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Morse code beats all of these. Steepest learning curve, but fastest entry. At one point I remember people talking about modifying dumb phones (pre iPhone era) t
by IgorPartola 2y ago
Morse code beats all of these. Steepest learning curve, but fastest entry. At one point I remember people talking about modifying dumb phones (pre iPhone era) to have the ability to enter Morse code via a hardware button on the side of the phone.
The world would be such a different place if Morse code was taught in schools alongside other basics we learn.
- nine_k 2y agoIf all you care about is typing a stream of letters and numbers, this is indeed so. But I very often need editing things, moving text around, selecting, altering words, copying and pasting. I need upper case and lower case, fancy punctuation characters, etc. Not that a proper Morse code mode can't be invented for that: vi gives us an example of such an interface, based entirely on letters and mode-switching. BTW Morse code is relatively slow to enter by fingers alone, the muscles are too weak for the mass. A proper entry key is fast because it uses muscles of the entire arm.
- lmm 2y agoNonsense. The Morse code world record is 75.6wpm. People with chording keyboards (even one-handed) do double or triple that easily.