LiquidKeyboard Makes Virtual Keyboards More Fluid
It’s a fundamental difference between real and virtual keyboards that with one, you rest your fingers on the home row, and with the other, you hover. This means that with the real keyboard, you are typing with muscle memory, and on the virtual keyboard, while that muscle memory helps, you can’t rely on it completely and must augment it with visual confirmation.
The benefit would be more intuitive typing and no need for an intrusive virtual keyboard. Simply place your fingers on the screen and the keys appear. I like the idea, but like most UI ideas, it really needs to be tried in person before anyone can really say yea or nay. With luck it’ll make a splash, like Swype, and we’ll see it in some form on one of the upcoming tablet platforms.
[via Gizmag]