A new digital divide: Young people who can’t use keyboards

Re:A new digital divide: Young people who can’t use keyboards by zencash on Sunday July 22, 2018 @01:04PM (#17587694)

I think it will take time, keyboard, when first encounters can be hard to use, saying that, younger people these days have access to a keyboard almost 24/7 whether it be iPads or mobiles that they use.

I'd like to see how kids of this generation can manage using a franking machine [1] or even a photocopier.

Our currently generation 25-40 used floppy disks at some point, now it's just an icon on your software suite [2]. Will this be the case for keyboard in 10 years time? Will the physical version be needed?

[1] https://frankingmachinecompare.co.uk/what-is-franking-machin... [2] https://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheFloppyDiskMeansSaveAnd14Ot...

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Re:A new digital divide: Young people who can’t use keyboards by JumpCrisscross on Sunday July 22, 2018 @01:28PM (#17587801)

> now it's just an icon on your software suite

I’m trying to remember the last time I saw this icon. Either what I’m working on has “save” as text, is constantly auto-saved or requires Ctrl-S.

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Re:A new digital divide: Young people who can’t use keyboards by zencash on Monday July 23, 2018 @10:58AM (#17593189)

I guess this is true too, we're moving so fast with software.

A few programes here and there do still utilize a floppy disk as a mark to save something though.

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Re:A new digital divide: Young people who can’t use keyboards by michaelmrose on Sunday July 22, 2018 @01:53PM (#17587894)

An actual screen and keyboard are inherently useful regardless of which form factor device its connected to. 10 years time is way to short a time for this to cease being so.

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