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I was going to ask the same about googling "gmail", clicking the second link, and actually sending a blank email. But apparently the answer is "thousands of peo

by clarkm 13y ago

I was going to ask the same about googling "gmail", clicking the second link, and actually sending a blank email. But apparently the answer is "thousands of people" a day. I learn something new about users every day.

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edavis 13y ago
It's probably healthy for us "web people" to get a reminder every so often that vast swaths of humanity use computers in ways that are nearly incomprehensible to us.
- vinhboy 13y ago
  YUP. IF YOU EVER WORK IN WEB SUPPORT. YOU WILL SOON REALIZE HALF OF THE PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET HAVE BROKEN CAPLOCK BUTTONS.
  - Aldo_MX 13y ago
    The Mac Keyboard has a broken Caps Lock button "by design"; you can't press it too fast. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1192 http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1192
    - userbinator 13y ago
      The world's fastest typist, Sean Wrona, would abhor that - he uses capslock instead of shift(!) He can go 200WPM+ so, clearly he's doing something right...
      - stormbrew 13y ago
        I assume there's a point in overall speed where the slowdown from caps-up/down -> letter-up/down -> caps-up/down is worth the reliability drop from coordinating shift-down -> letter-up/down -> shift-up. I think I hit that point sometimes entering passwords and other frequently entered info, but the reality is for most typing none of us get there.
ibrahima 13y ago
Seriously, the number of wrong turns you had to take to get there... wtf? I kind of feel like from a UI perspective, you can try to make your site as usable as possible, but someone will always run into the dumbest edge case or contact you to ask questions which are clearly answered on the site.
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userbinator 13y ago
Could a lot of that activity just be bots?
Timmmmbob 13y ago
I have an Android app with my email as the support address. Probably half of the emails I get from there are blank. No idea why.

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I was going to ask the same about googling "gmail", clicking the second link, and actually sending a blank email. But apparently the answer is "thousands of peo

by clarkm 13y ago

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edavis 13y ago
It's probably healthy for us "web people" to get a reminder every so often that vast swaths of humanity use computers in ways that are nearly incomprehensible to us.
- vinhboy 13y ago
  YUP. IF YOU EVER WORK IN WEB SUPPORT. YOU WILL SOON REALIZE HALF OF THE PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET HAVE BROKEN CAPLOCK BUTTONS.
  - Aldo_MX 13y ago
    The Mac Keyboard has a broken Caps Lock button "by design"; you can't press it too fast. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1192 http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1192
    - userbinator 13y ago
      The world's fastest typist, Sean Wrona, would abhor that - he uses capslock instead of shift(!) He can go 200WPM+ so, clearly he's doing something right...
      - stormbrew 13y ago
        I assume there's a point in overall speed where the slowdown from caps-up/down -> letter-up/down -> caps-up/down is worth the reliability drop from coordinating shift-down -> letter-up/down -> shift-up. I think I hit that point sometimes entering passwords and other frequently entered info, but the reality is for most typing none of us get there.
ibrahima 13y ago
Seriously, the number of wrong turns you had to take to get there... wtf? I kind of feel like from a UI perspective, you can try to make your site as usable as possible, but someone will always run into the dumbest edge case or contact you to ask questions which are clearly answered on the site.
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userbinator 13y ago
Could a lot of that activity just be bots?
Timmmmbob 13y ago
I have an Android app with my email as the support address. Probably half of the emails I get from there are blank. No idea why.