[ltp] Contacting IBM with design feedback

Richard Neill linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 22 May 2003 13:10:24 +0100


Steve Barr wrote:

> "Please send us your non-technical questions, concerns or feedback."
> http://www.ibm.com/contact/query/

Yes - but this is very much technical feedback!

> 
>>> For instance:
>>> *The A-series is missing the fold-out feet. These were really useful 
>>> on the 770, and it would be good to have them back. At the moment, I 
>>> have to use a stand to raise the keyboard angle.
> 
> 
> "ThinkPad G Series notebooks feature the ergonomic ComfortSlant
> keyboard with a unique inclined design and full-size keys for
> comfort during extended typing."
> http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/thinkpad/gseries/index.html
> 
>>> But the new design makes this impossible, since buttons 1,3 are no 
>>> longer adjacent, and cannot be clicked simulataneously by one finger.
> 
> 
> You may be able to do this with two thumbs.

True - but it's a serious usability reduction.

> 
> Steve