Re:Always Bet on Text (2014)
by gmueckl on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @07:24AM
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No, GP is right, for a simple reason: look at your input devices. A keyboard and mouse/touchpad combo is most effective at interacting with text. The story would be entirely different if the main interface was e.g. a stylus. A instant messaging service that sends hand written scribbles instead of text follows much more naturally from that.
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Re:Always Bet on Text (2014)
by kevin_thibedeau on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @01:00PM
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This is why fax machines persist in Japan.
Some of us are on a desktop computer, all of us are on a mobile phone.
You do realize how cumbersome that mobile keyboard is right. With a click of a button, you can record audio and/or video.
But still, text messages rule them all.
Who sends texts on desktops anyway? A small minority.
No. A lot of people record voice messages, but they need to be in an environment providing enough privacy. But messengers emphasize text heavily in their UIs - again because of keyboards. Keyboard less touch devices are too novel an innovation compared to when instant messaging was cast into its final form.
> but they need to be in an environment providing enough privacy.
Yet another argument in favor of text.