A new keyboard layout
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An Assessment Method and Toolkit to Evaluate Keyboard Design on Smartphones
Published on: October 5, 2020
1School of Management Studies, Thames Polytechnic, London.
Abstract:
'QWERTY' is the nickname for the inefficient standard typewriter keyboard, also used for Telex and many computer input terminals, dating from 1874. The ergonomically-designed Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (DSK) has been available for over 35 years and there is increasing international interest in its introduction; but DSK does not take metrication into account. There is a clear need for international agreement on a new design up-dating DSK for metrication. Agreement is in the interests of both keyboard users and their employers. An Alpha-Metric Keyboard (AMK) is proposed and its design and advantages are described.
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