Re: [hackers] [svkbd][PATCH] Reducing xspacing and yspacing to 1 so touchscreen users have less mistyping.

From: Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo_AT_codemadness.org>
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 12:17:21 +0100

On Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 08:56:37PM +1000, hazardchem wrote:
> > Wouldn't this increase mistyping, because the keys are closer to eachother and
> > there is a smaller gap that is not a key?
>
> Apologies not explaining further as I thought the title was enough.
>
> The "dead" space between keys for touch screens causes more missing of keys as
> typing via touch is imprecise. I have found since reducing the gap I have less
> issues with typing and can increase my words per minute.
>
> Only other thing could be increasing the register zone is another method of
> reducing typing mistakes due to the precision needed currently. But just changing
> these values it can still be reversed if people don't like the new settings so
> it is still backwards compatible.


Thanks, applied.

It sounds logical and I think we can just try this new default.

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Kind regards,
Hiltjo
Received on Sun Oct 27 2024 - 12:17:21 CET

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