Windows 10 is Adding SwiftKey, Laying the Groundwork For Dual-Screen Tablets (cnet.com)

Sean Hollister, writing for CNET: Microsoft-owned SwiftKey was one of the first virtual keyboards to offer intelligent, predictive swipe-typing on Android and iOS phones, and now Microsoft has announced that it will become the default keyboard for touchscreen-equipped Windows 10 computers as well. "SwiftKey will now power the typing experience on Windows when using the touch keyboard to write in English (United States), English (United Kingdom), French (France), German (Germany), Italian (Italy), Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), or Russian," reads a portion of Microsoft's blog post. Which could be pretty handy if the rumors are true: Microsoft is reportedly planning to ship several new Surface tablets this year, including a new low-cost Surface slate and the dual-screen "Andromeda." Dual screens were a theme among laptop manufacturers at Computex last week, too.

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Re: No Touch Feedback?

[Misagon]

I think he meant homing nubs on the home row's keys. They are used to find the right hand position by touch alone.
Look closely at the F and J keys on a physical keyboard!

I think a bigger issue though is that you can't use muscle memory from physical keyboards on touch screens. Physical keyboards have a very specific layout with each key allocated a 3/4" by 3/4" square and rows being offset 1/2 and 1/4 key. Even Apple's keyboards adhere to that standard (except slightly smaller on the vertical).
Touch screen keyboards very rarely have keys exactly that size, size, shape and staggering. A touch screen would have to be at least 25 cm / 10" wide to fit a regular keyboard layout, which few do.

Re:No Touch Feedback?

[Misagon]

Indeed. Most current Microsoft tablets are neither functional tablets nor functional PCs but still crippled half-arsed compromises.

The devices need ports, to be able to receive power and forward power to a device that has a single USB lead.
I often use a 8" Lenovo Yoga Tab with Windows 10. The hardware is pretty good except for having only one port. I want a proper OS on it that allows me to do file management.
But Windows' user interface in "tablet mode" is half-assed, and would be completely unusable if the device in question did not support a pen to simulate a mouse. Then there is the issue of screen scaling.
Windows 8 was released to developers in 2011 already. That's SEVEN YEARS in which they could have made it proper.