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That sounds like Dasher (https://dasher.acecentre.net/about/ https://dasher.acecentre.net/about/), invented by the late David MacKay.
by jwm1 3y ago
That sounds like Dasher (https://dasher.acecentre.net/about/ https://dasher.acecentre.net/about/), invented by the late David MacKay.
- bacon_waffle 3y agoYep, thanks!
- tsegratis 3y agoNice. Random thought: Geometrically 50% of the movement does nothing (going left is a null action). In terms of distance moved by the pointer it would be more efficient to arrange the options as a circle around the pointer, with maybe the bottom 10% of the circle used for the null action A possible benefit is 90% of the screen could then be used to display a larger set of options, which could let the user bisect their choices more quickly
- bacon_waffle 3y agoThat is an interesting idea! The space of possible next characters expands polynomially, so as you say, the display might be better used with a polar grid compared to cartesian.