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Show HN: A 2-row, 16-key keyboard designed for smartphones

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83 points QWERTYmini | 2 comments | 10 Dec 25 17:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.078s | source

Mobile keyboards today are almost entirely based on the 26-key, 3-row QWERTY layout. Here’s a new 2-row, 16-key alternative designed specifically for smartphones.
1. AAAAaccountAAAA ◴[10 Dec 25 20:43 UTC] No.46223533[source]▶
Looks nice. Reminds me of MessagEase[1] and clones, such as ThumbKey[2]. I use the latter for my mobile text input needs. However, that method is sometimes prone to typos, since one key may have up to 9 different characters assigned to it, and it is easy to swipe slightly wrong way. QWERTYmini could be better in that aspect, since there are only 2 characters per key.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MessagEase

2. https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key

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2. pshirshov ◴[11 Dec 25 01:12 UTC] No.46226419[source]▶
Also this: https://codeberg.org/natkr/flickboard