho 16y agoseen Dasher? http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/ http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/
- wladimir 16y agoNope, hadn't seen that one yet. Could be interesting, thanks.
- jokermatt999 16y agoSwype is still an on screen qwerty keyboard, but it's much much quicker. You can essentially mash the keyboard (swipe around haphazardly, actually) and get exactly what you want for longer words. Shorter words are trickier, but it's amazing at getting long ones correct, and thus makes typing much quicker and painless.
- ugh 16y agoDoes it work on larger keyboards? I would imagine that it works great in smartphone keyboards because the swipe distances are so short but on tablets the keyboards are nearly the size of a normal keyboard. I can touch type on those.
- wladimir 16y agoI don't really like word-completion based schemes (the first thing I disabled on phones was the T9 typing for SMS) for the following reasons: - I type in multiple languages (both programming and human). Systems with word-completion are generally based on a single language and need a context switch and separate dictionaries. - You have to be very alert to what appears on the screen. You cannot blindly/mechanically type something and be sure that you get what you want, unless you know the entire dictionary.