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Text input fields deconstructed

Morten Hjerde has taken a long hard look at text input field design.
“Edit-in-place is preferable in most cases. A person can see the context, and the visuals is consistent. Full screen editing is preferable when the user is likely to enter a large amount of text. Predictive text (T9, etc) may only be available in [...]

Posted 25 June 2008 § mobile ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

iPhone keyboard study

This slightly unfortunately designed study compares the on-screen keyboard of the iPhone with QWERTY and Bell keypads. People with no iPhone experience were asked to use both their own hardkey-based phone and the iPhone, and the results were then compared.
“Participants made an average of 11 errors per message on the iPhone compared to an average [...]

Posted 16 August 2007 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , ,

Shorthand’s back?

IBM has come up with a tiny touch-based “keyboard” that uses “shorthand” for input. I saw one of the guys who invented give a presentation about the design, and it seems like a very compelling idea.
“Shorthand-Aided Rapid Keyboarding takes advantage of the expressive jotting capabilities in pen-based computing devices. It enables the user to write [...]

Posted 21 November 2005 § uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,