Re: [NTLK] Newton Screen Test - Take 3

rhonda@write-on.org wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 08:24:23 -0500, Frank Lowney wrote:
>> Can the Newton keyboard layout be changed? Not the
>> language but the keyboard layout. Could you implement DVORAK or some
>> yet-to-be-invented system on Newton?
>>
>> What would a stylus-optimized keyboard layout look like? What would
>> the underlying assumptions be (e.g. hold device in one hand, operate
>> stylus in the other)?
>
> I think it came with styles+ but I can't remember anymore, it's been so
> long...
>
> Anyway, my newton has a "one finger" keyboard layout. The layout is:
> (best viewed with a fixed width font)
>
> z v c h w k
> f i t a l y
> <s> n e <sp>
> g d o r s b
> q j u m p x
> < > cap opt
>
> where:
> <s> is shift and is two keys wide
> <sp> is space and is two keys wide
> cap is caps lock, 2-wide
> opt is also 2-wide
> < and > are the arrows.
>
> I haven't worked with it much so I don't know how much faster it is to
> type on. It doesn't have numbers or special characters, which is the
> main reason I pull out the on-screen keyboard.
>

Ah, the FITALY alternate keyboard layout:

http://www.fitaly.com/newton/newtfitaly.htm

-- 
Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney
"Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is 
... oh, never mind."
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