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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters?

From	Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters?
Date	2015-10-08 21:02 -0700
Message-ID	<D23C8A80.5F9D1%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink)
References	(16 earlier) <D23C55CE.5F95A%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <091020151349295021%YourName@YourISP.com> <081020152052416897%nospam@nospam.invalid> <D23C604C.5F983%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <091020151626479847%YourName@YourISP.com>

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On 10/8/15, 8:26 PM, in article 091020151626479847%YourName@YourISP.com,
"Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> In article <D23C604C.5F983%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>, Snit
> <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 10/8/15, 5:52 PM, in article 081020152052416897%nospam@nospam.invalid,
>> "nospam" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>>> In article <091020151349295021%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name
>>> <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>>> It's highly counter-intuitive (as are most of the silly multi-finger
>>>>>> gestures) - you don't push light switches harder, pushing hard on glass
>>>>>> is dangerous, etc.
>>>>> 
>>>>> What dangers do you think people will experience from getting to a
>>>>> contextual menu or getting a quick look at content?
>>>> 
>>>> Dangerous in the sense of breaking the glass ... try pushing "harder"
>>>> on your window and see what happens. Trying pushing harder on your
>>>> light switch or door handle and you'll likely break it (I know, I've
>>>> broken my car's door handle and it'll cost about $300 to repair it!!).
>>> 
>>> you must be kidding. nobody can be that stupid.
>>> 
>>> the amount of pressure to break a 3" piece of glass that does't flex at
>>> all is far more than you are going to be able to apply with a finger.
>> 
>> <https://youtu.be/ChUsy8gWwvo>
>> 
>> Gee, watch the glass just shatter. :)
> 
> Oh dear, another brainless "everyone does what I do" numbnut to add to
> the killfile.  :-\

I noted your claim of the glass shattering from pushing a bit harder is a
bit silly. But, hey, if you have evidence please do share!


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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 11:21 -0700
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