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Re:Chinese Twitter users live in a density 2x to 8x their En... by jbert on Monday October 12, 2009 @05:38AM (#876360)
OK, you need 1-3 keypresses for English.

Ah, of course, it's tree navigation.

The number of keypresses required to enter the character is O(log(number-of-chars-in-alphabet)).

So having lots of characters is a win for input speed. Thanks.

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