Puzzle games have been developed to offer both single and double player modes (although single player modes are far more common), and even the more advanced games can be played using
just keyboard functions and mouse input.
While MMO players may wonder why a keyboard wouldn't suffice, the $ 79.99 Logitech G600 MMO Mouse can replace a lot of
traditional keyboard functions.
Maybe some of them are mechanical and have more responsive keys, while others may have programmable macro keys, but at their core,
most keyboards function the same.
Swype Inc., founded in 2002, was one of the pioneers of the swipe / glide
touchscreen keyboard function — something which helped one of its employees achieve a Guinness World Record in 2010 for the fastest text message written on a touchscreen mobile phone.
Convert any special character to the
basic keyboard function, for example convert the numberings into the normal format of asterisks.
We would miss
a keyboard function, for all of the above, and the tendency is to consider that a universal reaction.
You can also chose to attach the tablet with the display turned away from the keyboard, so that
the keyboard functions as a stand for the tablet.
This means that it works much like a tablet but if you slide it out, you will gain access to
the keyboard function.
And finally, when folded around behind the Surface, the Surface switches to touch - only input, disabling
the keyboard functions so that the Touch Cover is just a cover again.
I've been using a Kindle Fire for a couple of years now, but this is the first time I found a comprehensive, yet easy - to - follow guide to
the keyboard functions.