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Keyboards may be more efficient, but do you see people using blackberries today? If your theory was correct, we wouldn’t all be using touchscreens.

• ang_cire 2y ago
  > we wouldn’t all be using touchscreens We're not, for tasks that require speed and accuracy (like typing). We're mostly using keyboards and mice/ trackpads. Touchscreens are used on low-impact, secondary devices like phones or tablets. I've never once seen someone, whose work is digital, replace their computer with a phone as their primary work device.
  • keiferski 2y ago
    Sure, but where did I say that work computers would be replaced by VR/AR? In my original comment I specially said phones might seem anachronistic. And the usage of phones (computing devices) almost certainly dwarfs usage of standalone computers. You are somewhat arguing against a straw man here. I was talking about phones being unnatural and thus replaced by AR/VR.
    • ang_cire 2y ago
      I was arguing against what seemed in your comment like you were saying that touchscreen keyboards were a progression from physical ones, and then from touchscreen ones a progression to AR/VR. I agree that pane-of-glass, non-reactive and non-tactile input is unnatural, but AR and VR are literally that turned up to 1000. Doing the zoom finger-pinch in midair is even less natural than doing it on a glass screen.