Triangular Buttons Make On-Screen Keyboards More Usable

As someone targeted for perpetual failure by the designers of most keyboards, I'm happy to read The Register's report that "A British inventor has submitted a patent application for a wacky touchscreen keyboard design which, he claims, could spell the end for accidental key presses."

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Re:For the iPhone, doesn't make sense

[phreakhead]

His point is that the iPhone software isn't sophisticated enough to detect "which one you were actually closer to." I've tried typing on my friend's iPhone before, and it's horrible. I'm sure all the fanboys will scoff because they've trained themselves to be much more precise (in fact I learned quickly that it's all about the lift-off, not the push-on: you just slap your finger down haphazardly but then slide it to where the correct key is selected before you take it off), but this keyboard has a better design so you don't need to correct it in software. That's something I think Apple would jizz their pants over and so I hope to see this guy making money soon.