R.I.P QWERTY, 1868 — ____ ?
Login interface for *Netflix as seen through the *Roku player, on a big screen TV. You can replace what is to the right of *(in the previous sentence) with other product combinations and it is likely that the interface is very similar. Specifically, what I am referring to is the QWERTY keyboard layout, which has been that way since 1868, when the typewriter was first invented.
Now, why do services (e.g., streaming video) that need a keyboard interface *only* to login follow this layout? My input device is a remote that only has Left, Right, Up, Down keys. Which makes me move like a “Pawn” on this “Chessboard” unlike the keyboard of a computer where my fingers could assume the higher powers of Queen, Knight, Rook, etc.
Also, I look up and at the keyboard on TV screen when moving like a Pawn with my remote controls. While I seldom look down and at the keyboard when typing on my computer’s QWERTY keyboard regally. Aren’t these distinct behaviors?
QWERTY familiarity is NOT really a helpful factor when moving with my remote controls arrows for my streaming TV.
Why then do we need this layout?
As previously noted, I am not typing comments or customer service emails through my remote control arrows. The only time I need it is to login.
Is it a matter of time that remote controls start having biometric recognitions? Or is that being deferred to everything converging onto one device, which is your smart phone, and that is your remote control?
And, we quit ranting and better start using it already!
