Subj : Re: Cobol/gnucobol
To : All
From : nelgin
Date : Thu May 29 2025 10:59 pm
On Fri, 30 May 2025 07:07:00 +1000
"Boraxman" (VERT/MSRDBBS) <VERT/
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> Ni> [1m[34mRe[0m[34m: [1m[36mRe: Cobol/gnucobol
> Ni> [34mBy[0m[34m: [1m[36mBoraxman [34mto [36mJcurtis
> Ni> [34mon [36mThu May 29 2025 05:20 pm[0m
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> Ni> [0m Bo> [0m Windows back in the late 90s was far, far more
> Ni> unstable, and people HAD
> Bo> [0m to use computers.
>
> Ni> I agree, Windows back then was more unstable. It's one reason I
> Ni> sort of had a love-hate relationship with Microsoft back then.
> Ni> I thought Windows was cool when I first started using it (with
> Ni> version 3.0), but I later saw that it needed plenty of resources
> Ni> to run and was unstable, and there were arguably better
> Ni> 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
> Ni> about using smartphones is the virtual keyboard. I took a
> Ni> typing class in school many years ago, and I can type a lot
> Ni> faster and more accurately on a physical keyboard. Also, at
> Ni> least for the things I often like to do, I prefer a device with
> Ni> a bigger screen than a smartphone. A physical keyboard & a
> Ni> monitor is better than a smartphone & virtual keybaord for me.
> Ni> I thought a lot of people would be similar in this regard, but
> Ni> 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.
I spend more time correcting the autocorrections as I swipe the
keyboard. It will often come up with words that aren't even English.
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