5 Tiles Keyboard
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5 Tiles Keyboard
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#2Pretty similar to other endeavours previously discussed here (like ASETNIOP)
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#3"Our brains were structured for 5 digits." I would think, if that was the case, we would first optimize our alphabet for 25/20/15/10/5 characters. Then this would be ideal.
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#4"Our brains were structured for 5 digits." I would think, if that was the case, we would first optimize our alphabet for 25/20/15/10/5 characters. Then this would be ideal.
Yea, actually I believe this is not true at all.
I learned in an intro to cognitive psychology class that it seems that our brain is wired to recognize sets of 1, 2, and 3 things directly, but that after that we construct the numbers. For instance when we see 5 things it is actually 3+2 that we see. The experiment was based on response time + accurateness when showing people sets of geometrical shapes for very short periods of time, sometimes using the same shape for all elements, sometimes random shapes, and sometimes groups of similar shapes. I don't recall the precise reference though, maybe someone else knows it?
To get back to the keyboard, I would like to see a demo video of someone actually typing something with it. The current video doesn't give any sense of what it is like to use this keyboard, and doesn't make me want to try it at all.
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#5If the people doing this are listening: I don't think the business model is ok. If this keyboard is to get some traction, it will require us users to use it for real before paying. You can't have a keyboard lite, it's a vital utility, not a game. If I type a url or a password and discover that a character is only on premium, I'll switch back to my usual keyboard and not look back.
Another remark: typing number is very important and must be safe and fast, I didn't see a number mode. It should be easily done on five tiles.
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#6"Our brains were structured for 5 digits." I would think, if that was the case, we would first optimize our alphabet for 25/20/15/10/5 characters. Then this would be ideal.
Yea, actually I believe this is not true at all. I learned in an intro to cognitive psychology class that it seems that our brain is wired to recognize sets of 1, 2, and 3 things directly, but that after that we construct the numbers. For instance when we see 5 things it is actually 3+2 that we see. The experiment was based on response time + accurateness when showing people sets of geometrical shapes for very short…
There really is a lack of actual usage-videos which is kind of off putting. The posted "trailer" video didn't make me want to use it either, although this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOPalCIbGA8 made me a little bit more curious.
And regarding the 3+2 thing that seems true, I always count to 5 in couples of 3s and 2s.
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#7The way they provide responses to their user reviews on the Play store is a bit off-putting -- they have a very "you're doing it wrong" tone, rather than accepting the premises and complaints of their users.
I think the basic concept is intriguing, but the lack of intuitive execution is a huge show-stopper when competing with things like swype.
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#8Is is it inspired from Google's Gmail Tap April Fool Prank?
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#9I can't figure out how I'm expected to use more than one digit on this thing at once. I usually type on a touchscreen keyboard with at least two fingers(either both thumbs, or the index and middle finger of one hand).
The sliding action makes using two different hands impossible- I can't type many characters without having to move my thumbs out of each others' way. That won't work.
This leads me to think that I should use one hand, maybe even four fingers. But then my entire hand moves position every time I have to slide, which means I have to move my entire hand back to the start position to use a different finger for the next character.
The only way I can type with this system is using a single finger, and that's just way too slow.
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#10On the subject of alternative keyboards, I've been using MessagEase (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.exideas.me...) for about a year and am pretty pleased with it. It's still roughly the size of a regular QWERTY keyboard, but the buttons are enormous, and I can type any letter, number, or symbol I care about without modifier keys. (It accomplishes this by differentiating between taps and short swipes—so each button has nine characters assigned to it, the tapping one and then eight for swiping to each side/corner.)