Comment Re:My Theory of Keyboard Design (Score 1) 638
With your hypothetical 18-key keyboard, there actually would be a way to label the keys.
On each key you would have 18 symbols drawn in a very tiny font. The position of the symbol determines which other key to press to get that symbol. For example, on the top left key you would have the following picture:
|-----------|
|-bc def ghi|
|jkl mno pqr|
|stu vwx yzA|
|-----------|
With this configuration, you would type a "b" by holding the top left key and the key in the number 2 position of the top row. I know it's a little small but I think its doable hypothetically.
On each key you would have 18 symbols drawn in a very tiny font. The position of the symbol determines which other key to press to get that symbol. For example, on the top left key you would have the following picture:
|-----------|
|-bc def ghi|
|jkl mno pqr|
|stu vwx yzA|
|-----------|
With this configuration, you would type a "b" by holding the top left key and the key in the number 2 position of the top row. I know it's a little small but I think its doable hypothetically.
