I feel swipe to type should be an option on laptops. Using keys to type is slow compared to swiping across alphabets. Remove the physical keyboard and put a 6" to 10" lcd with touch input on it.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    you know what’s funny? the qwerty layout for keyboards were designed to slow people down because mechanical typewritters couldn’t keep up with the typing speeds. It’s purposely slower, moving the most used keys out of the way.

    One wonders why we haven’t created a new keyboard in all these years. maybe with the same physical layout so that it could just be a firm/software adjustment rather than physical.

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      One wonders why we haven’t created a new keyboard in all these years.

      Oh they have. There are quite a few different layouts, apparently the Dovarak is the fastest.

      But qwerty has been in use for so long it would be impossible to change.

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      Where did you get this non-sense?

      The reason for the layout is to have letters that are commonly typed together on alternating hands as it is faster and also would prevent jamming in mechanical typewritters.

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      DVORAK is a keyboard layout that you can enable via your OS and use with a QWERTY keyboard. It’s laid out with the most used keys on the homerow to reduce finger movement.

      I’ve tried swapping to it a couple times. Problem is, you have to throw all of your established muscle memory in the trash to learn it. I kinda wish I’d learned it first in a sense, but QWERTY is so dominant that I’d be struggling anywhere I couldn’t change layouts.