Why is 2-row keyboard better on smartphone?
the traditional 26-key, 3-row QWERTY layout has too many small keys with thumb typing.
QWERTY mini provides a 16-key, 2-row layout.
The trio of keyboards - the BlackBerry Pearl, the Nokia E55, and the Sony M600. What’s wrong?
What makes QWERTY mini different from the ones above?
1. Symmetric 16-key 2-row layout makes the up-and-down movement of both thumbs extremely comfortable.
Each key becomes up to 66% larger. (cf. From the iPhone Pro to the Pro Max gives about a 20% increase.)
2. The most important point is that vowels form the central axis of a word.
The five vowels (A, E, U, I, O) remain as standalone keys in their original QWERTY positions. This eliminates any conflicts with consonants and preserves a natural typing flow. (This fixes the problems that other reduced-key layouts failed to solve.)
3. Frequency-based consonant integration.10 letters (Q, Z, X, V, B, J, K, F, G, P) appear in about 10% of English text.
4. You can type everything with just tap and double-tap.
Simultaneous taps using the four triggers (W, A, O, L) increase speed and reduce delay.
5. It is a structure optimized for multilingual extended characters and split layouts in landscape mode. even if these features come later.
QWERTY mini is not a replacement for QWERTY.
it's the companion for smartphones.
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