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Is It Time To End Our Love Affair With the QWERTY Keyboard?

Posted by Soulskill on from the just-need-a-little-spacebar dept.

Master Moose writes "Brisbane-based entrepreneur John Lambie currently has in beta an alternative to what he calls the 'dysfunctional' QWERTY keyboard. Given the way the world is abandoning their keyboards for smartphones he sees now as the perfect time to introduce a new layout. He calls his new keyboard Dextr and believes it is the natural progression from using a number pad to enter text — This is especially so in developing countries where users have not grown up with QWERTYs on thier phones. While he is not the first to ever propose an alternate or alphabetical keyboard — Are we locked into QWERTY for familiarity's sake, or as we shift to smaller, more mobile and new devices, is Mr. Lambie's project coming at the right time?"

6 of 557 comments (clear)

  1. whad"s thi fuss? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, fir one, don"f cee whad thi fuss es apout.

    I'n abendonned QWERTY wonks ago amd I'n doung jist fane.

  2. Re:No by eggstasy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it time to stop ending titles with question marks?

  3. Re:No by todrules · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's just Shift-3 > #. There ya go.

  4. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  5. Re:No by bandy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pounds Sterling. Fucking limey.

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  6. Re:Inertia by camperdave · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe the method by which one contracts an STD is the refreshing change, not the disease itself.

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