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Article #69Chord Keyboards (was User Interface Standards -- *Keyboards!*)
From: Not an illusion!
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1989 14:36
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1989 14:36
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While we are on the subject of keyboards, does anyone have some
good references for "chord" style keyboards, where one presses several
keys simultaneously instead of a single keystroke? It seems to me
that most keyboards are too large, partly because there is one key per
letter. The keyboards could be made smaller if there was a set of ten
keys, of which different combinations would produce different
letters/keystrokes. Sure, its not qwerty, but it would make portable
computers a lot smaller.
So, does anyone have references or more information on chord
keyboards? Thanks in advance for your help.
.oO Chris Oo.
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Christopher Lishka ...!{rutgers|ucbvax|...}!uwvax!uwslh!lishka
Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene lishka%uwslh.uucp@cs.wisc.edu
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