Physical keyboard combined with a touch screen (which you need because you don’t have a joystick or mouse), doesn’t make sense because it eats space you can’t reclaim. A virtual OSK is invoked contextually, maximize screen real estate across the user journey.
spankibalt•7m ago
> Physical keyboard combined with a touch screen [...] doesn’t make sense because it eats space you can’t reclaim.
True, at least for horis; though on a vertically-shaped handheld it might make some sense. A traditional slab with a tray-table compatible pogo-attachable keyboard (with wireless option built-in) would be optimal, e. g. a modern version of the piano from the Sharp PC-3000/-3100 or the Psion Series 5.
And ffs, please do include at least a TAB key!
andsoitis•2m ago
It is a worse HCI for the reason I mentioned; I predict tiny market share if still around 5 years from now.
andsoitis•35m ago
spankibalt•7m ago
True, at least for horis; though on a vertically-shaped handheld it might make some sense. A traditional slab with a tray-table compatible pogo-attachable keyboard (with wireless option built-in) would be optimal, e. g. a modern version of the piano from the Sharp PC-3000/-3100 or the Psion Series 5.
And ffs, please do include at least a TAB key!
andsoitis•2m ago