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Re: Kids react to old computers

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Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>> Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@gmail.com> wrote
>>> JF Mezei wrote

>>>> In the case of iPad and iPhone, because the keyboard is on the
>>>> screen, a switch from touchscreen to keyboard is natural because
>>>> the hand need not move much and you need not necessarily
>>>> change how you hold the device.  (or move arms).

>>> I use my iGadgets occasionally for editing code or accessing servers
>>> via SSH in a pinch. It's immensely handy and convenient, but it sure
>>> is slow, even with apps that are well designed. The lack of a true
>>> keyboard is the major problem. But these are exceptions, of course,
>>> since most of the time text entry is limited on a mobile device and a
>>> touchscreen is more of an advantage than a disadvantage.

>> And the best UIs allow you to speak the text instead of typing anything.

> You can basically do that with any iOS application by
> tapping the microphone button on the keyboard.

Yes, that's what I was saying a bit cryptically. 

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Re: Kids react to old computers Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@gmail.com> - 2014-06-06 06:14 +0200
  Re: Kids react to old computers nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-06-06 01:33 -0400
    Re: Kids react to old computers Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-05 23:22 -0700
      Re: Kids react to old computers JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-06-06 02:36 -0400
        Re: Kids react to old computers nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-06-06 02:41 -0400
          Re: Kids react to old computers Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@gmail.com> - 2014-06-07 13:21 +0200
            Re: Kids react to old computers nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-06-07 10:13 -0400
        Re: Kids react to old computers Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-06 00:00 -0700
        Re: Kids react to old computers Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@gmail.com> - 2014-06-07 13:20 +0200
          Re: Kids react to old computers "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-06-08 11:52 +1000
            Re: Kids react to old computers Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-06-08 04:08 +0000
              Re: Kids react to old computers "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-06-09 07:48 +1000
            Re: Kids react to old computers Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-07 23:43 -0700
              Re: Kids react to old computers "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-06-08 19:36 +1000
                Re: Kids react to old computers Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-08 03:09 -0700
                Re: Kids react to old computers "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-06-09 07:15 +1000
          Re: Kids react to old computers nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-06-07 10:13 -0400
    Re: Kids react to old computers Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@gmail.com> - 2014-06-07 13:18 +0200
      Re: Kids react to old computers Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-06-07 18:03 +0100
        Re: Kids react to old computers News <News@Group.Post> - 2014-06-07 14:08 -0400
      Re: Kids react to old computers "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-06-08 11:51 +1000
      Re: Kids react to old computers nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-06-07 13:46 -0400
  Re: Kids react to old computers Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-06-06 18:36 +1200

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