@ylai@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • edit-210 months agoWe’ve Forgotten How to Use Computers – The mouse is sorely missed.archive.phmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down118file-text
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Original (pay-walled): https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/01/computer-mouse-evolution-trackpad/677228/
minus-squarelnxtxlinkfedilinkEnglish5•10 months agoI’m too sensitive for a trackpad. I hate touchscreens. Look, early Android phones had a tiny trackballs, some buttons and even physical keyboard. Who wants a stylus? 👀
minus-square@PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish6•10 months agoI miss the physical keyboard of my first phone. It was so cool! I filled flipped out open and turned out horizontal to thumb type. It was really hard moving to a virtual keyboard. Swype helps but it also make a ton of mistakes too.
minus-squareMagnus Åhalllinkfedilink1•10 months agoMy go to smartphone keyboard is MessagEase. A few larger buttons instead of many small. You can get quite fast on it, and larger buttons means fewer mistakes.
I’m too sensitive for a trackpad. I hate touchscreens.
Look, early Android phones had a tiny trackballs, some buttons and even physical keyboard.
👀
I miss the physical keyboard of my first phone. It was so cool! I filled flipped out open and turned out horizontal to thumb type.
It was really hard moving to a virtual keyboard. Swype helps but it also make a ton of mistakes too.
My go to smartphone keyboard is MessagEase. A few larger buttons instead of many small. You can get quite fast on it, and larger buttons means fewer mistakes.