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From	Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca>
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Subject	Re: *nix
Date	Sun, 16 Feb 2020 22:30:01 +0100
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On Sun, 16 Feb 2020 21:10:01 +0100 Andrei POPESCU 
<andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:

 > On Du, 16 feb 20, 09:36:16, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
 >
 >> On Sun, 16 Feb 2020 14:20:01 +0100 Andrei POPESCU
 >> <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
 >>
 >>> Just use whatever works for you.
 >>
 >> If you can.  I really resent the increasing amount of coercion
 >> toward using GUIs (no keyboard equivalents for menus, etc.) that
 >> I'm seeing in modern software.
 >
 > Coercion is a strong word. It seems to me it's rather a form of
 > demand and supply.

They're demanding you use what they supply.

 > With touchscreen technology becoming the standard even for laptops
 > and desktop monitors the demand for keyboard oriented interaction
 > decreases so the developers must create interfaces that are better
 > suited for tap / swipe.

Fine.  But the keyboard should still be an option.  All I'm asking
is that I be allowed to choose.  I'm not insisting that everyone
use a keyboard, and likewise people should not insist that I
_not_ use a keyboard.

 > The keyboard will soon be used exclusively for text entry and will
 > probably disappear as soon as we have something better,

FSVO "better"

 > like voice dictation,

Good luck if you have a cold.

 > direct neural interface, whatever.

Now _that_ might be interesting...

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