Don’t Reach. Rethink.

Touchscreens on conventional laptops make no sense. You’re forcing a mobile interaction paradigm onto a user interface that was never designed for it. For work built around typing, keyboard shortcuts, and precise pointer input, reaching up to tap an upright display introduces another unnecessary place to move your hands. If you don’t believe me, think about the last time you used an iPad with a Magic Keyboard. Every time you took your hands off the keys to poke at the screen, how much did it break the flow?So instead of moving the hands to the screen, rethink the keyboard itself.Keyboards are already programmable. The same physical key can type a character, invoke a complex macro, or become a directional control in a game. What remains stubbornly fixed, however, is the physical interface. Software can alter what a key does, but its position, shape, travel, and resistance are locked in by its plastic construction.Those physical properties are vital. The subtle gaps between keys help us…