Subj : Re: Cobol/gnucobol
To : Nightfox
From : Boraxman
Date : Fri May 30 2025 07:07 am
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Ni> [1m[34mRe[0m[34m: [1m[36mRe: Cobol/gnucobol
Ni> [34mBy[0m[34m: [1m[36mBoraxman [34mto [36mJcurtis [34mon
Ni> [36mThu May 29 2025 05:20 pm[0m
Ni> [0m Bo> [0m Windows back in the late 90s was far, far more unstable,
Ni> and people HAD
Bo> [0m 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> [0m Bo> Now they do everything on the phone, so can avoid
Bo> [0m 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.[0m
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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