Keyboards Options

[Da_Blitz]

i am intrested in what you would like to see in the keyboard

some things i would like:
lots of shortcut keys: i do alot of VT switching and have them bound for that
Backlit: with one or two colors
Laptop like keys: keys simmilar to a laptop rather than the hard button cxx00 or membrane
dvorak layout as well as qwerty: perhaps printed on the same keyboard layout to reduce variations

one idea that i have had )not sure how much you will like it) is to use a corded aproch where a letter is made up of 1 or more button pushes (common keys are one button, less common are two or more buttons pushed at the same time)

the advantage is that you could have full sized keys and it should help with some anoying key combos (try doing a ctrl+c without sticky keys on a cxx00), the problems however are that you would need to learn a new keyboard, maximum typing speed is slowed down slightly

i will of course not be shiping it unless its specified but i belive that one or two people may be intrested, mainly those who are into wearable computers, with a screen rotation it would allow you to have your computer and your keyer in one

any other proposals, normal or otherwise, for the keyboard

[J B Nimble]

Looks like I am too late to the game on this one.

Someone mentioned a Psion keyboard, and I would like to second the idea. Too big for the current design? Probably. That is why I say I am too late. For my own taste, I would like to see a slightly larger deisgn, if it allows for a more usable keyboard. Perhaps a wide-screen, 800x480 say, to fit at least a revo-style keyboard.

Of course, I am just now buying my first Zaurus because I am still so attached to my Psion 7Book. I was hoping the Nokia 9300 would be a good solution, but the keys are not wonderful.

Jack