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>"...I swipe at the pages of a printed book, and wonder why they don’t turn..." I once got into elevator, pressed wrong floor and then found myself staring at
by FpUser 6y ago
>"...I swipe at the pages of a printed book, and wonder why they don’t turn..."
I once got into elevator, pressed wrong floor and then found myself staring at the rows of buttons looking for the one marked "Esc". I was overworked at the time.
- grahamburger 6y agoOften when I make a mistake on a whiteboard or on paper I have an instinctive urge to Cmd-Z.
- clairity 6y agoi've sometimes absentmindedly expected to use a search interface to find stuff in my home, both physical stuff and (non-digital) content.
- drewzero1 6y agoCtrl-f glasses! I also have sometimes wished I could use an Internet Archive-like interface to see places at different times in the past, before buildings were torn down/new ones built/etc. Google Street View does this to an extent, but limited by what could be seen from a camera driving by.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoI was looking at a building, wondering when it was built, and thought that I should click on Help/About and look for the copyright date...
- vishnugupta 6y agoPinch and zoom physical book/papers. I do it regularly.