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Comment on Not this shit again… by Cai

Cai — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:15:44 +0000

Holy crap that sounds unpleasant. Glad you got through it without suffering bodily harm, your friend seems cool.

Comment on Maserati by JamieDass

JamieDass — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:22:07 +0000

“The Asus Transformer and the Microsoft Surface are the future of mobile computing, not the iPad. As soon as people start wanting to do things on their devices instead of just watching things, they’ll come right back around to buttons.”

Hahahaha!

Comment on Maserati by Will Wybrow

Will Wybrow — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:59:14 +0000

External keyboards are something I've considered. I'm not sure how well they'd suit your one-handed typing requirement, though. Things like the TK-421 case with an external bluetooth keyboard built-into a case seem like a reasonable solution. Probably will find a couple of different options for Apple phones because of their popularity and small number of physically distinct devices. You'll have to find somebody who owns one and ask them how they find it! There definitely is at least one Android device in the E63's form factor. The HTC ChaCha springs to mind, though I've no idea what it's like to use and it has a stupid Facebook button and an even stupider name. Then, of course, there's always the BlackBerry route. Keep on the lookout for phones with good buttons! I've seen that article you linked before (which is possibly how some similar ideas made it into this post). I definitely think buttons are the future, even if we have to wait until programmable matter screens are the norm and our virtual buttons poke forth from a sea of glowing nanocomputers.

Comment on Maserati by Cai

Cai — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:44:03 +0000

Nice. I’ve had my Nokia E63 for several years now, and its lovely physical keyboard has kept me from upgrading to a smartphone with decent internet capabilities. (That and the obscene cost of smartphones.) The ability to type one-handed, so that I can balance the phone, maintaining constant light pressure on the keypad while I reposition my thumb for the next keypress, knowing where a key is even though my thumb is covering nine keys. That’s something impossible on a capacitive touchscreen, where the lightest brush with a fingerprint can press several keys. And not requiring autocorrect is lovely. Trouble with the E63 is the physical keys are actually wearing out with use. I’ve already superglued the directional button back on twice and I doubt it’ll withstand another. Also, the key buffer is small enough that I frequently overrun it and end up having chunks of text entry missing (not needing to look at the screen when texting still has its problems).

I’m definitely looking for something. A friend of mine has a Palm Pre, which, though old and discontinued, is pretty fit and has a lovely OS. I can deal with a soft keyboard as I have an Ipod touch which I probably type on even more than my phone (the E63′s wifi has always been terrible), but a good physical keyboard is joyful. Have you ever tried using an external bluetooth keyboard? I have one but it’s awful — rubber keys, feels like typing on a school calculator. But nice ones must exist…

Also, what you said reminded me of this cool thing: http://worrydream.com/ABriefRantOnTheFutureOfInteractionDesign/

Comment on I have made this by Will Wybrow

Will Wybrow — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:06:10 +0000

You can’t prioritise the interests of humanity as a whole and at the same time hold economically right-wing viewpoints. They’re incompatible. What use is it to put a bunch of money and power into the hands of a few at the expense of the many? That shit is textbook evil.

Comment on I have made this by Liberace

Liberace — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:49:02 +0000

“I have decided to overtly call out right-wing economics for being evil because such positions are different to my own sociopolitical standpoint, and the only reason I can conceive why someone might have a different worldview to me is that they must be evil.”

Corrected, yo.

Comment on She’s Gonna Be So Annoyed by Annoyed With Things

Annoyed With Things — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:15:05 +0000

Wouldn’t we all like to be liked that much. There are so many other things to be really annoyed about, I would caution Fran to laugh it off and smile. Imagine if you had to actually write, stamp and mail every one of these – and by mail, I mean at the post office.

Comment on I Hate Lee Evans by Sharon

Sharon — Sat, 21 May 2011 23:36:43 +0000

Who is this guy?? And why does he speak so much crap?? … Haha, I bet its Malcom !! :-B

Comment on What the Hitler? by DTRY

DTRY — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:33:40 +0000

That’s the point: why did anyone who buy a book about Hitler also buy Harry Potter?

The Communist Manifesto is surprising as well, since Hitler was Anti-Communist. But at least both books were about politics…

Comment on Do more things by Fred

Fred — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:44:32 +0000

yes.