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FWIW I grew up on the desktop and also don't get the point of having numpads when the numbers are all already there above the letters
by airstrike 3y ago
FWIW I grew up on the desktop and also don't get the point of having numpads when the numbers are all already there above the letters
- baal80spam 3y agoIt's infinitely faster to enter numbers using a numpad, and some people do that a lot.
- airstrike 3y agothat really depends on the count of numbers you're entering. how often do you type in a long list of numbers? I can enter numbers faster on the number keys than I can on the numpad for most tasks. I've never really needed a numpad in 30 years
- voltaireodactyl 3y agoA huge percentage of people use computers for data entry. Many of them are accountants. Some even predate computers — but not calculators. Having the calculator form factor is critical for folks doing math all day.
- airstrike 3y agoI spent 7 years in Wall Street doing math all day and never used the numpad. Not all of us care about it...
- jgalt212 3y agoFWIW, I grew up using T9 on features phones. I don't get the point of having QWERTY keyboards on smartphones.
- airstrike 3y agoGood for you, but I never claimed nobody preferred T9 phones over QWERTY, unlike the OP who said "kids these days" prefer TKL, which is just inaccurate.