On 5/31/07, Jeffrey Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 31 May 2007 14:05:43 -0400 you said: > > How about just typing "4x" instead? Even quicker... :-) > > I didn't say quicker, I said "easier". :)
The latent human factors engineer in me was puzzled by this and I'm convinced it is actually *more* effort to type "forex" than to type "e.g." The finger travel distance of "forex" is approximately 72mm (4 x 18mm) and requires five finger presses. In comparison, "e.g." only requires 54mm of finger travel and 4 finger presses. So, I believe it may not be "easier," either. ;-) > I really do worry about whether my children will be able to spell at > > all, in this world of text messaging... > > Children? I wonder about some +adults+. You should see some of the > support requests I get at work! > Oy, don't get me started! I have to grade dozens of college undergraduate writing assignments every week when I teach and much of it is randomly punctuated, nonsensical crap. It makes me wonder what the heck is going on in grade school English classes these days. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
