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From: D.M. Procida on 30 May 2010 06:44
Steve H <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> >> The j and f keys have the little feeler tab thing on them that help
> > > you
> >> find the keys when touch typing.
> >>
> >> Only you (obviously) can't feel them on a virtual keyboard.
> >>
> >> Odd.
> >>
> > Nothing new, my 2003 white pro keyboard has them.
>
> Yes, it will have.
>
> But that's a physical keyboard, what I can't understand is putting an
> image of them on a virtual keyboard.

They're for touch-typists, duh.

Daniele
From: Ian Piper on 3 Jun 2010 15:33
On 2010-05-30 01:15:02 +0100, Dorian Gray <D.Gray(a)picture.invalid> said:

> In article
> <1514112411296860818.746895italiancar-gmail.com(a)news.individual.net>,
> Steve H <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Just noticed this....
>>
>> The j and f keys have the little feeler tab thing on them that help you
>> find the keys when touch typing.
>>
>> Only you (obviously) can't feel them on a virtual keyboard.
>>
>> Odd.
>
> I think it is intended as an extra visual clue when you place your
> fingers, rather than a tactile one. Or maybe apple were just being cute.

Or maybe Apple just didn't have time to finish off the tactile feedback
features... how about a little vibration under your finger when you
touch the home keys?


Ian.
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From: Mark on 3 Jun 2010 16:28
On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 20:33:41 +0100, Ian Piper wrote
(in article <86qeclFv3cU1(a)mid.individual.net>):

> On 2010-05-30 01:15:02 +0100, Dorian Gray <D.Gray(a)picture.invalid> said:
>
>> In article
>> <1514112411296860818.746895italiancar-gmail.com(a)news.individual.net>,
>> Steve H <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Just noticed this....
>>>
>>> The j and f keys have the little feeler tab thing on them that help you
>>> find the keys when touch typing.
>>>
>>> Only you (obviously) can't feel them on a virtual keyboard.
>>>
>>> Odd.
>>
>> I think it is intended as an extra visual clue when you place your
>> fingers, rather than a tactile one. Or maybe apple were just being cute.
>
> Or maybe Apple just didn't have time to finish off the tactile feedback
> features... how about a little vibration under your finger when you
> touch the home keys?
>
>
> Ian.
>
Could be. There's an app for that in Cydia for the iPhone..

Cheers ... Mark

From: Pd on 3 Jun 2010 16:44
Ian Piper <ianpiper(a)mac.com> wrote:

> Or maybe Apple just didn't have time to finish off the tactile feedback
> features... how about a little vibration under your finger when you
> touch the home keys?

I've just been reading about the advances in haptic feedback. Apparently
using temperature variation and microsecond variable vibration, it is
possible to simulate the feel of silk, fur, sandpaper and all sorts of
surfaces and reactions, on something as smooth as an iPad screen. It's
even possible to make it more slippery using very fast but very tiny
vibration.

So providing a tactile feedback for the home keys is probably OS5.

--
Pd
From: Bruce Horrocks on 3 Jun 2010 18:26
On 03/06/2010 21:44, Pd wrote:
> Ian Piper<ianpiper(a)mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Or maybe Apple just didn't have time to finish off the tactile feedback
>> features... how about a little vibration under your finger when you
>> touch the home keys?
>
> I've just been reading about the advances in haptic feedback. Apparently
> using temperature variation and microsecond variable vibration, it is
> possible to simulate the feel of silk, fur, sandpaper and all sorts of
> surfaces and reactions, on something as smooth as an iPad screen. It's
> even possible to make it more slippery using very fast but very tiny
> vibration.
>
> So providing a tactile feedback for the home keys is probably OS5.
>

Ah lovely. I'm looking forward to the first lawsuit against Apple for
'vibration whitefinger'.

--
Bruce Horrocks
Surrey
England
(bruce at scorecrow dot com)
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