Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:19:54 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Vivaldi Tablet Message-ID: <20120328151954.GA13609@hemlock.hydra> In-Reply-To: <CAAuBV2dm4kuyg5SeC6P%2B0YEi0kWb_gqb8EjmSeTUbhoRw%2B_Yng@mail.gmail.com> 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> <CAAuBV2dm4kuyg5SeC6P%2B0YEi0kWb_gqb8EjmSeTUbhoRw%2B_Yng@mail.gmail.com>
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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 ]
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