From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 28 00:21:46 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C78021065670 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:21:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D9338FC12 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:21:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by thought.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 68C68E80F0C; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:21:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:21:45 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Chuck Swiger Message-ID: <20120328002145.GA6339@thought.org> References: <4F6FACB5.5030900@dichotomia.fr> <201203260021.q2Q0LpOF084377@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20120326154223.GA11501@hemlock.hydra> <4F70F6AD.4000107@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4FAC8965-EF32-4857-BA8E-936B357DE308@mac.com> <4F7117D2.70405@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120327194017.GA22276@thought.org> <58760E27-E0FC-490F-BC5E-A7E621D3FCAA@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <58760E27-E0FC-490F-BC5E-A7E621D3FCAA@mac.com> Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Of_Interest: With 25 years of service to the Unix community. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: FreeBSD - Subject: Re: Vivaldi Tablet X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:21:46 -0000 On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 04:26:29PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote: > Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:26:29 -0700 > From: Chuck Swiger > Subject: Re: Vivaldi Tablet > To: Gary Kline > Cc: FreeBSD - > X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) > > On Mar 27, 2012, at 12:40 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > > you guys have any thoughts about a tiny {7"} keyboard > > plugin? i'm wondering if my VBC project might work with > > this tablet. i've never seen a keyboard that small. nice > > tablet, tho. > > 7" is too small for a QUERTY layout...you just can't do that without 11-12" of space. There have been folks working on one-handed "chord" keyboards which might fit into that space, but they have a steep learning curve. > > Regards, > -- > -Chuck > how about the eee-701s? they are no mo' but used to have a 70% of full size keyboard. my eee-900A had All the std keys. do we really need the F[n] keys? anyway, if not a tiny kybd, maybe a small one. Another thought: isnt there a rubber keyboard that rolls up or folds in half? IIRC, the keys do compress [about one mm], and with the heavy THUNK sound:: hey. anyway/nutshell, i do like this vivaldi tablet. =if= it had a thunkable and real keybd. gary PS critical note. am i mis-remembering, or did someone say that eee//ASUS was going to make a *quality* ten inch netbook? my VBC WOUld work seriously well on that. anybody?? -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Voice By Computer (for Universal Access): http:/www.thought.org/vbc The 8.57a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org Twenty-five years of service to the Unix community.