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On 2/16/20 4:30 PM, Charles Curley wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Feb 2020 13:03:05 -0800
> Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> wrote:
> 
>>   > 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.
> 
> Feel free to contribute code.
> 
Finally some common sense. I HATE touchscreen "technology" as they like 
to call it. I want to use my keyboard and my trackball, and I do not 
even try to communicate by touch-screen phone. A phone is a voice
communications device, as far as I'm concerned. Good for calling 911 if 
you have to. I hope I never have to do so again. (I fell off the stoop
after tripping over my dog's tether in the dark on the 4th of July, 
1915, and spent most of the summer in various stages of recovery.)
Maybe some day I'll figure out how to dial a number on the phone.

--doug

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Re: *nix Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> - 2020-02-16 22:30 +0100
  Re: *nix Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-02-16 23:00 +0100
    Re: *nix Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2020-02-17 04:30 +0100
      Re: *nix Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2020-02-17 09:50 +0100
        Re: *nix Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2020-02-17 16:10 +0100
          Re: *nix Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2020-02-17 21:20 +0100
      Re: *nix Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-02-17 17:40 +0100
        Re: *nix mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2020-02-17 20:00 +0100
          Re: *nix Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2020-02-17 21:30 +0100
            Re: *nix mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2020-02-17 23:20 +0100
              Re: *nix David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-02-18 00:40 +0100
          Re: *nix Martin Smith <tech@smithproductions.co.uk> - 2020-02-17 22:40 +0100
  Re: *nix David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-02-17 06:00 +0100

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