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The thumbs keyboard was one of the few things that made me think "UX red flag" -- since you can't really type on a touch screen without looking, the user will h

The thumbs keyboard was one of the few things that made me think "UX red flag" -- since you can't really type on a touch screen without looking, the user will have to constantly dart their eyes from one side of the screen to the other. That would give me a headache.

crikli 15y ago
Yeah, good point, hadn't thought about that. But would that be different from now where you have to move your eyes from the text area to some point in the lower half of the touchscreen? There's an app that features a similar keyboard, http://radialapp.com http://radialapp.com. I think I'll get it and see if what you're saying holds true in my sample size of one. Edit: so I downloaded the Radial version of the thumb keyboard and it totally sucks. I'm typing this on my iPad keyboard and I don't think I realized that the iPad keyboard is pretty dang easy to type on.
statictype 15y ago
After enough time I think you will be able to type on a touch screen without looking (given a decent autocorrect which is a must for a touch screen anyway). I've owned an iPad for about a month now and just typed this comment without having to look at the keyboard (sans the parenthesis) I think a spit screen keyboard is a win, overall.
- aaronbrethorst 15y ago
  > After enough time I think you will be able to type on a touch screen without looking...I think a spit screen keyboard is a win, overall. Thanks for the good laugh :)
  - statictype 15y ago
    :) I swear I went over the text twice to make sure it didn't have any embarrassing typo that disproved my point. Oh well. In my defense I make similar mistakes on a normal physical keyboard as well.
kenjackson 15y ago
This isn't meant to solve touch typing, although it may. It solves the issue where you have to move to awkware, hold the tablet with one hand, and then hunt and peck with the other, when you're standing.

crikli 15y ago

Yeah, good point, hadn't thought about that. But would that be different from now where you have to move your eyes from the text area to some point in the lower half of the touchscreen? There's an app that features a similar keyboard, http://radialapp.com http://radialapp.com. I think I'll get it and see if what you're saying holds true in my sample size of one. Edit: so I downloaded the Radial version of the thumb keyboard and it totally sucks. I'm typing this on my iPad keyboard and I don't think I realized that the iPad keyboard is pretty dang easy to type on.

statictype 15y ago

After enough time I think you will be able to type on a touch screen without looking (given a decent autocorrect which is a must for a touch screen anyway). I've owned an iPad for about a month now and just typed this comment without having to look at the keyboard (sans the parenthesis) I think a spit screen keyboard is a win, overall.

aaronbrethorst 15y ago
> After enough time I think you will be able to type on a touch screen without looking...I think a spit screen keyboard is a win, overall. Thanks for the good laugh :)
- statictype 15y ago
  :) I swear I went over the text twice to make sure it didn't have any embarrassing typo that disproved my point. Oh well. In my defense I make similar mistakes on a normal physical keyboard as well.

kenjackson 15y ago

This isn't meant to solve touch typing, although it may. It solves the issue where you have to move to awkware, hold the tablet with one hand, and then hunt and peck with the other, when you're standing.