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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>
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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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