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No. On even a netbook keyboard I can type at pretty much full dictation speed if I have to, with high accuracy. I can feel if I've made a mistake, I can feel i
by eftpotrm 15y ago
No.
On even a netbook keyboard I can type at pretty much full dictation speed if I have to, with high accuracy. I can feel if I've made a mistake, I can feel if I've hit two keys rather than one or if my hands are drifting off centre.
I am utterly, utterly unconvinced that that level of performance is going to be available from a haptic touchscreen any time, particularly at a cost comparable with keyboards I can buy for less than the cost of lunch. The patents may well be interesting and have all sorts of beneficial applications, but wholesale replacement of computer keyboards by them isn't one.
- Steko 15y agoSo with haptics you should be able to: (1) type at pretty much full dictation speed if you have to (some people can already do this) (2) Feel if you've made a mistake. (3) Feel if you hit 2 soft keys rather then one if your hands drifted. I don't see what's so unbelievable then; even today the physical keyboard has been removed from the most successful new devices. That's without haptics. Long term I suspect the keypress paradigm itself will fall to gestures which you don't even need a screen or keyboard, a camera can track your finger movements.