Virtual Keyboard for PDAs and Laptops

June 9, '04 Comments [2] Posted in Musings

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Wednesday, June 09, 2004 9:19:16 PM UTC

Hrm... I had one of the TouchStream LP keyboards (http://www.fingerworks.com/lp_product.html) from FingerWorks for a couple weeks, and as a 75wpm+ typist, I have to say, it sucked hard and often. The primary reason was the total lack of tactile feedback. I didn't realize it before, but my fingers really know what a j, k, f, whatever key feels like. Without the physical keys, my fingers were lost and the best I could do was in the 25wpm range, which felt, well, horrible. I returned it. I bet you'd return that virtual keyboard for pretty much the same reason.

Ben

Friday, June 11, 2004 3:31:18 PM UTC

>>But, man you could sure impress J6P on airplanes.

Well, there's 2 hours of my life I'll never get back. I clicked your goolgle link on J6P and the first hit on the list is a screen play that is actually a pretty decent story. I really enjoyed it. I may get fired of course, but at least I've been entertained.

Better get back to work now.

David Totzke

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