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I mostly use a phone or tablet when not in the office now, and they both have some measure of autocomplete.
I find that I do not type apostrophes when on a keyboard anymore as I subconsciously expect the computer to add them in for me like the mobile applications do.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I do agree for most part on your post, except for the part where computers are expected to interpret (almost ahead of time) what we as users want to write. Most of us, if not all on this site, already know that computers only execute what they are given to execute via human instructions.
Therefore, the evolution should not happen on the hardware, necessarily, but rather improvements should be made on the human evolution path. To complicate things even more is the abundance of languages with different constructs and grammar. To complicate things a little more you have different dialects.
Adding to the existing confusion, consider the written language used on SMS and other short message services. How would any piece of software make the correct choice where the character "4" is used - should it be interpreted as a numeric or a shorthand for "for" or could it be for the word "four". I much prefer the pseudo code to shorthand and will prevail with tapping the spacebar as many times that is needed to produce readable pseudo code.
Introducing shorthand into a development environment will probably force developers of compilers to redesign the syntax of their compiler. Compounded syntaxes can sometimes be challenging to read, especially if you are reading someone elses code. I can only imagine that reading compounded shorthand will further add to the frustration of reading code, considering that I have, at best of times, difficulty in reading SMS shorthand.
I much prefer the way it is now.
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Currently, "computer" may refer one of several very different devices. Since the device I refer to when I hear (or read) "computer" is a desktop PC, I prefer the mouse/keyboard interface.
However, I happily use the touch interface on the panel of my printer.
Perhaps you should have included an "appropriate to device" entry in your survey.
Joan F Silverston
jsilverston@cox.net
nhswinc.com
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Last week my friend bought a smart phone, it has good touchy interface but it display icon in small size, really it was too hard to touch a specific item, he needs to try for at least twice to get the item. Even he can not write an text message easily as there was a lot of misspelled due to small letters
So believe me Keyboard/Mouse are very handy than anything else
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koolprasad2003 wrote: So believe me Keyboard/Mouse are very handy than anything else Depends on the user; I've seen some that type faster with their tumbs on a virtual keyboard than a real one.
Now, a mouse is something that only slows one down - only usefull when some idiot ignored the tab-stop, or when you need to fill in a "form" on the internet (try tabbing there, ha!)
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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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... is a wimp (not WIMP[^] - no pun intended). Keyboard only. And with railgun aim nonetheless.
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Ì couldn't dream of coding with anything but a keyboard and mouse, for interacting with my television then Kinnect is the way to go, and for in-car or home automation functions it has to be voice.
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Although it's pretty ancient as a device in a computer time scale, the keyboard is still the most reliable choice.
Mastering it and all the application's shortcuts is much faster than touchscreen or any other option that I know and actually works.
Avoiding taking the hands out of the keyboard (specially towards a mouse) should be a best practice to improve productivity.
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AlexCode wrote: Mastering it As with most things; if you want the most out of your tool..
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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True if the option really lets you go far.
Some options, even when you master them, won't let you go too far.
At the end it all sums up to what you need. There's no one size fits all.
Too advanced has always been counterproductive to the ones that require less.
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I just had to put it in there, sorry.
"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence."
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Even my new posh work ultrabook gets a mouse attached to it despite its fancy touchscreen(touch it and I'll break your fingers), touch-pad and keyboard nipple!
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I'd like it to know what I would want and just do it perfectly without me interacting with it at all or even thinking about it. That's not asking for much, is it?
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Well predictive technology is improving quite a lot.
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I refuse to spend my time tenderly stroking tiny smeared screens.
I would have liked to throw the keyboard out the window when I got my first mouse. Too bad that the keyboard was part of the Atari ST.
Voice? Tried that long ago and felt like an idiot who is talking to himself.
Motions? Next I will dancing around the computer with a mask and two rattles.
How about a hexadecimal keypad? That's all i need.
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I hold an A-7 computer expert classification, Commodore. I'm well acquainted with Dr. Daystrom's theories and discoveries. The basic design of all our ship's computers are JavaScript.
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The long way. I suppose this means keyboard/mouse (touch screens are really just mouse input, and sometimes a pop-up keyboard.
Speech, motion detection, motion/intent, etc., are too fast for me. Typically, technology moves ahead of any philosophical thought about the damages it may do to us as humans and, more importantly, what it does to permanently damage the environment that supports us.
It is simply better to have to think about what you do interactively than to allow your body or brain to get ahead of you physically and obligatorily - leaping before you look, so to speak.
Computing machines do psychological damage, creating the illusion that we must hurry up or be left out, when being left out may be the best solution.
And yes. I'm old. But I have plenty of knowledge, which is usually spoon fed in school. Wisdom, on the other hand, is what we learn from the pain in our lives, and I've plenty of this, too. This response is based on wisdom, not knowledge. Too few of us remember this one primary consideration in our daily lives.
RWallace
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That's the ultimate input "device" for boring tasks...
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This could work with coding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbHygyExIIk[^] since the programming syntax is way smaller than English vocabulary.
Could even leave the speech synthesizer on. So the boss knows you are working
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I doubt that they ever will get the bugs worked out of my brain. in contrary to whatever my wife has to say those bugs are all features.
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Just imagine the compatibility issues...
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Life was so much simpler before Windows came along ang ruined many a carpal tunnel.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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My boss will know immediately when I doze off at work. At least now my screen shows production tools.
And everyone would know when I'm thinking about the hot intern or secretary...
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He can know already...just has to track how long your screen saver runs...
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