Subj : Re: Cobol/gnucobol To : All From : nelgin Date : Thu May 29 2025 22:59:33 On Fri, 30 May 2025 07:07:00 +1000 "Boraxman" (VERT/MSRDBBS) wrote: > -=> Nightfox wrote to Boraxman <=- > > Ni> @MSGID: <6838A757.3588.dove_dove-prg@digitaldistortionbbs.com> > Ni> @REPLY: <68380A26.2972.dove-prg@bbs.mozysswamp.org> > Ni> Re: Re: Cobol/gnucobol > Ni> By: Boraxman to Jcurtis > Ni> on Thu May 29 2025 05:20 pm > > Ni>  Bo>  Windows back in the late 90s was far, far more > Ni> unstable, and people HAD > Bo>  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>  Bo> Now they do everything on the phone, so can avoid > Bo>  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. > > 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. -- End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23 .