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by pkamb 15y ago
Major redo of http://www.onehandkeyboard.org/ ... Wordpress, blog posts for patio11-style content generation, etc. Also shipped a much-improved version of the Mac app itself... but that's still waiting for review from Apple. So I suppose
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by pkamb 15y ago
Very impressed with Z-Type: http://www.phoboslab.org/ztype/
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The iTunes Connect customer review portal has been drastically improved.(onehandkeyboard.org)
1 points by pkamb 15y ago|0 comments
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by pkamb 15y ago
And then you have something like the iTunes Connect app, where you constantly have to re-enter your long password on a small touchscreen keyboard. I've basically stopped using the app because of it.
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by pkamb 15y ago
If you didn't know, "wiz-ee-wig" is a very well-known term to a particular subset of the population. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG
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by pkamb 15y ago
What are your non-tech hobbies and interests?
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by pkamb 15y ago
What other kinds of "marketing" have you done for the app? Do you think those 11 buyers were random app store surfers, or did they come in via a link?
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by pkamb 15y ago
Definitely agree that widescreen has become common due to customer preference. But is 16:9 over 16:10 really a selling point (or even noticeable) to the average laptop buyer? It probably has been used as a gimmick competitive advantage ("ev
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by pkamb 15y ago
Computer/laptop monitors didn't switch directly from 4:3 -> 16:9. They moved from 4:3 -> 16:10 -> 16:9. And the switch to 16:9 happened because of panel cutting and cost, not because of consumer demand. From the link in my previ
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by pkamb 15y ago
But consumers did not choose 16:9 over 16:10, because consumers cannot tell the difference. We can thank TV panels for that switch: LENOVO: "Again, we can thank the LCD manufacturers for this change. By cutting everything in the same aspec
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by pkamb 15y ago
So glad the specs of pro development/business machines like the aforementioned Dells and ThinkPads are being influenced by the $299 laptops at BestBuy.
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by pkamb 15y ago
A blog post about how Instagram's user experience was the differentiating factor between it and its competitors, without a single example of said usage-driving UX? I'd be interested to hear what exactly you think Instagram did right...
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The standard QWERTY finger placement is uncomfortable and terribly designed.(onehandkeyboard.org)
3 points by pkamb 15y ago|0 comments
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by pkamb 15y ago
I successfully contested a customer review that was basically a text dump of promo codes I had posted elsewhere. But had no luck with the review I posted above, where I think it was obvious the review never read the description. Your milage
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by pkamb 15y ago
Here's a gem of a review I received. Contested it with Apple and got nowhere :/ Very frustrating. Mis-information It is horrible when you don't provide enough information on the app description, or on their (garbage) website; and let peopl
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by pkamb 15y ago
Replace Snow Leopard Exposé (terrible) with old Leopard-style Exposé (amazing). http://superuser.com/questions/118424/old-leopard-expose-on-... Unfortunately it won't help those of you who have "upgraded" to Lion...
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by pkamb 15y ago
I also think an 'Angry-Birds-like' big grid of levels would be more addicting than the current high-score based gameplay mechanic. High scores don't do much for me. Finishing a really hard level definitely does. Give us finite levels to bea
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by pkamb 15y ago
Immediate feedback: it's really hard to time jumps due to the ball bouncing along on the ground automatically. If I tap the screen in the middle of an auto-jump, the ball then has to fall down to the floor before my jump action is triggered
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by pkamb 15y ago
It's extremely frustrating when you want to comment on a different Stack Exchange site but can't due to having no reputation... despite the fact that the new account you made is 'linked' to one on Stack Overflow with thousands of rep.
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by pkamb 15y ago
> Your name so we know what to call you. The name of the person who's setting this up? Or the kid's name?
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by pkamb 15y ago
I've often wondered this too, a "Dvorak for pianos". Googling it now turns up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicki-Hayden_note_layout
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by pkamb 15y ago
Using "QWERTY" as the noun here instead of "typewriter-like keyboards" is confusing everyone. He's arguing against physical keyboards, not a specific keyboard layout. (Typed in Dvorak)
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by pkamb 15y ago
> For the longest time I thought the answer would be speech to text, but the more I play with Siri and work around its shortcomings the less and less of a believer I become. Really? You think Siri's (current) technical shortcomings ar
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by pkamb 15y ago
I'm talking laptops. I want an iPad 3 display for my Mac/ThinkPad.
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by pkamb 15y ago
> Was everyone really blind to the idea that screen technology was improving? Yes, they were. You could get far better screens 5 years ago on ThinkPad X60 and T60 laptops than you can today.
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by pkamb 15y ago
Right-Click on Excel Taskbar Icon > "Microsoft Excel" > A new window opens. Still crazy that it doesn't do that by default, but there is a workaround.
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by pkamb 15y ago
Thanks! It is pretty amazing how easy it is to 'learn'. If you press tab while in an active prediction you can flip through the available word options. The Mac version also has a nice little pop-up window that shows those options as you are
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by pkamb 15y ago
I type in Dvorak on my keyboard but wouldn't be able to use it on a phone. I have no idea what the Dvorak layout looks like, but I see multiple QWERTY keyboards every day. It's also optimized for two-handed typing, not screen-tapping, so Dv
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by pkamb 15y ago
You might be interested in a project of mine. One-handed touch typing using your existing muscle memory. If you're using your left hand, every time you want to type "K", type "D" instead. If you need to type "O", type "W". Type the key on
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by pkamb 15y ago
The 4:3 aspect ratio is the big thing. Impossible to buy a laptop with that spec any more. A new ThinkPad X series with the iPad's display would be amazing.

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