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Comment on Engelbart's Violin - chorded keyboards

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Imagine a chorded keyboard on the left and right, with the right one (or perhaps both?) doubling as a mouse, with one or two of the keys assigned to mouse function. That's 2^8 to 2^11 different characters you can represent, and you never have to move your hand over to the mouse!

how many of those chords are you going to learn and remember?

I think the article's author would argue, all of them, given enough time and necessity.

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