Re: English Unicode keyboards?

[Markus Kuhn <Markus.Kuhn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Henry Spencer wrote on 2002-11-09 20:16 UTC:
> I'd rather have a smaller space bar and a couple of keys under the left
> thumb for Return and Backspace.  (That would actually produce a bigger
> speed improvement than the Dvorak layout.)

The current huge space bar is clearly a waste of both keyboard space and
of the distinction of our second thumb. Having a space key somewhere in
the center of the keyboard and the bottom row dedicated entirely to a
number of shift and functional keys would also seem like an idea worth
trying, but the switching costs would also be significant.

If there is serious interest in such work, should be set up a separate
mailing list to collect more ideas and study the existing literature of
this, before we organize a workshop to get some of the relevant players
in the keyboard market together?

Markus

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