WanHart.com » qwerty http://wanhart.com/blog Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:33:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Virtual Vs. Physical http://wanhart.com/blog/2009/07/virtual-vs-physical/ http://wanhart.com/blog/2009/07/virtual-vs-physical/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:11:41 +0000 admin http://wanhart.com/blog/?p=276 If you are a Windows Mobile or an iPhone fan you love touchscreen and virtuality. If you are a Nokia or a BlackBerry user you may love physical keyboard. Both symbolize how you prefer to learn your user experience. For years, notebook and desktop computer experience offer a full physical experience through mouse and qwerty keyboard. Slow but progressing, more and more tablet PC and smart-phones adding virtual experience: touchscreen.

Does virtualization gives more productivity? Will virtual keyboard and virtual mouse gives us the edge or simply a visual fascination?

Physical Mouse and TrackPad
Virtual Mouse (Microsoft Version)
Video: Microsoft waves goodbye to the mouse
  1. You arm is at ease, only your wrist moving.
  2. It doesn’t require much energy, no matter how big the screen is, only your wrist and finger do the work.
  3. Extremely precise and accurate. Not much callibration needed.
  1. In a small screen such as smart-phone, only your finger is moving, but for a large screen such as tablet PC, your elbow will do the work. In a more then 32″ plasma or LCD monitor, your arm will do the work.
  2. Moving your elbow or your entire arm requires much more energy them just moving your wrist and finger.
  3. Not precise and accurate, it needs constant callibration.
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