Ah, the old QWERTY was designed to slow us down urban myth raises it's head again. :)<div><br></div><div>A numeric keypad is a quite different proposition from an alpha-board. On a numeric pad the relative positions of keys is predominantly consistent (1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 0 at the bottom) even if the particular order of the groups may vary.</div>
<div><br></div><div>When there is a departure from this then it does become noticeable and harder to adapt. On my previous phone (Nokia X3 Touch 'n Type) the numeric pad had the 0 appended to the bottom row of digits:</div>
<div><br></div><div> 1 2 3</div><div> 4 5 6</div><div> 7 8 9 0</div><div><br></div><div>Even this small change was a <b><u>constant</u></b> source of error and frustration - I never got used to it.</div><div><br>
</div><div>Also, I wonder are there any phones which use a "keyboard number pad" orientation for their digits (or keyboards that use a phone layout) ?</div><div><br></div><div>Or is that there are two orientations that are consistent with themselves - i.e. all phones use one number pad and all keyboards use the other. In which case given the high degree of commonality (the relative key positions) in each case, the minor adjustment for each device is easily made with the device itself (keyboard vs phone) providing the cue that we subconsciously need to make the adjustment (though again, beyond data entry operators, how many of us even use the number pad extensively for number entry at all ?).</div>
<div><br></div><div>+0.02</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 November 2011 17:53, John Bird <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johnkbird@paradise.net.nz">johnkbird@paradise.net.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>An interesting looking device – almost looks like it got left in the sun
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<div>I notice its still QWERTY though. Considering the QWERTY keyboard was
originally designed to slow typists down by making common keys on the small
fingers of the left hand for touch typists – is this a strain issue for
any?</div>
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<div>Why are we still using QWERTY? – like anyone else I would get used to an
alternative fast enough – the brain is pretty adaptable.</div>
<div>Most of us probably do not even notice that a phone or mobile keyboard
layout is upside down compared to a numeric keypad – we use both interchangeably
for instance.</div>
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