tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post614167271954834466..comments2023-12-11T08:49:46.305+00:00Comments on Dizzy Thinks: The keyboard and mouse is going nowhereUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-3574488235986347102008-01-09T03:59:00.000+00:002008-01-09T03:59:00.000+00:00Keyboards are personal. Aside from yourself, it is...Keyboards are personal. Aside from yourself, it is the only thing that really knows what you are inputting in to a computer. Can you imagine voice recognition in an Internet café or the office? Yeh, okay...<BR/><BR/>Then there's the point that- at least to me- they're a lot quicker than handwriting. I can type my name in a third of the time it takes me to write it. So handwriting recognition is out of the window, too...<BR/><BR/>Finally, they're pretty much reliable. You press the letter 'Q' and you're virtually guaranteed to get it to show up in Word as 'Q'. It will still be a 'Q' when you've lost your voice and it will still be a 'Q' when you've broken your writing hand's wrist.Machiavelli's Understudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18150445761766304667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-7683744173175977352008-01-08T17:25:00.000+00:002008-01-08T17:25:00.000+00:00I don't like touch screens. I know it's old techn...I don't like touch screens. I know it's old technology and people don't like them but I'm really comfortable with the touch pad together with the Mac shortcuts. Works nicely. The third variant, voice commands, means you have three hands.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-52669417904851868822008-01-08T16:52:00.000+00:002008-01-08T16:52:00.000+00:00Eh? How will I use a KVM switch on computers with ...Eh? How will I use a KVM switch on computers with no ps/2?flashgordonnzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17934275623938566914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-8730091266737088862008-01-08T11:56:00.000+00:002008-01-08T11:56:00.000+00:00Trust you to bring sex into it (do these table PCs...Trust you to bring sex into it (do these table PCs have webcams?). People were predicting the demise of PS/2 (mini-DIN 6-way plug) keyboards and mice with the advent of USB some years back (Dell stopped fitting PS/2 ports on their bothermoards), but they're still hanging tough (if there's always a keyboard and mouse, there's always the need for a separate port and it may as well be the cheaper PS/2).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-86824801778432604422008-01-08T11:35:00.000+00:002008-01-08T11:35:00.000+00:00"It's nothing particularly new or fancy, touch scr..."It's nothing particularly new or fancy, touch screens have been around for a while, they're expensive and when they break, which they inevitably will, they really do break."<BR/><BR/>That's not really the best argument, since they've made absolute leaps and bounds in terms of functionality over the last few years, and simultaneously fallen in price considerably. <BR/><BR/>Just compare the functionality of, say, the iPhone's touch screen with the stylus-operated screen of a PDA from just a year or two ago: it's infinitely, indescribably better. Multi-touch was a big step forward, as will be tactile feedback and all the other advances that are just around the corner.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't be so confident as to proclaim the death of the mouse or keyboard (but I'm not in a position, like Gates, where I have to use marketing rhetoric), but it's naïve to claim that touch screens are poor, or that the fact that they've been around for a while somehow means they haven't progressed recently.Rob Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205409564846429453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-9036272882787415372008-01-08T10:54:00.000+00:002008-01-08T10:54:00.000+00:00More generally, there are some interesting Gates/B...More generally, there are some interesting Gates/Brown Jobs/Cameron parallels. The first pair have built their empires by dodgy commercial means and have run out of steam; Vista and fiscal arithmetic have similar levels of appeal, while the comeback kids have grand plans.BrianSJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613916574661223679noreply@blogger.com