I wouldn't count on the traditional style keyboard going out any time soon. The technology to make a perfectly flat keyboard has been available for many years. You probably have a perfectly flat control panel on your microwave oven. It hasn't caught on for keyboards because people like being able to feel the keys. Most keyboards even have extra bumps on the f, j, and numpad 5 keys so people can find them easier.
I just bought a mini USP keyboard from the Apple Store. Its way flatter than a regular keyboard but its not perfectly flat like a touch screen. You might ask yourself why Apple didn't manufacture this keyboard like the control panel on a microwave oven. Actually, keyboards like that are available. But generally, you don't see them because people don't like them. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark BurningHawk Baxter" <markbaxte...@gmail.com> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 10:38 AM Subject: Re: no mac for blind people in Belgium > Keyboard, or touch-input alphanumerical devices, sure, but they'll be > touch screen or nonstandard shapes and sizes; it behooves the blind > person, I think, to get used to the fact and start breaking away from > traditional QWERTY; I never learned DVORAK or any other of the > keyboard configurations, but I'm betting the standard typewriter > interface will come to an extinction soon. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
