Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/06/15/ten_fingers_two_thumbs_keep/
Ten fingers, two thumbs keep moving with HP Internet keyboards
Should be fine for Hannibal Lecter and Anne Boleyn, then
Posted in Business, 15th June 1999 12:06 GMT
Apply Darwinian theory to Web use and the next evolutionary change to happen to Homo sapiens will be the sprouting of extra fingers to cope with ever-expanding keyboards. No? Well in its infinite wisdom Hewlett-Packard is to add a stack of new keys that will make it easier for users to jump onto their favourite parts of the Web without using a mouse. The new improved Internet keyboard will form part of the hardware for its new range of Pavilion PCs. The keyboard will feature seven new keys that will provide a link directly to Web content such as entertainment, finance and shopping. It will also be possible to customise the keys to create a one-button jump to just about anywhere. Snag is, you'll need more fingers to use it and even longer desk to accommodate the keyboard. HP's latest fiddling is part of a number of key alliances with AOL, AT&T WorldNet and Yahoo!. Reports suggest that the keyboard could be available next month. No one at HP was available to say when it would make its way to Europe.
