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tell me what you think :)
if other plz reply with what you mean then
Mental Block
2004-09-21, 00:38
one thought i did have when using it, was that the dot should be with the numbers for when i am entering ip adresses.
with characters like "- / + _" etc... its no good for me to use... i believe these should have been added from the start!
the keyboard is ok as it is, but i think the skinners should lose the tacky brown keyboard button graphics and go for something much nicer. for instance, most of the on-screen keyboards used in games to setup a new player profile look fairly cool.
with so many users that have usb keyboards for their xboxes, i wish usb keyboard support would be added so that we don't have to use the on-screen keybaord at all.
StoneRoses
2004-09-21, 10:09
i voted for qwerty.
if the dev team prefer abc layout, please change the virtual keyboard to square/rectangular matrix.
put abc layout in keyboard form is confusing.
jmarshall
2004-09-21, 13:42
ms did quite a few useability tests on the virtual keyboard layout, and found that the abc layout was better for most people (faster input). also, a square layout was used (pretty much similar to what we used to have with that ugly green keyboard :p )
i think the current keyboard looks a hell of a lot nicer, but agree that it is perhaps not quite as optimal to use if it was square layed out.
i vote for qwerty but it would be great if it was configurable depending on your language settings.
the problem with the usability in the current default virtual keyboard is that it communicates qwerty but actually is an abc. so the user always falls back to looking for key and expecting them to be in a qwerty place. what i'm talking on goes on on a subconsious level. but it still requires an extra effort for the user.
in my experience the most common virtual keyboard in games is the abc one but it's probably a close race between the two. but never have i seen a abc with qwerty layout or the other way around. sorry chokey *i know recoding the xlm for the keyboard is a reeeal pain. http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de/forums/non-cgi/emoticons/cry.gif this is a place where a visual skin editor would come in handy...
anyhow, my vote would be on either just as long as they are consistant with respective metafor.
qwerty layout for qwerty vk.
abc layout for abc vk.
/floink
i'd prefer a cellphone style layout to match the ability to typ like on a cellphone. which is by far faster then the vk's