Subj : Re: Cobol/gnucobol
To   : Nightfox
From : Boraxman
Date : Fri May 30 2025 07:07 am

-=> Nightfox wrote to Boraxman <=-

Ni> @MSGID: <[email protected]>
Ni> @REPLY: <[email protected]>
Ni>   Re: Re: Cobol/gnucobol
Ni>   By: Boraxman to Jcurtis on
Ni> Thu May 29 2025 05:20 pm

Ni>  Bo>  Windows back in the late 90s was far, far more unstable,
Ni> and people HAD
Bo>  to use computers.

Ni> I agree, Windows back then was more unstable.  It's one reason I sort
Ni> of had a love-hate relationship with Microsoft back then.  I thought
Ni> Windows was cool when I first started using it (with version 3.0), but
Ni> I later saw that it needed plenty of resources to run and was unstable,
Ni> and there were arguably better alternatives (such as OS/2, etc.).

Ni>  Bo> Now they do everything on the phone, so can avoid
Bo>  using a computer a lot of the time.

Ni> Maybe for some people.  However, one thing that I don't like about
Ni> using smartphones is the virtual keyboard.  I took a typing class in
Ni> school many years ago, and I can type a lot faster and more accurately
Ni> on a physical keyboard.  Also, at least for the things I often like to
Ni> do, I prefer a device with a bigger screen than a smartphone.  A
Ni> physical keyboard & a monitor is better than a smartphone & virtual
Ni> keybaord for me.  I thought a lot of people would be similar in this
Ni> regard, but maybe not.

Do you think the use of the virtual keyboard has significantly changes
how people compose their replies?  In that they just write shorter,
disjointed comments?

I hate using the phone to type.  Its like eating spaghetti bolognaise
with chopsticks, one handed.

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