Tag Archives: ergonomics

Text input, upside down

A design for texting with the device orientation inverted. This is just a patent application, and not a real product. It’s an interesting idea, though, because it doesn’t ask people to learn new input systems but rather just change the orientation of the device.
“Typing text messages in this manner is awkward, as the mobile is [...]

The shape of that thing in your hand

Russell Beattie took a shot at defining the different “standard” mobile form factors. While he doesn’t provide any definitive answers, it’s nice to see some of the abstract form factors next to each other.
“These are all radically different devices, use cases and form factors. But it’s nice to sort of see them laid out like [...]