Keyboard? (was: Re: scribble update )

Is anybody currently working on an on screen keyboard? Pen/Stroke input
is fine, but I like a pen-tap keyboard. I can tap as fast as I can write
and my hand doesn't cramp when tapping.

It seems, IMHO, that a keyboard would be a lot easier to put together than
trying to get scribble to work better. It would seem to be a simple
mapping exercise.
Using the buttons as modifiers (or one button to shift between multiple
layouts) would allow many commands and macros to be a tap away.

Hit the "keyboard button" to bring up the keyboard in "basic qwerty" mode.
Hit button again to enter shift mode. Hit it again to go to a user defined
command and macro mode. Two or more buttons would work even better for
shifting between layouts (one forward, one back). The combination of
button(s) and tap keyboard seems like it would work fast and easy.

BTW, I came up with an idea over the weekend to use the buttons as a
keyboard. Basically, you have three rows of six characters across the
bottom of the screen. You use the up and down buttons to highlight a row
(the rows scroll, with three visible at a time). You use six buttons (1,
2, left, right, three, four) to select a character from the highlighted
row. Since the character you select is directly above the button that
selects it, typing is sort of intuitive. Does this make sense or is it a
dumb idea?

Tom
Received on Wed Sep 06 2000 - 09:16:35 EDT