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Smartphone UI Design: Will Hexagonal Keys Be Any Better to Type On?
Swiss development team feels a honeycomb configuration is the solution
Of the UI design challenges of smartphones, the swiping of photos seems pretty much solved, but the typing interface is still wanting. That's why Blackberry is not only still around, but is planning to launch the Priv, with a slider interface and physical keyboard:
Blackberry's forthcoming PrivOn the touchscreen keyboard front, we had high hopes for Corey Stone's HERO keyboard, but thus far reviews are mixed.
Corey Stone's HERO keyboardNow a Swiss app developer called Icoaching is pushing an alternate design. While the Priv has physical keys and the HERO went with concentric rings, Icoaching is betting that a honeycomb pattern will be the winning design. They've dubbed their creation the WRIO keyboard, a loose anagram for "WRite It Once:"ux
The WRIO has already been Kickstarted, easily reaching its $10,000 goal with $12,641 in pledges. There's still nine days left for those who want to see if hexagons work better than rectangles. Buy-in starts at $5 for those willing to wait until March of next year, while the impatient can have WRIO by November for $10.
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$5! That's a lot to try a keyboard that you probably won't like. I tried the HERO and it was hard to use, lots of mind power. I don't like the current keyboard (I have an iPhone 5). I like how in the Hex one the keys fit nicely. I do think that in the new iOS, they tried to do something fancy and now when you have CAPS ON, the keyboard letters are ALL CAPS, but when you go lower case, they become lower case. This means that optically, your letters are constantly shifting size and shape as you initial cap words. Your eye is constantly having to re-recognize letters. Definitely a step backward in keyboard design in my opinion.
hard -> touh; nice < niais < nescius := not-skilled
I do not think that this is a good keyboard. The keyboard that will work on a touch screen is one that uses slide.
I would not want to learn yet another typing language to have a very limited improvement in typing. I do not believe that this is a successful keyboard.
physical -> real; will -> shall