Re: [colorforth] New Standard Keyboard

[Chris Walton <chris.r.walton@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:00:50 -0500, Roger Levy <trip_n_save@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> i thought i might inject my wild opinion. i don't want smaller keyboards, i
> want BIGGER ones. with scattered buttons of different colors and textures
> and all kinds of useful controllers like dials, switches, sliders. like out
> of a sci-fi labaratory. with a versatile or even modular system of funky
> input devices, all the "widgets" they invented for Windows systems would
> become obsolete. combine this with an enormous screen ( or even several of
> different sizes and different functions ) and a system to mount it all up
> against the wall, and you could compute standing up and walking around
> instead of being tied to a chair, staring at a postage stamp.

interesting, if you can plug-and-lay the different things too. 

> i have to say that a simpler keyboard is a step in the right direction
> though. because, my keyboard has at least 20 keys that go totally neglected.
> it should have a USB hub though so you can daisy chain mice and joysticks.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonah Thomas" <j2thomas@xxxxxxxxxx >
> To: <colorforth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 6:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [colorforth] New Standard Keyboard
> 
> > Chris Walton wrote:
> >
> > > I'm becoming very fast with the colorforth layout, but my left wrist
> > > doesnt like it, as the article states. I've tried colorforth on both
> > > ergonomic and non-ergonomic keyboards and both are not too nice on it
> > > (although the ergonomic one is far superior).
> >
> > > Chuck mentioned on his site that he wants to build a custom colorforth
> > > keyboard from scratch someday, and I think this is a great idea. Maybe
> > > the standard keyboard is a good start for it, or even the preliminary
> > > solution.
> >
> > If you're going to have a custom keyboard, why not have it in two pieces
> > that you strap to your two separate hands?
> >
> > Then you can bend your wrists wherever you want.
> >
> > Maybe it would be a patent infringement.
> >
> > With USB keyboards I can plug in two fullsize keyboards and put them at
> > different levels and they work together.  It's a start.
> >
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