Well a possible solution that I see is to have the touchpad area the same as the keyboard and simply switch between the two functions by pressing a button (or area) on the edge of the pad. No stretching, and you get your multitouch and keyboard all placed correctly, it can work for labtops too.
Certainly there are some technical challenges, but certainly you can get all the keys on a flat surface and ignore them when you go into touchpad mode. You loose the tactile feeling of keys going down and the groove, but hey I'm just shooting it out in the dark. You can even keep your mouse if you don't want to change between keyboard and touchpad mode...
I don't really know anyone who types while jugging with his work enviroment. But I'm still young.
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Well a possible solution that I see is to have the touchpad area the same as the keyboard and simply switch between the two functions by pressing a button (or area) on the edge of the pad. No stretching, and you get your multitouch and keyboard all placed correctly, it can work for labtops too. Certainly there are some technical challenges, but certainly you can get all the keys on a flat surface and ignore them when you go into touchpad mode. You loose the tactile feeling of keys going down and the groove, but hey I'm just shooting it out in the dark. You can even keep your mouse if you don't want to change between keyboard and touchpad mode... I don't really know anyone who types while jugging with his work enviroment. But I'm still young.