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> Imagine a Mercedes (...) Would you drive such a car on the narrow, unsuspended wheels of the first automobile without the comfort offered by today’s technolog
by thih9 5y ago
> Imagine a Mercedes (...) Would you drive such a car on the narrow, unsuspended wheels of the first automobile without the comfort offered by today’s technology?
I think this analogy is not accurate. Keyboards of today have been greatly revised for comfort and rely on different materials and components; it's just that the general design didn't change. I think it would be more accurate to ask whether we'd still use cars with seats, engine and four wheels; which we do.
- vimax 5y agoThe analogy is not accurate because old mechanical keyboards are awesome.
- AlgorithmicTime 5y agoI think it's more apt to think of the keyboard as analogous to the steering wheel and pedals here.
- ericbarrett 5y agoExactly. Sit down at an old typewriter, with its 45-degree-sloped keyboard, 2" key travel, and tendency to jam any time you press two keys at once, and tell me that's not a Model T to a modern mechanical keyboard's Mercedes.
- belugacat 5y agoI still occasionally use an Olivetti to write letters to family members, loved ones, and the IRS. It’s more of a 1973 Porsche Carrera compared to the Kia Soul that is my computer.