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Replacing the physical keyboard for good! How to do it!

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 15, 2010

[ Thanks to Ezequiel
Gonzalez
for this link. ]

“A simple hack that will revolutionize computing.
Simply, hack/configure the system to have two pointers on the
screen at the same time. Add one mouse to run each pointer, and a
virtual keyboard at the bottom of the screen that can switch
betwwen a multitude of character sets at the clic of an icon. This
simple hack, well implemented, would get rid of the physical
keyboard for good!

“A single mouse, running a solitary pointer is too slow to
replace the physical keyboard as the main data entry peripheral,
but two mice would do the trick, and, if you want to be even faster
you may add another one attached to your forehead.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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