Quote:
Originally Posted by incumbent
I actually kind of crave that separation because with it comes a lot of agnosticism about what you are inputting *into*. e.g. Having peripherals that do different tasks and are interchangeable and can be directed to whatever device/display/task you are doing is kind of liberating. The keyboard always feels like an anachronism to me —*I'm very competent as a typist at over 100wpm since I was a kid but yet I still think computing in the traditional way is dead meat.
But to really make you rage out, surely you've seen the Palette peripherals block system Adobe is investing in?
http://palettegear.com/ |
I've not had much success with voice input (but it has been years since I gave it a serious try). It would be very hard to change the habit of typing my thoughts; I'd be very self-conscious about trying to speak them aloud. It's also hard to envisage how to deal with the constant correction/re-typing that I do with most of my writing (even this post) *. Perhaps some sort of signing system could replace typing - that could be interesting, though I imagine it would be a steep learning curve.
I think I'd read about the Palette system but had not taken much notice. Just had a look at the link you provide. Neat! The geek in me really wants a set to play with, they can sit next to the soldering iron and collection of resisters and capacitors (etc.) in the cupboard. Yes, I can see they don't need soldering, but they fit the same type of thinking, it seems to me. If you think the keyboard is an anachronism, what must you think of the Palette system? There's nothing there that couldn't be done better and more flexibly with a combined touch-screen-tablet device (if you aren't going to do it on the main work screen itself).
* I am reminded of a short story by Ted Chiang, see the first of the quotes I posted to MR some time ago here.