[girvo]

Does anyone else remember the "TouchPal" keyboard on Windows Mobile?

It was similar in some ways.

https://i0.wp.com/farm3.static.flickr.com/2142/1622925926_3a...

QW and a symbol were all on one key in a T shaped layout - Q top left, W top right, symbol below, you could just hit the key as-is and let predictive text/auto-correct do it's thing (badly, at the time).

The more interesting way to use it was to swipe on the key in the direction of the letter/symbol you wanted.

It was really quite good, and a shame it never caught on.