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Scaffold Level Editor 14 by mwkaufma | 1 comments on Hacker News.
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New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: iPhone 2005 weird "Blob Keyboard" simulator
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Show HN: iPhone 2005 weird "Blob Keyboard" simulator 23 by juliendorra | 6 comments on Hacker News. Hi HN, I teach tech design history, and one of the key stories I cover is the development of the original iPhone keyboard by Ken Kocienda. Reading about it in his book "Creative Selection" is great, but I wanted my students (and now you!) to actually feel this step in the process. So, I built a web simulator of the "Blob Keyboard", Kocienda's very first attempt at a touchscreen keyboard that actually works, from September 2005: Try the Blob Keyboard: https://ift.tt/LldnWcU... - Tap for the middle letter - Swipe left or right for the side letters More on the github repo: https://ift.tt/1idqJZB The Blob Keyboard prototype emerged during a UX crisis for iPhone team (their software keyboard just didn't work at all, fingers being too big, and the Newton failure loomed over them), highlighting how innovation is rarely a straight path. It was developed o...