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Re:A new kind of map: it’s about time by TeMPOraL on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @04:58PM (#15298181)
It's still easy to forget that many people use applications on devices with only primitive input options available :).
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Re:A new kind of map: it’s about time by jameslk on Thursday September 21, 2017 @09:33AM (#15303143)
Yup, if I'm looking for directions I'm probably on my phone, not at a computer. I guess others didn't get the point/joke, hence the downvotes?
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Re:A new kind of map: it’s about time by TeMPOraL on Thursday September 21, 2017 @12:15PM (#15304953)
I wrote my comment vaguely on purpose, but 19 hours later: yes, I meant touchscreen as primitive input mechanisms, compared to a mouse pointer.
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