RJvM wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 6:04 pm
H2X wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 2:29 pm
RJvM wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 1:26 pm
Whatever happened to the principle: "less is more"?
Not sure what you mean by it in this context. Please explain!
My impression is that the WP43s design (layout) , as I understood it, seems to be getting more complicated, instead of staying as clean as possible. I think I like the wp43c layout better, so maybe I should have placed my comment not in this thread.
You are welcome to place it here - as H2X said, as long as we know which layout you are referring to.
Just for info, the initial reason I forked the project into C43 (common model name) or the WP43C (Gitlab and code name) was to retain the DM42 white key layout, in other words to retain the / x - + sequence and position. One thing lead to another and as H2X explained above himself, H2X (if memory serves) designed the multi-shift single shift key concept (a concept without which the fork would not have been feasible) - and the rest of the UI changes followed similarly to retain more of the HP42S style.
Another important conceptual layout difference is that WP43S shows every single key function on the keyboard with afaik no hidden keys. Due to C43 keeping it cleaner, there are obviously less key functions in use and therefore it requires a more menu use, for example for the Greek letters and also a few other things. Also note the lack of special characters - the concept is to rather have a cleaner keyboard to see the fewer letters better, and for that the penalty is increased menu activity. Also, due to the emptier keyboard there are a few unlabeled key shortcuts - for example changing the case using arrows, num lock etc. during text entry and some more. You may forget which keys, but then it is not required to remember as those are all on the menu, clear for all to see.
Let's place the layouts next to one another - I have not done a pic like that for some time - in fact way before the last changes were done on the key layouts on both sides:
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(Note that the line on the C43 screen is a Windows artifact: the shift key picks up and shows the f- then the g- shift line in succession on the calculator simulator when I press Shift-Windows-S to capture the screen grab ! )
Jaco Mostert
Elec Eng, South Africa
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Free42+, WP31S/34S, HCalc.