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I just realized this has been mysterious to me forever. Why is software on phones so bad?
by Jeff_Brown 4y ago
I just realized this has been mysterious to me forever. Why is software on phones so bad?
- Lapsa 4y agoI'm betting it's somewhat dumber target audience which is then taken as a permission for abuse.
- shortrounddev 4y agoTouch screens were a mistake
- elesiuta 4y agoI'm not sure if it was the keyboard, or the OS, or both, but I found the software on my Palm Pre so much better for doing what I actually want, and in less time, instead of the mindless scrolling it feels like phones now are optimized for.
- yakshaving_jgt 4y agoAgreed. I actually bring a full-size mechanical keyboard with me everywhere I go so I can fire up vim and respond to SMS messages in the most ergonomic way possible, as God intended.
- eimrine 4y agoYou are laughing and I'm crying. I don't know what is the vim thing but if I needed a phone for a lot of typing 10 years ago, I used to have a rich choice of Qwerty communicators. If I need a phone for a lot of typing today, I use to have a choice of: a 10+ y.o. Qwerty communicator whose software is able at least to reach my email, a laptop, and a touchscreen as an only way to have all the bleeding edge technologies but with stupid restrictions on an OS level.