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Durante said:
Anyway, I personally believe that the biggest advantage of my system compared to psprint and the like is that you don't have to learn a layout. If we have an advanced input device like an analog joystick why not use it ;)

Hi Durante,

You are right of course. But the advantage of p-sprint is that the screen is not affected. It works just like a real keyboard, in that you don't get any visual cluttering. Also, the analog stick is left free for mouse control. In a windows like environment, or in games and other software that also supports a mouse, this is a very effective method. True, you have to get used to the layout a little, but once you do it's very effective and it supports almost everything a normal keyboard does, including combinations like CTRL+SHIFT+S and so on.

You made a very nice system, though, nice job. :)

A.

Off-topic, but the ultimate in cool keyboards:

http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/

Why didn't Sony think of something like this instead of that ridiculous phone keypad simulation bollocks! Nice work Durante, maybe you can sell it to Sony? ;)

Splinter cell chaos theory used a name input system just like this. Moji Ribbon by Na na Onsha also used one like this although it used both analogue sticks and shoulder buttons for the japanese characters.

This news is a bit out of date, as I already fully implemented the caret. Anyway, I personally believe that the biggest advantage of my system compared to psprint and the like is that you don't have to learn a layout. If we have an advanced input device like an analog joystick why not use it ;)