<s>
HexInput	B-Device
,	O
as	O
originally	O
described	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
on-screen	B-Device
keyboard	I-Device
with	O
the	O
following	O
characteristics	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Keys	O
are	O
activated	O
(	O
pressed	O
)	O
either	O
by	O
tapping	O
on	O
each	O
key	O
in	O
turn	O
(	O
the	O
usual	O
approach	O
for	O
on-screen	B-Device
keyboards	I-Device
)	O
or	O
by	O
dragging	O
a	O
path	O
over	O
the	O
desired	O
keys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
ShapeWriter	B-Device
,	O
every	O
key	O
dragged	O
over	O
is	O
considered	O
pressed	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
sequence	O
of	O
keypresses	O
is	O
deterministic	O
and	O
predictable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
keys	O
are	O
hexagonal	O
,	O
arranged	O
in	O
a	O
honeycomb	B-Application
pattern	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
‘	O
HexInput’	O
is	O
unfortunate	O
:	O
in	O
computing	O
,	O
‘	O
hex’	O
tends	O
to	O
mean	O
hexadecimal	O
notation	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
may	O
be	O
argued	O
that	O
a	O
general	O
text	O
input	O
method	O
is	O
named	O
for	O
general	O
users	O
,	O
not	O
just	O
those	O
with	O
computing	O
backgrounds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
exposition	O
included	O
an	O
alternative	O
layout	O
using	O
squares	O
(	O
keys	O
having	O
four	O
neighbours	O
unless	O
at	O
an	O
edge	O
of	O
the	O
keyboard	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
later	O
edition	O
depicted	O
an	O
essentially	O
honeycomb	B-Application
pattern	O
but	O
some	O
hexagons	O
split	O
in	O
half	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HexInput	B-Device
concept	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Palm	O
OS	O
devices	O
via	O
myKbd	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
is	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
QUONG	O
"	O
layout	O
(	O
after	O
the	O
first	O
five	O
letters	O
in	O
the	O
top	O
row	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
