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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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And you could put little springs under the bumps, so that you could feel them move when you pressed them hard enough!
So now one can patent shapes? I need to get the paperwork rolling on a new idea I have for a tetrahedron mouse!
"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right" - Salvor Hardin
> As someone who sues it
Why so litigious??
As someone who sues it
How exactly do you sue a keyboard key?
With all that space between the keys, there's room for even more buttons!
In theory, practice and theory are the same. In practice, they're not.
Don't me an idiot. He clearly meant "suse".
Carol vs. Ghost
most of the way over toward E, and the previous two letters were T-H, so I'm going to go ahead and make it an E.
That is the single most aggravating "feature" of the iPhone keyboard. To he'll with that ducking shot.
Excellent. So then, the formula I need will be:
(num_users * keyboard_price) + (num_users * large_reptile_price * crocodiles_per_moat)
?
so can most keyboards, when you use the (not supplied) screwdriver tool. :)
How do you shout without a caps lock key?
Only on Slashdot is it helpful to explain how something works by pointing out it is similar to devices in the Pegasus galaxy.
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By pushing on the keys very, very hard.
I think you're missing a few factors.
How many users can each crocodile kill or maim?
How many users can attempt to cross each moat at a time?
Can the users access the drawbridge controls? What is the cost of the security on the drawbridge controls?
What is the value, in crocodiles, of a moat-bound kraken?
Have you considered ill-tempered sea bass as an alternative to crocodiles (they are much cheaper than sharks WFLBs)?
In short, I'm not sure you've thought through the moat implementation in depth. My firm, Moats and Goats, LLC, would be happy to offer our moat consulting services for a small fee. If you sign a contract by the 15th of this month, I'll throw in free goat lawn trimming for your castle courtyard (please note that goat disposal is not an issue; the crocs or kraks will need to be fed, after all).
"Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
How do you shout without a caps lock key?
Like this.
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