Nicely put, my beef exactly, and when i had a rim BB back in the day, i think i was better off then now. i hope they put out a priv 2, or if i use a priv 1, the keyboard is suitable to my fingers, as reading this just now reminds next time in a phone store have to give priv a try. I didn't have auto-correct on 10 year old BB, and i think i still could thumb out emails at 3x the speed i can with my note 3. Or maybe someone will make a slide out key phone if no priv 2 makes it to market.
-tl On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 9:19 PM, William Park via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 11:52:36AM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > wrote: > > A pattern that I've noticed: people emailing from smart phones don't > > read email as carefully nor do they reply as thoughtfully. This may > > be a win for them (less effort, more immediacy) but it is a loss for > > me as a correspondent. > > Try writing email on cell phone, Hugh. I would have thrown my cell > phone against wall, if it wasn't so expensive. > > 1. You are using web interface, ie. yahoo.ca or gmail.com. So, you > can <Backspace> to left, but you can't <Delete> to right. > > 2. You are pecking at 2.5in wide keyboard with your finger/thumb > which are bigger than a key. > > 3. After pressing a wrong key, you are trying to place the cursor at > the right spot, with your fingers that cover 2 lines vertically and 4 > chars horizontally. Oops, you placed it wrong spot. Now, try to > move the cursor. > > 4. You typed it right, but phone's autocorrection changes it to > something else. Again, go back to correct that typo. > > 5. My phone's screen is 5.7" Full HD (1920x1080). So, I have the > same resolution as desktop monitor, but practically impossible to > navigate properly. Clicking a link is challenge. You spend all > your time zooming in, click a button, zoom out to see the page > properly, then swipe to center, zoom in to read text, zoom out to > see what's on the next page, etc... > -- > William > --- > Talk Mailing List > [email protected] > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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