Comment by dgimla20
1 month ago
Thanks for writing this. It's refreshing to see there's a bunch of us in the same boat.
I think you've hit the nail on the head about the two worlds. My phone sits in my pocket most of the day and just comes out when I need it. Every day I see people looking at their phone as they walk through busy streets, walk their dog, pushing prams, at the gym on the treadmills, bikes and on the machines. Especially jarring to see when it's a rarish sunny day and all that changes is the brightness setting on their phone.
Yeah, my phone is just an accessory I keep in my pocket, but only when I know I may need it for something, e.g. time or calls. Sometimes I do not even take it with myself. No reason for me to do that. I just hit 30.
I feel you guys, but do you read and write here from your laptops? I never come here from a desktop browser, only a smartphone.
> I feel you guys, but do you read and write here from your laptops? I never come here from a desktop browser, only a smartphone.
I do. I hate virtual keyboards and the typing experience on a phone frustrates me to no end, and the copy & paste experience is just as poor. During the workday I don't even look at or use my phone, I reply to messages from my Mac when needed.
Anything that needs more than a couple lines back and forth I do from my laptop. Having a full discussion or conversation using a phone virtual keyboard is such a user hostile experience to me.
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I do not own a laptop, I get on HN from my desktop, never from my phone, although I do have "Hacki" installed, I just never use it.
> I feel you guys
contemplates life... I'm getting old. :D
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I read and write from a desktop PC at work. Echo the other person who replied. I can't stand virtual keyboards for writing anything as long as ... about this comment.