Willy

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Willy @Kypetzl5/1/2023, 2:10 AM

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count swagula @clip4/30/2023, 3:46 PM

looking at old pre-modern smartphone sony ericsson pda style phones and i think i just found one of the worst keyboards ever conceived

"The "butterfly keyboard" which delivered a qwerty experience on a constrained keypad using rocker keys was conceived by Björn Ahlberg who is credited on the patent for this design."

via https://www.mobilephonemuseum.com/phone-detail/sony-ericsson-m600

Vera Lycaon @VeraLycaon4/30/2023, 4:03 PM

slaps top of phone this baby can fit so many typos

like you could make this work fine with like a modified version of T9 but fucking rocker keys? that small? lol no

Willy @Kypetzl5/1/2023, 2:10 AM

It's giving me "Keyboard Derby" vibes

https://9to5mac.com/2018/08/08/excerpt-iphone-software-keyboard-design/

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in reply to @clip's post:

~@modulusshift4/30/2023, 3:54 PM

Wait, oh god, rocker switches? I thought it’d be like T9, where the software just does it’s best guess at which letter you wanted from the key lol

count swagula @clip4/30/2023, 4:06 PM

YEAH... that was my first guess too but nope! rocker switches! :)

~@modulusshift4/30/2023, 4:22 PM

Okay, between this and Apple’s experiments with the ultra thin “butterfly keyboard” design, I’m beginning to wonder if that term was ever used for anything good.