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		<title>Comment on Small Things: The art of posting comments to articles, blogs + Google vs. Apple by embany</title>
		<link>http://www.mintusability.com/2009/08/04/small-things-the-art-of-posting-comments-to-articles-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-1014</link>
		<dc:creator>embany</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hallo,

ich hoffe hier im Forum kann mir jemand helfen!
Ich habe aus versehen ein paar JPGs von meiner Digicam gelöscht. Leider sind die Dateien nicht mehr im meinem Papierkorb. 
Die Dateien waren sehr wichtig für mich! Ich würde die gerne zurückbekommen.
Wer kennt ne Seite auf der ich Infos dazu finde, wie ich die Daten retten kann??

Vielen Dank schonmal für eure Antworten

danke</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hallo,</p>
<p>ich hoffe hier im Forum kann mir jemand helfen!<br />
Ich habe aus versehen ein paar JPGs von meiner Digicam gelöscht. Leider sind die Dateien nicht mehr im meinem Papierkorb.<br />
Die Dateien waren sehr wichtig für mich! Ich würde die gerne zurückbekommen.<br />
Wer kennt ne Seite auf der ich Infos dazu finde, wie ich die Daten retten kann??</p>
<p>Vielen Dank schonmal für eure Antworten</p>
<p>danke</p>
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		<title>Comment on Modal windows are bad, ok? by Berry Sosinsky</title>
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		<dc:creator>Berry Sosinsky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is inspiring I think I will start a blog myself one day in italian of course. Great post, grazie.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is inspiring I think I will start a blog myself one day in italian of course. Great post, grazie.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Virtual keyboard design for mobile devices by pornofr</title>
		<link>http://www.mintusability.com/2009/09/01/virtual-keyboard-design-for-mobile-devices/comment-page-1/#comment-1006</link>
		<dc:creator>pornofr</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Comfortabl y, the article is really the greatest on this notable topic. I agree with your conclusions and will eagerly look forward to your approaching updates. Saying thanks will not just be adequate, for the fantasti c lucidity in your writing. I will directly grab your rss feed to stay abreast of any updates. Gratifying work and much success in your business dealings!</description>
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		<title>Comment on Virtual keyboard design for mobile devices by admin</title>
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		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the comment.

There isn&#039;t too much of a research for smartphones, everyone just seems to settle on all too familiar QWERTY. Also, there is at least one research that I&#039;m aware of, made some years ago, about character frequencies and a keyboard design based on the results. Though, if I remember right, the keyboard design was based on the principle that most frequent characters were on the middle, rarest being at the borders, whereas the concept that the article talks about needs more in-depth language research to define the specific layout for reducing &quot;misclicks&quot; (letters which are most least to appear side by side in a word are placed side by side in the keyboard)

Although, one could make a basic keyboard design based on frequencies, where the most frequent characters are placed well apart from each other. Also I would think of placing them in a brick-wall like pattern, which would help to determine some of the misclicks with rows. (ie. if two keys on a same row are pressed with a key between the two, on a row above, one could guestimate that the actual target was the key on the row above, the two keys below just happened to be pressed at the same time by accident. Of course this works both ways.)

I would also lean more towards the horizontal layout since, when you are grabbing something with both of your hands, it&#039;s easier to move your thumbs sideways (just by using 2nd and 3rd joint of your thumb), rather than up and down, specially if you need to move farther up/down, forcing you to ever so slightly change your grip on the thing you&#039;re holding. Also, horizontal layout would leave space for the text on top, making navigating and/or reading the text, you are writing, easier.

Vertical layout however, would fit nicely for one handed input, since both sides of the keyboard would be reachable by single thumb, and the effortless thumb movement (2nd and 3rd joint) would be vertical when you&#039;re holding a phone vertically. Although, since this is much less accurate posture I would go for larger buttons and maybe even double-tap feature, something like the old phone keyboard have where you have number and three characters per key, thus making it possible to have even larger buttons and hopefully less error-prone setup.

Also, there are few concepts around, RETYPE being the most recent one (http://www.mintusability.com/2008/11/29/retype-the-text-in-your-iphone/).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the comment.</p>
<p>There isn&#8217;t too much of a research for smartphones, everyone just seems to settle on all too familiar QWERTY. Also, there is at least one research that I&#8217;m aware of, made some years ago, about character frequencies and a keyboard design based on the results. Though, if I remember right, the keyboard design was based on the principle that most frequent characters were on the middle, rarest being at the borders, whereas the concept that the article talks about needs more in-depth language research to define the specific layout for reducing &#8220;misclicks&#8221; (letters which are most least to appear side by side in a word are placed side by side in the keyboard)</p>
<p>Although, one could make a basic keyboard design based on frequencies, where the most frequent characters are placed well apart from each other. Also I would think of placing them in a brick-wall like pattern, which would help to determine some of the misclicks with rows. (ie. if two keys on a same row are pressed with a key between the two, on a row above, one could guestimate that the actual target was the key on the row above, the two keys below just happened to be pressed at the same time by accident. Of course this works both ways.)</p>
<p>I would also lean more towards the horizontal layout since, when you are grabbing something with both of your hands, it&#8217;s easier to move your thumbs sideways (just by using 2nd and 3rd joint of your thumb), rather than up and down, specially if you need to move farther up/down, forcing you to ever so slightly change your grip on the thing you&#8217;re holding. Also, horizontal layout would leave space for the text on top, making navigating and/or reading the text, you are writing, easier.</p>
<p>Vertical layout however, would fit nicely for one handed input, since both sides of the keyboard would be reachable by single thumb, and the effortless thumb movement (2nd and 3rd joint) would be vertical when you&#8217;re holding a phone vertically. Although, since this is much less accurate posture I would go for larger buttons and maybe even double-tap feature, something like the old phone keyboard have where you have number and three characters per key, thus making it possible to have even larger buttons and hopefully less error-prone setup.</p>
<p>Also, there are few concepts around, RETYPE being the most recent one (<a href="http://www.mintusability.com/2008/11/29/retype-the-text-in-your-iphone/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mintusability.com/2008/11/29/retype-the-text-in-your-iphone/</a>).</p>
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		<title>Comment on Virtual keyboard design for mobile devices by John</title>
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		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Besides the Dvorak, have you seen any research on optimal keyboard layouts for the smartphone form factor?  It would seem that the paradigm of using two thumbs in a more vertical layout, as opposed to ten fingers in a horizontal one, would change the optimal key placement.  I&#039;m actually interested in writing a virtual keyboard along these principles for smartphones.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Besides the Dvorak, have you seen any research on optimal keyboard layouts for the smartphone form factor?  It would seem that the paradigm of using two thumbs in a more vertical layout, as opposed to ten fingers in a horizontal one, would change the optimal key placement.  I&#8217;m actually interested in writing a virtual keyboard along these principles for smartphones.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Is Apple becoming evil? by Apple taking steps towards dark side, hatred, anger &#124; Mint Usability</title>
		<link>http://www.mintusability.com/2009/01/28/is-apple-becoming-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-219</link>
		<dc:creator>Apple taking steps towards dark side, hatred, anger &#124; Mint Usability</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator>Iphone Hacks and Applications That Will Transform Your Iphone to Something Truly Different &#124; Cell Phone Reviews and News</dc:creator>
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		<link>http://www.mintusability.com/2009/07/23/small-things-google-chrome-page-titles/comment-page-1/#comment-213</link>
		<dc:creator>Quick update: Blog updates and thesis work &#124; Mint Usability</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on New look for the blog by JamesD</title>
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		<dc:creator>JamesD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the useful info. It&#039;s so interesting</description>
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