From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 28 15:19:57 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50E4B106566B for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:19:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy1-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy1.bluehost.com [IPv6:2605:dc00:100:2::a1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0E9808FC08 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:19:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 27845 invoked by uid 0); 28 Mar 2012 15:19:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by oproxy1.bluehost.com with SMTP; 28 Mar 2012 15:19:55 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=apotheon.com; s=default; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=39lPjzCI14AaNOLBYQ0GyEd3pszuvo+XfNBKX/ekgLo=; b=goYHwrJx3TqbY28SRJQOsfh8ORN+XEC4q2SEsKEK+G3T6PyXPytbqnLGpREOJDJYoBLtrg21Wf8tnumukr/7KPY50Ly7bNcACDAzIEjFa5eWtarCdFwi31LMZShXFc9c; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=localhost) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SCufC-0008Qv-QR for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:19:54 -0600 Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:19:54 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120328151954.GA13609@hemlock.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4F6FACB5.5030900@dichotomia.fr> <201203260021.q2Q0LpOF084377@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20120326154223.GA11501@hemlock.hydra> <4F70F6AD.4000107@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4FAC8965-EF32-4857-BA8E-936B357DE308@mac.com> <4F7117D2.70405@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120327194017.GA22276@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Subject: Re: Vivaldi Tablet X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:19:57 -0000 On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 09:05:19PM -1000, Open Slate wrote: > > I position a tablet as a consumer device. Web surfing, watching video, a > little texting. A student slate must support creativity, especially > writing. At the same time I see the qwerty keyboard as an obstacle, hard to > learn, impossible to use while holding the slate. I want HWR as good as the > Newton, and buttons for a chording keyboard along the bottom on both sides. > Buttons support two handed use or one handed, either side. For those who > prefer classic keyboard, plug in a USB model. I think learning a chording keyboard is going to be much more of an obstacle than using a QWERTY keyboard, considering you can hunt-and-peck on a QWERTY keyboard, but you have to know the chords to do anything on a chording keyboard. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]