Thread Subject: Re: Keyboard proposal

From: David Poehlman
Date: Wed, Sep 12 2007 3:10 PM

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ah,

On Sep 12, 2007, at 4:23 PM, Gregg Vanderheiden wrote:

Sorry
I omitted a key phrase.


...that cannot be done from a keyboard without an inordinate number of
keystrokes.

(the mona lisa could be painted from a keyboard given an infinite
number of
keystrokes.)


Gregg
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Of David Poehlman
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 2:54 PM
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> Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] Keyboard proposal
>
> hmm,
>
> can they done via the keyboard? I have seen them both
> referred to but think that at least sort of free hand drawing
> is overcomable but if these are ops not provided through the
> keyboard, it needs to be clearer.
>
> On Sep 12, 2007, at 3:40 PM, Gregg Vanderheiden wrote:
>
> Sure
>
> The famous one is watercolor painting.
>
> Also any freehand drawing.
>
>
> Gregg
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>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Poehlman
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 2:36 PM
>> To: TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee
>> Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] Keyboard proposal
>>
>> Ok, Is there an example?
>>
>> On Sep 12, 2007, at 2:43 PM, Gregg Vanderheiden wrote:
>>
>> The exception covers things where we do not know how to
> make non-time
>> dependent keyboard equivalents.
>>
>> Basically it is an exception that covers that class of things are
>> impossible to do this way.
>>
>>
>> Gregg
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>> Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D.
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Behalf Of David
>>> Poehlman
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 10:39 AM
>>> To: TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee
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>>> Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] Keyboard proposal
>>>
>>> I know we discussed this at length, but what is the meaning of the
>>> exception?
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Gregg Vanderheiden" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>>> To: "'TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee'"
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>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 11:32 AM
>>> Subject: [teitac-websoftware] Keyboard proposal
>>>
>>>
>>> On the keyboard provision
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We need to limit it to devices that have a Keyboard or keyboard
>>> interface.
>>>
>>> We need to allow that some functions may be from other mechanical
>>> buttons.
>>>
>>> Needs to say Keyboard or keyboard interface so that we
>> don't require
>>> addition of an interface.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> How about
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Where products have a keyboard or keyboard interface , all
>>> functionality of the product operable through the user
>> interface must
>>> be operable through the keyboard or keyboard interface or other
>>> mechanical buttons without requiring specific timings for
>> individual
>>> keystrokes. The only exception is where the underlying function
>>> requires input that depends on the path of the user's
>> movement and not
>>> just the endpoints.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> NOTE: A software product that accepts text input would have a
>>> "keyboard interface".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This puts the condition up front so it is easy to see (and discard
>>> provision if not true)
>>>
>>> Meets the needs stated above
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Gregg
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