Fitaly vs. Atomik - PDA text layouts compared

Alexander Turcic · 01-11-2005, 03:34 PM

Jonathan Aquino did a wonderful job comparing Fitaly and Atomik, two alternative text layouts which are both aimed for faster text input on PDAs and other devices with pen-based interfaces. In fact he wrote a script in Groovy (never heard of thatlanguage before!) which calculates the gestures required for entering the words in Textware's Dom Perignon IV Speed Contest.

Looks like Fitaly is the winner with a close margin between 2 and 4 percent.

Also check out these two related posts:

- various statistics posted by Fitaly, of course suggesting that Fitaly is the winner here

- James Kendrick's closer look at "Shark" incorporating the Atomik key layout.

pruss · 02-25-2006, 10:06 PM

Except that linear distance isn't exactly the issue--it's more complicated than that. Fitt's law calculations (I have a reference I can dig out) do indeed make Atomik a bit faster (10% or so, if memory serves me) than Fitaly.

01-11-2005, 03:34 PM	#1
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Fitaly vs. Atomik - PDA text layouts compared Jonathan Aquino did a wonderful job comparing Fitaly and Atomik, two alternative text layouts which are both aimed for faster text input on PDAs and other devices with pen-based interfaces. In fact he wrote a script in Groovy (never heard of thatlanguage before!) which calculates the gestures required for entering the words in Textware's Dom Perignon IV Speed Contest. Looks like Fitaly is the winner with a close margin between 2 and 4 percent. Also check out these two related posts: - various statistics posted by Fitaly, of course suggesting that Fitaly is the winner here - James Kendrick's closer look at "Shark" incorporating the Atomik key layout.

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02-25-2006, 10:06 PM	#2
pruss Evangelist Posts: 461 Karma: 819417 Join Date: Nov 2004	Except that linear distance isn't exactly the issue--it's more complicated than that. Fitt's law calculations (I have a reference I can dig out) do indeed make Atomik a bit faster (10% or so, if memory serves me) than Fitaly.

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