Google plans to remove spacebar from your keyboard
What if we tell you your average laptop keyboard won't have a spacebar in the days to come? Sounds strange right? But Google is really working on removing that big long button from your keyboard. Call it evolution of typing or just an unnecessary sacrifice, this will only be clear
when we get to see the real world application of the new patent filed by the search giant. According to the patent, the spacebar will become an extension of the trackpad. The spacebar will be demarcated by a line on the trackpad. Apart from that the computer will intelligently distinguish between the typing-mode and trackpad-mode to decide what the user wants to imply with the touch. For instance, if you're using the trackpad and then the trackpad above the line will act as a click and if you are typing and you click anywhere above the line, it will act as a space bar. The technology is still just a patent and a lot many patents like this don't make it to real world.
Keypads have remained in the same format for the longest time in technology-history, but with growing functions and a restricted hardware setup, it seems limiting to companies like Google to move on without making necessary changes.
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