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Proceedings ArticleDOI
07 Feb 2010
135 Citations
On the other hand, because soft keyboards lack haptic feedback, users often produce more typing errors.
Soft keyboards, because of their ease of installation and lack of reliance on specific hardware, are a promising solution as an input device for many languages.
Buckling spring keyboards have better feedback characteristics, which may be responsible for a decrease in the amount of typing force and EMG produced.
Open accessProceedings ArticleDOI
Karin Harbusch, Michael Kühn 
12 Apr 2003
41 Citations
Ambiguous keyboards provide efficient typing with low motor demands.
There is a need and an ability to design specialized keyboards for some situations.
These studies demonstrate the inferiority of alphabetically organized keyboards as compared with a randomly organized keyboard and the standard Sholes (qwerty) keyboard.
Applications: These findings may influence keyboard standards and the design of keyboards.
Keyboards should be disinfected daily or when visibly soiled or if they become contaminated with blood.
Since onscreen keyboards compete with other user interface elements for limited screen space, it is essential that soft keyboard designs are optimally laid out.
Results show a clear advantage in both performance and satisfaction for the mechanical-key keyboards.