Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 15:45:23 -0700 Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: <9d2dnRPZhcVVxIjLnZ2dnUU7-budnZ2d@earthlink.com> <081020150919487421%YourName@YourISP.com> <081020151328490976%YourName@YourISP.com> <081020151412288126%YourName@YourISP.com> <081020151816395444%YourName@YourISP.com> <091020150906060868%YourName@YourISP.com> <091020151349295021%YourName@YourISP.com> <081020152052416897%nospam@nospam.invalid> <091020151626479847%YourName@YourISP.com> <091020150151061184%nospam@nospam.invalid> <561804c3$0$31340$c3e8da3$dd9697d2@news.astraweb.com> <101020151043266356%YourName@YourISP.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net O6H1T6f4k/JNGsoZHrsDfQ7uDmfw/tK/MOte2xp6w13oKY6+DP Cancel-Lock: sha1:Va/7nXWvxnZxLvoqDuRCIjZk5a8= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.36.0.130206 Thread-Topic: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Thread-Index: AdEC5C63MARNYy0bVEOhQYFNKC1Rew== Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:32562 comp.sys.mac.system:82870 On 10/9/15, 2:43 PM, in article 101020151043266356%YourName@YourISP.com, "Your Name" wrote: > In article <561804c3$0$31340$c3e8da3$dd9697d2@news.astraweb.com>, JF > Mezei wrote: >> On 2015-10-09 01:51, nospam wrote: >>> >>> how many shattered trackpads are there? zero. >> >> That is because in the past, people took their frustrations out by >> smashing the CRT or throwing it out the window. >> >> Now, when they computer isn't doing what they want it to do, they will >> take out their frustration by pressing harder and harder on the trackpad >> till it breaks. >> >> (a bit like american tourists in foreign location who think that >> speaking english louder and louder will magically make the person >> understand english. >> >> :-) ;-) > > What the numbnuts failed to understand (as usual since they have zero > reading comprehension skills and zero intelligence) is that I said > "*glass*". I purposely said "glass" because people have learnt to be > cautious pressing on *glass* too heavily because it does break ... the > iPad / iPhone / iPod Touch display is covered in glass, so hence there > is still that in-built caution to not press too heavily on them. OK, *one* example of iPhone glass breaking because someone pressed on it too hard with any intention OTHER than to stress test it and break it. We are not talking microscope slides here! -- * OS X / Linux: What is a file? * Mint MATE Trash, Panel, Menu: * Mint KDE working with folders: * Mint KDE creating files: * Mint KDE help: * Mint KDE general navigation: * Mint KDE bugs or Easter eggs? * Easy on OS X / Hard on Linux: * OS / Word Processor Comparison: