Comment by octoberfranklin
13 hours ago
It's sad that basically anybody can type faster on a 15-year-old blackberry than on the latest and greatest touchscreen-keyboard phone.
13 hours ago
It's sad that basically anybody can type faster on a 15-year-old blackberry than on the latest and greatest touchscreen-keyboard phone.
It's logical, and comes down to accuracy and comfort. It's the same reason why mechanical keyboards are best on desktop, not those silly flat Apple butterfly keyboards.
What I'm sad about is the fact that the QWERTY format was completely abandoned to cater to the entertainment-focused users on Android and iOS. Those are also the people who "don't care about privacy" and are fine with walled gardens, as long as their TikTok, Facebook and Netflix work.
Is typing on a touchscreen phone really that difficult for people? I did a Monkeytype test just now on my iPhone. I got 50WPM in the 30 second test. For comparison, I get about 100WPM when I type on a regular computer keyboard.
I feel like getting 50% typing speed isn't so bad, and I doubt I would get a lot better than that with physical buttons. Generally I'd rather have more screen real estate.
That said, I definitely prefer physical buttons for games.