Thoughts on User Mode

[Eddie W. Shore]

(12-18-2017 05:00 PM)David Hayden Wrote:  To me, the user keyboard is of very limited value without the benefit of a keyboard overlay. It's impractical for someone to memorize the function of 10 or 20 or 60 (on the 50g) user key assignments.

One way to solve this is with something I've had on the back burner for a few years: a virtual keyboard overlay. The idea is that when you press the user key, the screen turns into a map of the keyboard (or perhaps just a part of the keyboard) that shows the user key assignments. Press a shift key and the map changes to the shifted assignments. When you select an assigned key, the original screen is restored and the assigned function executed.

I think I managed to prototype this on the 50g in userRPL. I've always thought it would make a great presentation at HHC.

I like this idea.