From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 28 23:24:57 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D471A106567B for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:24:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A82128FC08 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:24:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by thought.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 8F5DAE80614; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:24:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:24:51 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120328232451.GB22958@thought.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> <20120328151954.GA13609@hemlock.hydra> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120328151954.GA13609@hemlock.hydra> Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Of_Interest: With 25 years of service to the Unix community. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) 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 23:24:57 -0000 On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 09:19:54AM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:19:54 -0600 > From: Chad Perrin > Subject: Re: Vivaldi Tablet > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > 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. > i dont have a clue what a chording keybd is; will google after a long nap1 also, i have lost track of who posted the 'fentek' page, but that is where i got my present mine. i v much like this vivaldi 7" tablet, just as-is. i wonder if a future 7inch model could have more memory Along with a "slide-in" kybd. slide out and work: edit, use ffox, konsole or xterms, then slide back in place. this tablet could replace the ipad, nook, asus. > -- > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Voice By Computer (for Universal Access): http:/www.thought.org/vbc The 8.57a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org Twenty-five years of service to the Unix community.