[Arm-netbook] Housing idea: screenless laptop

[Vincent Legoll]

All that is also assuming that the laptop won't be shared with someone
able to use a display

On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 4:48 AM, Benson Mitchell
<benson.mitchell+arm-netbook at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 4:31 PM, Matt Campbell <mattcampbell at pobox.com> wrote:
>> It occurred to me that for blind people, who use a screen reader such as
>> Speakup or Orca, a laptop housing without the screen or the touchpad would
>> be quite convenient.
> I don't know anyone in that situation personally, but it's not clear
> to me that the touchpad should go. Sure, using it for pointing input
> is unhelpful with no screen, but I would expect it could still be
> useful for gesture input, right?
>
> Seems there's not much benefit from removing the touchpad, as it
> doesn't buy you any space savings, and it should have pretty small
> impact on battery life compared to the screen. (Especially if you can
> run it as input without powering the touchpad display -- I assume this
> is possible, but haven't really looked.) So I wonder if even a little
> usefulness for gesture input means it should stay.
>
> Benson
>
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