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This is where I come back to my working hypothesis that symbol based languages make computers more awkward to Adopt and engage. And to that same point, fax mach
by sliverstorm 11y ago
This is where I come back to my working hypothesis that symbol based languages make computers more awkward to Adopt and engage. And to that same point, fax machines seem to make sense.
- masklinn 11y ago> This is where I come back to my working hypothesis that symbol based languages make computers more awkward to Adopt and engage. I'm reasonably confident you can drop it, because it doesn't make any sense and doesn't actually match the country.
- hyperpallium 11y agoPlease elaborate.
- noblethrasher 11y agoWell, for one: QWERTY is not the only mode of input. I have a 23-Key chorded keyboard[1] that can produce all 101-keys of a standard U.S. keyboard. [1] http://twiddler.tekgear.com/ http://twiddler.tekgear.com/
- krapp 11y agoAside from kanji, Japanese has two phonetic alphabets. Their language is complex, but it also seems to have a lot of redundancy built in, even if romaji doesn't count as an unofficial extra Japanese alphabet by now. Quora has an illustration[0] of a keyboard with english and hiragana characters mapped, and conversion to kanji by software. It seems awkward, but not to the degree that it would stifle adoption considerably. Admittedly, this is a naive view on my part. [0]https://www.quora.com/How-do-computer-users-type-in-Japanese https://www.quora.com/How-do-computer-users-type-in-Japanese