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The victim of minimalism I mourn the most: phones with physical keyboards. On-screen keyboards suck and no, I don't want to talk to my phone instead. I was so
by davexunit 10y ago
The victim of minimalism I mourn the most: phones with physical keyboards. On-screen keyboards suck and no, I don't want to talk to my phone instead. I was so much more efficient on my LG Rumor dumbphone back in ~2008.
The thing that bothers me about on-screen keyboards and speech rec is that they are imprecise, statistical replacements for a precise, tactile device. It's hard to type on touch screen keyboards because there is no texture and tactile feedback so we rely on autocorrect to guess what we're trying to say, and speech rec is just a statistical system by its very nature. I rely on the computer to guess what I want when my fingers know exactly what needs to be done.
- digi_owl 10y agoNot sure how much that is minimalism in design and how much is relentless cost cutting. One SKU that can be sold globally thanks to all inputs being implemented in software is much cheaper than 30+ SKUs for smaller regional differences. Heck, these days you can't get a pure Norwegian, Danish or Swedish keyboard. They are all "nordic", meaning they have 3 different letters printed on the same keycap on a couple of keys.
- davexunit 10y ago>Not sure how much that is minimalism in design and how much is relentless cost cutting. Perhaps some of column A, some of column B. On the minimalism axis, you could never have a super thin phone if it had a slide-out keyboard on it. I'm OK with that trade-off, but the market isn't, apparently.
- digi_owl 10y agoThe market as a whole will begrudgingly accept what is being offered them, as going without in this day and age is not an option.
- ktRolster 10y agoBlackberry has some nice keyboard Android phones: http://us.blackberry.com/smartphones/priv-by-blackberry/overview.html http://us.blackberry.com/smartphones/priv-by-blackberry/over...