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That's funny, Jay. I thought the exact same thing; and feel the same about Dillinger's desk. It just wouldn't be very functional in the real world. But that's only for the 'typing on keyboard' portion of it. There is so much going on in this video that it boggles the mind at the potential uses of such a thing. I've watched the video a few times now, and each time I can't say anything other than... "Wow!"where to buy abortion pill abortion types buy abortion pill online

jmaynard Wrote:I've gotta disagree. Oh, sure, for doing graphics it'd be neat, but typing on it would suck royally. The problem is that there's no tactile feedback at all, and that makes typing very difficult.

I do agree with that to some extent. I even thought that when I first saw Dillinger's desk - it was "WOW - cool!", followed by "gee - I wonder if it is hard to type on something like that because it is all flat, hard glass".

But I believe that once these things are sensitive enough and stable enough, a simple low-volume audio sound may do the trick. I remember my friend's Atari 800 computer used to do that way back in the early 80's. It was unnecessary, but it was there - a small speaker in the keyboard itself (computer, actually) made a little noise when key presses registered. If a key was held for auto-repeat, the noise repeated with the auto-repeat, per character. I'm not sure an auto-repeat noise would be necessary, but I think the low-volume, auditable trick would work.

If that became annoying, or for the hearing impaired, a small visual cue like the key color inverting for 1/30th of a second or something similar would do the same.

Still, the loss of feeling the keys would be odd. Is it something people would get used to and accustom to, or would it be too much to keep something like this from becoming main stream?

Then again, what if this technology was taken even further. What about simulating small bumps and ridges on the screen to simulate keys, windows, images, etc. Then there would be the sense of feel in a way that it has never been available before. I have no idea if something like this is even in development, but it sure sounds cool!

Never liked the thought of the myself personally even with the keyboards on the Atari 800 that had the flatkeyboard. I would rather have those good old fashioned keyboards that felt like a mechanic keyboard almost. Good and sturdy in comparison to that. Even to the ones that I am using right now. I think I still have the keyboard for my XT computer which made a click soun/feel when you typed on it. It fellt better than the newer one.

NoExcuses Wrote:Want to know how a keyboard would feel without feedback? If you know your way around a keyboard, then try 'typing' your name onto a desk or windowsill or something. For some reason, it feels oddly cool to me, so I think people would get used to this hardware if it were ever commerically available. Hmm, maybe I should type things on my desk more often... Or would people start calling me weird?