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NEVER!]]>Mar 4th 2010 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/you dont have to, the problem with these flat surface is after extensive use your fingers would hurt, because there is nothing to absorb the shocks when you key stroke,

best example The Laser Keyboard Projector or something like that
http://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Keyboard-CL850-Projection-Celluon/dp/B0010SLSOS]]>Mar 4th 2010 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/No need to write anything out, your name says all I want to.]]>Mar 4th 2010 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/So - by that logic every user who has a touch screen smart phone without a physical keyboard would have "damaged" fingers. Bullshit.]]>Mar 4th 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/
]]>Mar 4th 2010 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Exactly my sentiment. How the hell am I supposed to faceroll with this thing?!]]>Mar 4th 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/
Go sit and your desk and pound it with your fingertips for several hours. Then do it tomorrow, then the next day, and so on.
Then tell us how you feel.
]]>Mar 4th 2010 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/it is impossible to type for extended periods without fingers getting all sored. touchscreen phones work because u dont type that much.
those laser projected kb flopped big time because people were using them to type memos, notes, essays. impossible to type on those for a long time.]]>Mar 4th 2010 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/
Oh they were the days, clicky keyboards. I had a honeywell for years.]]>Mar 4th 2010 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!]]>Mar 4th 2010 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/
When I moved over to the new Apple keyboards with the very shallow keys it took couple of days to adjust. I had to teach my brain to use less pressure when typing. The same thing happened when I got my iPhone, I had to use even less pressure. But once you get it, it's far easier than physical keys. When I am forced to use old-fashioned phones and keyboards I can't believe how clunky they feel.

I can touch-type very fast on my phone without having to look at the screen. Your brain remembers the movement of your fingers, not what you are touching, it is a myth that physical feedback is necessary. ]]>Mar 4th 2010 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/
Good....let the hate flow through you....]]>Mar 4th 2010 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Explain to me why I should have to adjust to something I don't like, when I don't have to? You can still buy mechanical keyboards, and by god I do. Using an ABS mechanical switch keyboard when not using my laptop.]]>Mar 4th 2010 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/
This just made me think that there could be a market potential for touch keyboards with inflatable/deflatable keys. Of course, the mechanics would have to be thoughtfully handled.]]>Mar 4th 2010 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/you can only do that because you are holding the phone. you need a point of reference to know where your fingers are. that isn't so easy on a full-sized keyboard.]]>Mar 4th 2010 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/
To solve this maybe they could make the front out of a gel type substance?]]>Mar 4th 2010 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Unless it has haptic response and some sort of dents or grooves to guide our fingers.
Then I would definitely loose my physical board with this sexy beast.]]>Mar 4th 2010 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/
It could be pretty useful for stuff like the book search kiosks at Chapters. Easy maintenance, good looks, and no one's gonna start writing essays standing in a bookstore.]]>Mar 5th 2010 4:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Does that mean that TNG terminals had worse ergonomy than those of TOS ?]]>Mar 5th 2010 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Not before it starts turning profit ...]]>Mar 4th 2010 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Agreed. People just need to feel the keys as they type and this kind of device will always feel uncomfortable to use. It's a gimmick. ]]>Mar 4th 2010 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/
I think everyone has been saying it for a long time. Touchscreen's feel is not as good as keyboards. That isn't a newly exposed revelation. See almost every article on this site's comments in regard to the topic. ]]>Mar 4th 2010 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/liar.]]>Mar 4th 2010 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/
I think you are a rare individual. I type fast on the iPhone but if I had to do it without looking it would be a disaster. Let's see

okay I am typing with myceyes xlosed.

Hmmmm, not as bad as I thought it would. I'm scared.]]>Mar 4th 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/phones, cameras, guns, kitchenware. gosh, even a car needs a proper wheelo, but you'd rather drive it with arrow-up/down on a glassy screen, i imagine.
i got a "media pad" on my lycosa keyboard, made of non-physical touch "buttons", and every time i'm to press them, i feel like i'd rather smash the whole thing with a spiked mace :)), for i:
- never know where exactly the hell these buttons are (gotta look & look closely - instead of just feeling them)
- never know whether i actually DID hit them or not and WHICH one of them
- end up hitting them repeatedly
- end up reaching for my spiked mace
(- end up not finding it, coz it too is virtual. zmg! .])]]>Mar 4th 2010 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/you need to freakin rodeo the wheel man, rip the handbrake and generally move like a mad man when racing! waxing! oh my gosh ;)

ok, on a more serious note, you can't take this from me: a touchscreen is silly even if just because of the fact, that you cannot rest your fingers reasonably well on it. for if you do, you unleash mayhem. i'll give you there can be a clever sw beneath it though, so let's say you don't unleash nothing - then comes my PITA issue #2 - you have to move your fingers UP before typing anything again. and by up i mean well off it, no smooth classy skimming (and gliding!) over a generally pleasing surface of a nice warm piece of hardware. call me a lazy epicure ;). ]]>Mar 4th 2010 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/
but sure, to each his own.]]>Mar 4th 2010 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/i agree it would be very different, but more than buttons, i think what you really need is a physical clue to where home row is. a flat piece of glass requires you to look at it. if that recent patent for ridges that can raise and lower ever comes to fruition, i'll be willing to give it a try.]]>Mar 4th 2010 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/cool-leaf-input-devices-create-the-keyboard-of-the-future-circa/Mar 4th 2010 10:08AM