Sahar sends another wonderful gem:
Scientist in the UK demos "Dasher" an innovation he is touting as a keyboard replacement. You can see a short video demo here and then try the tool yourself here. I found it novel, but not as quick as my keyboard. Then again, that’s likely because I’m not experienced enough with it yet.
My second thought after fooling with the demo was: "by stock in aspirin makers" … I got a mild headache after extended use. The new ‘Carpal Tunnel’ is ‘Brain Carpal Tunnel’.
I want to add that none of this impacts the need for a unique location (domain name) on the web.. and you will still have typos with dasher, only now they will be alphabetical typos (ie. ‘a’ next to ‘b’ on the alphabet in Dasher, as opposed to ‘i’ next to ‘o’ on a qwerty keyboard). In fact this opens up a much wider range of typo possibilities .. not necessarily a good thing.
But I liked the concept of no keyboard.
I tried it and it seems wonderful for those with disabilities. However, the interface is ugly and the “driving” makes me dizzy! I don’t see this application taking off without some interface improvements.
***FS*** You have to train yourself to think differently.. and it’s very hard to change the world in that way.
The future of interaction with computers lies in voice recognition, becasue this is the most natrual way for humans to interact with data.
Domainers should bear this into account when buying domains.
“”You have to train yourself to think differently.. and it’s very hard to change the world in that way.”"
Well, Frank, it may be harder to you and me, but as you can read in my last blog post in trendinews.com, “Good and bad news about Millenials”, young people are already biologically “wired” in a different way. Their thinking process is much more flexible than ours, and their way of learning and interacting with systems much more fluid.
They have also been all their lives learning new ways to interact with objects, displays and information in general, so beware of thinking about the future from the point view of our personal present limitations…
Best regards!
Javier
trendirama.com
PS/ At Trendirama we have an article about domain names that you should see, from Robert Timmi. Have a look and tell me what you think if you can. Is Robert right? What do you think about the future of .mobi?
***FS*** Sorry.. this is not spam