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by Lewton 5138 days ago
imo, the [1]datahand keyboard makes a lot more sense than chorded keyboards. Each finger has access to four characters mapped to up, down, left or right. All it takes is a short movement of the finger to press a key.

[1] http://cdn1.mobilemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/image_6...

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It doesn't as not all movements are as accurate with your fingers.

Pushing down and aligning your fingers is incredibly accurate but rolling/moving your fingers is not.

Hm, you might be right. But as how I understood it, the datahand is trying to let you use the same movements as you are already using on a normal keyboard, only without having to travel the full distance. I have a hard time seeing why that shouldn't work
Try typing with your nails down on the keys i.e. with curled up hands and you will see.