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I’ve never heard of Cardinal but I liked the fact you could actually see what people were typing, character by character, in ytalk. Sped up a lot of conversatio
by nickdothutton 4y ago
I’ve never heard of Cardinal but I liked the fact you could actually see what people were typing, character by character, in ytalk. Sped up a lot of conversations.
- dilap 4y agothat's interesting. i've never used chat that does this, but i have seen a lot of claims it was a misfeature in google wave back in the day. but still, i could see it being ok, more like verbal conversation. i defnly agree w/ the linked article that the middle ground of "<soandso> is typing" is a misfeature. the only possible response to that information is to sit there waiting, which is annoying/pointless. (but nothing beats verbal comms, still. downside of course is that it is "extremely synchronous" and does not archive well.)
- geoffjentry 4y agoI found it often the opposite with ytalk. Yes, some people would just plow through it and make the best of things. And one could already be thinking about a response in real time. But other people would find the need to correct every typo. And it was painful as crap watching someone with a 5 WPM typing speed and an affinity for typos to get through what they were trying to say. And eventually you move past thinking about a response in real time to screaming "JUST STOP TYPING ALREADY!!!!"
- BenjiWiebe 4y agoI just start typing my response, or finish the thought for them, maybe with a question mark to give them room to correct me if I mis-predicted. I've spent many hours using ntalk and I love it. It is true though that it lowers the fun when the other person is a slow typist.
- Aloha 4y agoI came here to say this, I would love a service like this.