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Re: multiple fixed-size keyboards?

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 to how much variation there is in phalanx length
and proportion. If all our finger bones scale together in constant
ratios as our hands get bigger generally then it seems like it will be
easier to use standard-sized keyboards.

From a strictly commercial viewpoint there are some advantages to
adjustability --- logistics are simplified, inventories are reduced,
etc. One wonders also whether we'd need men's and women's sizes as we
have with gloves.









Sat Jan 7, 2006 5:00 pm

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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
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... 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
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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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