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Re:Reinventing How We Use Computers by eimrine on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @06:28AM (#33893185)
I have similar thoughts, but closer to having a decent keyboard than having another computer. My idea is to fit the keyboard into a pair of gloves, which can either serve as a normal wireless keyboard for a device with a screen, or a wired keyboard for a computer tucked away somewhere in a pocket with headphones instead of a screen. From a previous discussion, I was told that Johnny Mnemonic had such gloves, but I did not see their work on the video.

I appreciate author's thoughts on how our screens are shaping us as computer users, and I think an audio interface will make our computing experience feel more like intimacy: most people are fine with 20% of the screen offering you adware (because the rest of the screen still serves on purpose), but no one will listen to even one second of adware for 59 seconds of content.

This is how I see the future of portable computers: the keyboard or brain implant as the main input source, sound or another brain implant as the main output source, the FLOSS operating system, and the ability to be the keyboard for an unlimited number of computers with or without a screen.

Re:Reinventing How We Use Computers by Nzen on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @10:32AM (#33895496)
If you want a wearable keyboard, take a look at tap strap [0]. It is a series of connected rings, for one hand, that sense tapped chords as keyboard presses or mouse movements. To be clear, I don't have personal experience with it.

I disagree with Ploum that we should expect or hope for ergonomic keyboards with laptops. The market for people who desire and can afford them is too small for a production run. I say this as someone who typed this with an ergodox and followed that conversational space for several years.

[0] https://youtu.be/owg3-LZpsSI?t=20

[1] https://youtu.be/UzRjtvMQds4?t=68

Re:Reinventing How We Use Computers by eimrine on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @10:52AM (#33895761)
From what I have seen from your [0], this thing still has a requirement to have a table which is exactly what I am trying to get rid of.

Second link shows me another not friendly to touchtyping requirement, you can see how he types some digits on 1:46 or via direct link: https://youtu.be/UzRjtvMQds4?t=106

The gloves I am talking about needs to have some clicking experience for being able to provide a touchtyping experience with no need to see anything. Experience I am talking about has to be compatible with walking, with riding a bicycle and even with driving (despite a steering wheel might be an excellent keyboard if to place keys on that part of ring on which your fingers are situated most of time).