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Triangular Buttons Make On-Screen Keyboards More Usable

Posted by timothy on Tuesday June 2, 2009 @05:04AM from the anything-that-helps dept.

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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Maybe by Anonymous Coward · 2009-06-02 05:07 · Score: 5, Funny

Illt maek wruting furst psost easzier
Re:Other innevitable innovations... by jeffb+(2.718) · 2009-06-02 05:16 · Score: 5, Funny

And you could put little springs under the bumps, so that you could feel them move when you pressed them hard enough!
With all that space between keys... by jomegat · 2009-06-02 05:35 · Score: 5, Funny

With all that space between the keys, there's room for even more buttons!

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Re:The Best Thing To Do by dzfoo · 2009-06-02 05:35 · Score: 5, Funny

Don't me an idiot. He clearly meant "suse".

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Re:The Best Thing To Do by gbjbaanb · 2009-06-02 05:56 · Score: 5, Funny

so can most keyboards, when you use the (not supplied) screwdriver tool. :)
Re:The Best Thing To Do by Anonymous Coward · 2009-06-02 05:58 · Score: 5, Funny

How do you shout without a caps lock key?