From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 29 01:45:04 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 A98551065670 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:45:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike.jeays@rogers.com) Received: from nm10-vm0.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com (nm10-vm0.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com [98.139.91.198]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6A79A8FC18 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:45:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.91.62] by nm10.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 29 Mar 2012 01:45:03 -0000 Received: from [98.139.44.86] by tm2.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 29 Mar 2012 01:45:03 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1023.access.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 29 Mar 2012 01:45:03 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 858501.46481.bm@omp1023.access.mail.sp2.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 14893 invoked from network); 29 Mar 2012 01:45:03 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=DKIM-Signature:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=wJ0F+wyjqpveD5xGwNw4ggRkNebKQvaAMbGF/IrpHAktjEFW+SFWX5mDyXBeb2tuiNZfJd7qmQKySvZ20NS70Qe2iSiQCd7lc6vGAE5yC29HkN1NqtAN3uGFNzMRjvSLI73IuKg3cZ3FtMqZsStE+qtMZSGW4Or8TWM1AaQ3vG8= ; DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rogers.com; s=s1024; t=1332985503; bh=ryXTYq8USHUvhbfvDDoFsWcetsvQkEQYxf6RZnKd0k8=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=4X4r8arHArDh+mkLtAuea10bURabXHkqvgOGkA+TA3CCoiUxnyAl1Q7v+71rrHPw8WIgULhX4qpyPDitbFgS0gn/I0kQYZgxv7YmEORkwPDi2OYm3hUghCeNKk06zokUVYGPvwcMDgXlYPJgk1zBhupbT1DRI6eYGOdlyr6Nlmw= X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: om2eGOcVM1nnuezDkarm1TwSqjPxkRXlBMHzdZPZh_U585d BCW1Iw3MXgypD.5L4T7q9Lo.FizYchPnhmbiH.K6AcTuSTYF4UIWXm9W3Xu8 xtbindZXZiiUk4Ub1F9lsRZsx0xRi23JY9oBxTCsE7elgkBo1y4SPblGVtRm bXKIqeN7mhXFHe2K_AxoRcdrG7.I8ReWtkOQoU8b0ueM4HgjS9sGKAg2ScPv hq7ZZQtVQbxZrX49kLpBvK5DtQtx7Smn0kKB.cmxkl0g0NqzJ5R3lxYqR.fL vVs0fgKanVEGy8mJTbFFdV4UlnGuOBz2m5UvepaZtPOEcmMccXUJz1samrLh dAI0oy.CPPaKj2W0xZy2Mg7rQBrjvXuQP14LxozgrNogeHNkyO6skcCn.dHm SDuYqezosyBk1gPoYk0aubAg3ZPzPRhXoCUn9z_E3pbhfL0rjESZGzYKkN_a H344cA2IjXZgytxlQPOqrGoTch3x5edg0mHzpxbQRheB3SfA- X-Yahoo-SMTP: N82WFx6swBBjwcHWPFR2CGt6udzA8RPrA.xm0enFFXaK2g-- Received: from europa (mike.jeays@99.224.68.20 with login) by smtp105.rog.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Mar 2012 18:45:03 -0700 PDT Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:45:01 -0400 From: Mike Jeays To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120328214501.1e1b04cc@europa> In-Reply-To: <20120329002440.GA9313@hemlock.hydra> 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> <20120328232451.GB22958@thought.org> <20120329002440.GA9313@hemlock.hydra> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.24.4; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:45:04 -0000 On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:24:40 -0600 Chad Perrin wrote: > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 04:24:51PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 09:19:54AM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > A chording keyboard is a keyboard or other button-press interface with > fewer keys so it can fit on a smaller device, where many keycodes are > gotten by way of combining presses of multiple keys rather than a single > key as on a standard QWERTY keyboard. Thus, for instance, where on a > QWERTY keyboard you get a capital A by holding the Shift key and pressing > the A key, you might on a chording keyboard also get a lower-case A by > holding down some key and pressing another key. This works for keyboards > with fewer keys because there are many potential combinations of keys > that could be used; if all keycodes are achieved by a two-button "chord", > all the keys on a standard 101-key keyboard, plus all Alt-, Shift-, and > Ctrl-chord keycodes, could be simulated by a mere twenty keys. > > -- > 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" I saw a demo of a device about 30 years ago that you held in one hand. It had about five buttons positioned under your fingers, and various combinations would produce all the regular characters. They claimed you could learn to use it in a few hours, and would be as fast as a typist. It didn't survive, and I can't remember what it was called. I thought it was a great invention - shows how wrong one can be.