Really? When you holding device in one hand I agree with you.
But if in Landscape mode I guess you hold it in 2 hands and the way how I am holding it will determine the angle and arc. Are your fingers really sticking out from the coroners of device like 45 degrees?
Now that you say it, it would probably not work well
Okay, maybe other way around. What you do not like about normal on screen keypad?
For me to small buttons and not natural movements of the finger was the main reason why started this research. But is not easy really to figure out is any other way better than this.
What about having just half of landscape mode in portrait mode with bigger keys? Next set of keys will bring the second half instead. This way Would be even possible to add < > button to use instead of gesture...
I just tried the keyboard demo on my N900, and the only complaint that I have (after playing with it for a few minutes) is that it's slow to register presses on my device.
I had a program like this on my palm T|X forever ago, and it was awesome. Unfortunately the touchscreen on the palm wasn't good enough to register thumb presses very well.
Okay, maybe other way around. What you do not like about normal on screen keypad?
For me to small buttons and not natural movements of the finger was the main reason why started this research. But is not easy really to figure out is any other way better than this.
What about having just half of landscape mode in portrait mode with bigger keys? Next set of keys will bring the second half instead. This way Would be even possible to add < > button to use instead of gesture...
I think that would seriously hurt the typing speed... The one you had before looked good. In general the on screen keyboard is good but it doesn't feel natural using a straight keyboard on a touchscreen. A normal keyboard is lying flat and feels great compared to on screen keyboards. The particular implementation in N900 is pretty crappy in my opinion though, they could have used the space more efficiently IMO.
I just tried the keyboard demo on my N900, and the only complaint that I have (after playing with it for a few minutes) is that it's slow to register presses on my device.
I had a program like this on my palm T|X forever ago, and it was awesome. Unfortunately the touchscreen on the palm wasn't good enough to register thumb presses very well.
Great work, keep it up!
Hmm... did you use MicroB interactive mode for that? That's the only way to get better response from flash.
Hmm... did you use MicroB interactive mode for that? That's the only way to get better response from flash.
Yep, I had the little mouse cursor working (it was the only way to be able to 'slide' the rings without scrolling the page)
It may just be my N900.. I've got some fun background processes running on it that could probably use some optimization (web server, sms remote access, etc).
Really? When you holding device in one hand I agree with you.
But if in Landscape mode I guess you hold it in 2 hands and the way how I am holding it will determine the angle and arc. Are your fingers really sticking out from the coroners of device like 45 degrees?
There is another one problem in MicroB you need to use interactive mode so... in this case I had to leave those areas empty.
And there is another one issue:
When you would like to make an symmetrical solution is just impossible regarding to the layout of normal keyboard.
I really like this idea, especially if it could remove the n900's virtual keyboard (vkb) paradigm (unlikely) that the vkb comes up and obscures the screen and input is placed into a dialogue box, which I've noticed is buggy.
A real suggestion though would be to turn the halves more, as in this old product: http://www.uncrate.com/men/images/samsung-q1-2.jpg I've noticed that it would be it easier to type if they are rotated a bit, and I'm sure there is an optimal angle for typing.
A second suggestion is that the backspace button should be at the "top right hand corner" (relative to the standard layout), as it is in a typical qwerty laptop.
