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I miss that Blackberry keyboard too -- I used to write long emails on that thing. But I'm told by folks younger than me that no one reads emails these days. It
by wenc 3y ago
I miss that Blackberry keyboard too -- I used to write long emails on that thing.
But I'm told by folks younger than me that no one reads emails these days. It's all text or messaging, meaning much shorter messages, meaning an on-screen keyboard is more than up to the task.
But it's not. I had high hopes for the Transformer model autocorrect in iOS 17 but a few days in I'm still backspacing a lot.
The world has moved on though. I love my iPhone and wouldn't go back to a phone with a physical keyboard given a choice. I can only look back with nostalgia at what once was, perhaps never to be again.
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- happymellon 3y ago> But I'm told by folks younger than me that no one reads emails these days. It's all text or messaging, meaning much shorter messages, meaning an on-screen keyboard is more than up to the task. Could it not also be a feedback loop. No one wants to write because it's too hard? I do both emails and texts, because sometimes I need to communicate more than a couple of sentences.
- wenc 3y agoI think it's partly because there's so much junk. Messaging is still relatively uncluttered. Our inboxes are full of junk from mailing lists, from people who CC' everyone and their cousin, etc. I try to keep my unread inbox at zero, using filters to neatly file emails or delete them. Most people who don't do this (or don't know how to do this) and so end up with unread message counts that number in the thousands. I've seen a guy with 14000 unread emails in his inbox (and he only had one folder, the inbox). People tell me they don't check emails regularly anymore, and if I wanted their attention, I should either text or call. Emails are the domain of us old fogeys I'm told.
- happymellon 3y agoThis is true, I have to admit. Email is still abused, no I don't want to be on your mailing list.
- I_Am_Nous 3y ago>Transformer model autocorrect on iOS I think it's supposed to learn your text style and adapt to your personal vocabulary a bit over time. So it should hopefully get better as you use it more.