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| A niche use case for on-screen keyboards |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-10-25 14:52:26 |
| When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone, one of its most prominent and most controversial features was the on-screen keyboard. In as world dominated by devices with physical keyboards, it was seen as a joke, something that could never work. We know better by now, of course, but while I still prefer the physical feel and clicks of a real keyboard, a recent new endeavour of mine has made me appreciate the on-screen keyboard in a whole new way. |
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| RE[2]: Comment by Chris_G |
| By Zifre on 2012-10-26 20:55:58 |
| It's "oppan" and I have no idea why everybody thinks it's "oppa". It doesn't even sound like that... |
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| RE[4]: Are you really thanking Apple for this? |
| By leos on 2012-10-26 21:22:21 |
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> On something tablet sized, I still prefer a miniature keyboard to a touchscreen - just my opinion. Never underestimate the usefulness of tactile feedback! Totally agree. Given the choice I choose a full size physical keyboard anyday over an on-screen one. I was thinking more about "thumb" size keyboards. > It was certainly a great market for apple to get into, but even if they hadn't I think the proliferation of modern tablet devices was quite inevitable given the decreasing costs of the technology. Technology's funny that way... some people would say Bill Gates was essential in bringing computing to the masses, but I think he capitalized on a market that was going to grow with or without microsoft. If microsoft hadn't been most popular, it'd just be one of the other players like apple, amiga, atari, xerox, etc. Alot of them would have been able to fit the "bill" :) For sure. So many examples in history where a technology was independently invented in two different areas just because conditions for it were right. |
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| RE[2]: Thom, I'm envious of you |
| By Doc Pain on 2012-10-26 21:50:58 |
| Und Deutsch klingt doof. :-) |
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| RE: On-screen keyboards |
| By phoenix on 2012-10-26 22:02:32 |
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I think that depends on the phone, the person, and the text. :) By the time I was looking for a replacement for my w580i (feature phone with a keypad slider), I was getting to be very proficient in T9 typing. I was much faster typing SMS messages on my T9 keypad than my friends were using the onscreen keyboard on their iPhones (1 and 3G). Of course, my sister-in-law was faster at typing SMS messages on her feature phone *without* T9 (you know, tap the "2" key three times to show "c") than I was *with* T9! It's all relative to what you know, and how well you know it. |
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| my humble correction about "indo-european" |
| By sameer on 2012-10-27 08:26:28 |
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sir, there is no such thing like "indo-european languages". what there is actually, is the aryan or irani languages like farsi, german, sanskrit, dari and others. the term "indo-european languages" is a british invention ( or at least propagation ) who wanted to prop-up the hindus of india in the 1700's and 1800's against the muslim rulers of india, especially the greatest of south asian leaders - tipu sultan, the tiger of mysore. secondly, is chinese really a "sino-tibetan language" or is that term again a invention of the british east india company. lastly, about arabic... it is a beautiful language. only under it, the irani people contributed technologically to the world. otherwise, iran before islam was just a money-rich kingdom. i am a socialist ( and follower of muammar qaddhafi ) and always keep the political aspect in mind of most things :-) Edited 2012-10-27 08:31 UTC |
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| RE: my humble correction about "indo-european" |
| By Johann Chua on 2012-10-27 10:36:47 |
| You do realize that "Aryan" has negative connotations thanks to Nazi usage, yes? |
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| RE[2]: my humble correction about "indo-european" |
| By sameer on 2012-10-27 10:52:15 |
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"iran" means "land of the aryan". ancient word. the connection with nazi-ism is just from the tine of hitler. this is the national airlines of afghanistan - http://www.flyariana.com Edited 2012-10-27 11:00 UTC |
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| RE[3]: my humble correction about "indo-european" |
| By Johann Chua on 2012-10-27 10:57:10 |
| Iran's ancient name was Persia. |
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| RE[4]: my humble correction about "indo-european" |
| By sameer on 2012-10-27 11:02:03 |
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"persia" is a greek word. it refers to i think either fars region of iran, or the farsi language. edit : the irani king called "cyrus" by europeans was actually by name "kuroosh". Edited 2012-10-27 11:06 UTC |
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| RE[5]: my humble correction about "indo-european" |
| By Johann Chua on 2012-10-27 11:18:00 |
| Yeah, in Western usage Persia was the preferred name until 1935. There's a Persian restaurant called Arya in the Greenhills area of San Juan, Metro Manila. My guess is that calling it Iranian cuisine wouldn't be as popular thanks to the current government in Iran. |
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