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I notice that the requirement for adjustability adds considerable
mechanical complexity to chordite keyboards. I wonder if, instead,
it's possible to make a range of keyboard sizes: Small, Medium, Large,
and Extra Large. The fit might not be perfect for everyone, but the
keyboard would be much easier to manufacture, and more importantly,
sell to people.

Obviously, the way to test this idea is to make several adjustable
prototypes, and test everyone using the prototypes size appropriate
for their hand size.

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Thu Jan 5, 2006 6:06 am

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I notice that the requirement for adjustability adds considerable mechanical complexity to chordite keyboards. I wonder if, instead, it's possible to make a...
Russell Nelson
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Jan 5, 2006
7:48 am

First, I don't know. You might be right. But my prejudice is that adjustability and foldability are best viewed as NRE issues --- more a cost of design than a...
John McKown
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Jan 5, 2006
6:28 pm

... Foldability is a separate issue from adjustability. Foldability is, I think, mostly a matter of being able to collapse the back-of-hand brace. ...
Russell Nelson
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Jan 7, 2006
2:50 am

Russell, you might be underestimating the "poor user" :-) But I'd be tickled pink if we could all buy standard-sized, non-adjustable units. It might come down...
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