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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters?
Date: 8 Oct 2015 00:33:10 GMT
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On 2015-10-08, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> In article <D23AFAB9.5F6BA%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>, Snit
><usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>> On 10/7/15, 1:29 PM, in article d7ldkjFq0orU2@mid.individual.net, "Jolly
>> Roger" <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> > On 2015-10-07, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> I wouldn't be surprised if Apple comes up with a keyboard at some stage
>> >> that has the ridiculous "Force Touch" feature - hold down the key for
>> >> it to repeat, hold down "harder" for it to pop-up a menu (or vice
>> >> versa).
>> > 
>> > That doesn't sound ridiculous to me.
>> 
>> Actually sounds pretty cool... though I would want it reversed from the
>> description. Less likely to accidently repeat that way.
>
> "Force Touch" is a ridiculous invention ... not only is it
> counter-intuitive (why would you push something harder and expect a
> different result??) it now encourages kids and numbnuts to break things
> by going around pushing things harder to try and get them to do
> something different.   :-\

You're being pretty ridiculous.

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