That aside, I've heard of dasher before and tried it out on a few occasions. I like the idea, but wasn't impressed enough to use it for more than a few trials. It might have been different if it was a fully integrated keyboard on the PDA rather than a separate app.
One thing about using it is that it's not fast. There is (was) no way to autocomplete a word as the iphone does - you're stuck either trundling or doing a speed-up-slow-down-whoa-whatnow dance which isn't helped by the lack of clarity of what's coming next. There are lots of letters flying about. You're faced with doors a-z and every time you go through there's another set of doors a-z, each one in a different position, size and colour to last time.
There actually is something like auto-complete. If something is a common word or syllable, it is possible to zoom through a series in rapid succession. The whole thing is like a huge auto-complete.
This would be awesome with a really well engineered device like the IBM pointerstick. With a mouse it's so-so.
It's nothing like driving a car!
That aside, I've heard of dasher before and tried it out on a few occasions. I like the idea, but wasn't impressed enough to use it for more than a few trials. It might have been different if it was a fully integrated keyboard on the PDA rather than a separate app.
One thing about using it is that it's not fast. There is (was) no way to autocomplete a word as the iphone does - you're stuck either trundling or doing a speed-up-slow-down-whoa-whatnow dance which isn't helped by the lack of clarity of what's coming next. There are lots of letters flying about. You're faced with doors a-z and every time you go through there's another set of doors a-z, each one in a different position, size and colour to last time.