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posted by rick on February 5th, 2009 at 3:29AM

How would you touchtype on a touchscreen?
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posted by dennisn on February 5th, 2009 at 1:04PM

Easy--have a virtual keyboard on one half, or whatever, of the screen. I'm not really sure how the lack of tactile feedback will impact typing though :b. I imagine it can be learned. Apple's buttonless touchscreens do it, though, of course, they aren't meant for full-fingered typing.

Speaking of which, do you still support the bailout(s), or have we not taught you anything?? :P

posted by dennisn on February 5th, 2009 at 8:04PM

Larry Flynt says that apathy is the biggest threat to democracy. What do you think?

posted by dennisn on February 6th, 2009 at 9:36AM

posted by rick on February 5th, 2009 at 4:40PM

So my fingers would hover over the screen when I'm not pressing anything? It works on the iPhone and other touchscreen phones because you're typing with at most two thumbs, but that's not touchtyping. How would my fingers rest on the home row of keys? And yeah, the lack of tactile feedback would mean you can't really type without looking at the keyboard.