Not just a bit, but a lot, IMO! Some people are comparing this to the dvorak vs. qwerty keyboard layouts.
A more apt comparison is to a keyboard laid out in alphabetical order vs. a qwerty keyboard. The adoption of qwerty keypads on touch screens is 100% based on familiarity and no ergonomic consideration in letter positions at all.
We're talking potentially major improvements in speed, assuming they have the science of letter positioning correct.
(Please let them have it correct, or we'll have the same dvorak vs qwerty nonsense all over again. Learn from history, people ;))
A more apt comparison is to a keyboard laid out in alphabetical order vs. a qwerty keyboard. The adoption of qwerty keypads on touch screens is 100% based on familiarity and no ergonomic consideration in letter positions at all.
We're talking potentially major improvements in speed, assuming they have the science of letter positioning correct.
(Please let them have it correct, or we'll have the same dvorak vs qwerty nonsense all over again. Learn from history, people ;))