The Picard ManeuverI wonder how Jeff from 2007 is doing these days.
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the_riviera_kidNah Jeff was right touch screens were a terrible idea, bring back physical buttons.
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I loved this because I was able to text without looking. When T9 was an option I would always turn off. Those indeed were the days
bearboiblakeTo be fair to Jeff, early touch screens fucking sucked ass. It wasn’t until capacitive touch screens came on the scene that they became usable, and then multi-touch was a huge step forward too.
Had no trouble with my Palm and Treo - they worked fine (with a stylus of course, but you could also use your finger for touches and swipes).
Capacitive was a huge improvement though, I wouldn’t want to go back. Though I do want my Treo keyboard, that thing was amazing.
I wanted a palm pilot soooo badly back in the day, but I was basically just a kid, and my parents couldn’t understand what I would want with a PDA as they were called back then!
One of my teachers said something like that in class once. Something about how it’s much easier to sneak a text during class since you can feel the buttons.
Yeah, that was a sad day. I remember sneaking texts under the desk or while driving (I know, not a good idea) without looking away.
I Cast FistI am Jeff. I still hate touchscreens with a passion. I still wish for Steve Jobs’ ghost to be stuck in limbo because he can’t select the appropriate “go to <wherever>” button because there’s only a 1" touchscreen to select and it always registers the wrong input.
Make smartphones with physical keyboards >20% of the market again