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QWERTY Keyboards on a touch screen are still the stupid! (lazysoci.al)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Whether you, like me, beleive that QAZWSX keyboards make far more sense, especially in a machine learning world, I think we all agree a layout designed to circumvent jamming typewriter keys doesn't make sense in modern society on modern devices.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why does it produce such extra load on a QWERTY keyboard?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because the additional axis. It's like the difference between normal chess and 3D chess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What additional axis? Swiping is always done on a 2D board?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

The vertical axis