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

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83 points QWERTYmini | 3 comments | 10 Dec 25 17:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.319s | 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.
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yjftsjthsd-h ◴[10 Dec 25 19:09 UTC] No.46222098[source]▶
I'm not following.

* Does this still expect you to hit every key but some of them need multiple taps?

* Are they doing fancy autocorrect-like magic to decide which letter you meant, and if so why use this instead of taking it one more step and using http://minuum.com/ ?

* Or is it something else?

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1. onli ◴[11 Dec 25 02:44 UTC] No.46227042[source]▶
This could be a good alternative to Minuum when mixed together. The single line was great in theory, but in practice I often preferred the regular keyboard layout. Maybe the autopredict did not work all that well, at least with the multiple languages I mixed then? Going to two lines might improve it, and devices are bigger now than back then.
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2. iszomer ◴[11 Dec 25 13:18 UTC] No.46231005[source]▶
Blast from the past using Minuum on a Nexus 4, my second Android smartphone from my first with the O.G. Motorola Droid.
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3. onli ◴[11 Dec 25 15:35 UTC] No.46232669[source]▶
Some old Galaxy phone for me I think. And then I used it a bit on an LG G3. Only regular app I ever bought (the one other purchase was a game, https://egamebook.com/knights/).

But it must have been great for the small Nexus 4.