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> and do not regularly use them because their phone/tablet is the primary computing device. … maybe someday, but I think it's a bit premature? Phone keyboards
by deathanatos 6y ago
> and do not regularly use them because their phone/tablet is the primary computing device.
… maybe someday, but I think it's a bit premature? Phone keyboards were terrible, involving hacks like T9 to make them tolerable for the longest time. Smart phones haven't been around that long; the iPhone wasn't introduced until mid-2007. That's only a little more than a decade, so unless you're close to 20, you're going to remember / have learned on something else.
And it takes very little practice on even a basic keyboard to outpace a mobile "keyboard"'s input rate.
- taneq 6y agoA good T9 typist is probably faster than a regular phone keyboard even now (gesture typing is, I'd guess, a little faster though) and is tactile so you don't have to be able to see the screen / keyboard. > And it takes very little practice on even a basic keyboard to outpace a mobile "keyboard"'s input rate. Yeah, but you have to care enough to do that. (And also have a physical keyboard available.)