Aloha everyone,
How about this idea? Your keyboard is a flat glass surface that has dedicated areas for various buttons. The display of the keyboard changes with the active application. I forsee a corner, like the upper right or left, that activates a view of installed application icons. The user then pushes an icon to select it as the active application, after which the keyboard displays only the keys/buttons necessary for that particular app. For instance, you won't need the same keys, buttons, or keyboard shortcuts for iPhoto as, say, Photoshop, so the keyboard surface area won't have to be "compromised" by "wasted" space. A "dock" is displayed across the top of the keyboard to easily access all other running apps.
After all, was that not the argument used by Steve Jobs with respect to the original iPhone? he referenced the "bottom 40%" as basically useless due to the hardware keys always being resident. Of course, this idea may actually create more work for all Mac developers, Apple and 3rd party alike, but I would LOVE to see this idea on the market. I would snatch one up in an instant.
HawaiiMacAddict
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