In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Gregory Shearman
<ZekeGregory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote
on 12 Jun 2008 11:42:30 GMT
<slrng522t5.b14.ZekeGregory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On 2008-06-12, The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Far from dead; I happen to be sitting at one. I've yet to
>> see a phone that allows me to comfortably touch-type; most
>> of them have rather chicklety keyboards. Even my laptop's
>> keyboard is less than ideal in that respect, though at
>> least the keys thereon are full size. (The pictures I see
>> of the Asus Eee make it look slightly smaller than my nx9010,
>> and presumably a fair bit lighter as well.)
>
> Hmmm... My Thinkpad has the best keyboard I've ever used, and I have
> gigantic hands (I'm gigantic all over.... at nearly 2 metres.).
>
> I can touchtype rapidly and with the mid-keyboard "nipple" (trackpoint)
> I don't even have to move my hands from the "home" position on the
> keyboard.
I can't say I've liked those; they're a little hard for me to control.
Still, there is merit; any movement of one's hands away from the
keyboard is time lost.
>
> My desktop uses a standard Microsoft Keyboard and mouse which, though
> rather good for the price (very cheap) are not a patch on my lappy.
>
> I have to agree with the OP and say that the Desktop is dead.
Well, OK, you're making a distinction between desktop and
notebook -- an interesting subpoint. Nevertheless, I think
many notebooks (except for the ASus Eee) will have that
other solution preinstalled thereon as well.
And then there's the iPhone, which now has a competitor --
a Samsung unit running Windows Mobile. (Not sure what
happened to the Qtopia greenphone.)
We live in interesting times.
>
>> (There is a device that might allow one to touch type
>> rather literally, but the tactile feedback is one aspect
>> thereof; how does one know one's pressed a phantom laser
>> key?)
>>
>> Of course in an ideal world one could plug in a keyboard
>> with a USB port into one's phone, hook up a monitor
>> through another port, and happily type away.
>
> Or even unfold a screen and keyboard from your wallet and type away
> without any plugging in at all.
There is some research being done on a rollup display.
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/09/22/Roll_up_monitor/
>
>> And in an ideal world Microsoft would be open source.
>
> In an ideal world, Microsoft would stick to making good quality cheap
> keyboards and mice.
>
Well, that too. ;-)
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