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I daydream sometimes of a day where someone manages to optimize keyboard input all the way down to just a few switches without making it too difficult to transi

I daydream sometimes of a day where someone manages to optimize keyboard input all the way down to just a few switches without making it too difficult to transition from QWERTY. That is the dawn of seriously practical wearable computers. I think it would be a far bigger leap than smartphones ever were. We already have mobile versions of every other computer interface without much, if any, compromise... except the darn keyboard.

SOLAR_FIELDS 4y ago
The transition is the hard part for sure. I love reading about all this cool layout stuff, and it makes total sense for people who speed-type as part of their job (eg stenographers) or have some disability that precludes QWERTY usage. But for the vast majority of people (eg anyone who will be put into a situation where they will have to type on some keyboard that isn’t theirs more than once every two years) a non-QWERTY interface is not worth the investment.
- brokenmachine 4y ago
  Dvorak user here. I just love the fact that nobody else can use my keyboard. Worth it.