Zenfone 10 is pretty cool if you chase the form factor
Zenfone 10 also isn't available anymore and its software support will end long before the iPhone's, if it hasn't already.
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There is a lot to fix on mobile phones:
- Batteries that charge fast. Batteries that can support 2-3 days of use. Lighter batteries.
- Thinner camera.
- Better screens outdoor.
- No overheating.
- Better software, or a lower bar: fix the bugs.
- Satellite connectivity.
just few things on the top of my head and things that will interest me and justify a new purchase.
What needs to be better about screens outdoor? iPhones have had nicely readable screens in bright sunlight for a long time now, including compatibility with sunglasses. Though it would be nice to see this in all other phones too.
Other than that I agree. Especially camera bumps are annoying to me, I would prefer a phone thick enough to make the bump disappear, that would then automatically solve the battery life issue as well.
I predict people will want an ultra-thin phone, even if it’s just for weight reasons.
We’ll see what the sales numbers are like.
I don't have the impression people care about the weight of phones. Premium phones have metal and glass cases, and in the non-premium market the thing that matters is price.
What matters to me is how comfortable it is to hold and use with one hand. Large and thin phones tend to be bad in that aspect.
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alpaca128 commented on Untangling the myths and mysteries of Dvorak and QWERTY (2023) aresluna.org/the-primitiv... · Posted by u/kens
Less things to connect, less switches, less caps, ... I think it's mostly about manufacturing cost. If you build a keyboard yourself, you're glad if you have to solder less. So for sure any prototype of a new design will start small. If you go full size price goes up a lot.
For usability alone those small sizes don't make much sense in an office or on a desk.
> For usability alone those small sizes don't make much sense
They do. Having every key reachable without hand movement is quite comfortable. Switching to and using arrow keys is as fast as typing a capital letter with shift.
But it's not everyone's cup of tea, just like Dvorak seems to be great for some people here and pointless for others.
alpaca128 commented on Untangling the myths and mysteries of Dvorak and QWERTY (2023) aresluna.org/the-primitiv... · Posted by u/kens
The much reduced hand movement is extremely comfortable, paying dividends every day. And it fixed my RSI.
Of course over long periods of time we're bottlenecked by our brains. But the things to write come in bursts, and typing speed blocks there. Also transcribing what someone is saying, needs high speed.
My experience completely contradicts your assertions.
The part about hand movement confuses me. On qwerty you can reach all letters without moving the hands. On both qwerty and dvorak you still need to move or stretch the hands to reach backspace, arrow keys, escape etc. So how does dvorak reduce hand movement?
> the things to write come in bursts
In short bursts I can reach higher speeds than what I can maintain over a period of time. It's fast enough for me.
> transcribing what someone is saying, needs high speed
That's a very specific use-case and I wouldn't type fast enough for that no matter what layout. At that point I'd probably learn stenography instead.
alpaca128 commented on Untangling the myths and mysteries of Dvorak and QWERTY (2023) aresluna.org/the-primitiv... · Posted by u/kens
On the other hand there is spatial memory. Overloading things has some downsides - it adds more possibilities for errors - and makes muscle memory complicated.
In a lot of software those extra function keys are well used, easily go into muscle memory and help to safe a lot of time.
I actually make fewer errors and in some cases reach higher speeds when typing a lot of special symbols as everything is reachable without moving my hands and I arranged all special symbols in a way that makes sense to me. Muscle memory works perfectly fine, with the difference that I don't need to make blind error prone hand movements across the keyboard to use arrow keys etc.
alpaca128 commented on Untangling the myths and mysteries of Dvorak and QWERTY (2023) aresluna.org/the-primitiv... · Posted by u/kens
"The thumb as one of the strongest fingers has almost nothing to do, with both thumbs mostly sharing a single key while typing text."
To be fair, that single key is used rather excessively compared to the rest.
That key makes up about 15% in English text, and it could be covered by 10% of fingers but instead it's 20%. Meanwhile every use of shift, return, backspace, ctrl etc is done with the weakest fingers and often include some hand stretching to reach those keys. Altough I haven't looked at actual keypress stats and how those are distributed across fingers. Might be interesting to look into.
On my keyboard I cover six keys with my two thumbs. It eliminates almost all hand movement and guess what, I feel a difference in my pinky fingers but not in the thumbs. I'm not saying every keyboard should be like this, but I think on a large scale you can probably improve wirst and hand health in the population by making a few small tweaks in how keys are arranged.
alpaca128 commented on Untangling the myths and mysteries of Dvorak and QWERTY (2023) aresluna.org/the-primitiv... · Posted by u/kens
The real problem with current keyboards is the physical arrangement of the keys. Staggered rows instead of columns make them less ergonomic, the oversized spacebar wastes much of the most valuable space on the keyboard. The thumb as one of the strongest fingers has almost nothing to do, with both thumbs mostly sharing a single key while typing text. While the weak pinky finger has to cover more keys than the others. These things are more significant than qwerty vs dvorak.
Need to type faster? Spend some time practising every day and you will gain more speed within weeks than from just switching layouts. Most people don't as speed often isn't actually that important. I myself am bottlenecked by my brain, not my typing speed. Need less hand movement? Placing symbols, arrow keys etc as secondary function onto the central keys with a programmable keyboard helps with that, changing to dvorak doesn't as much because on a modern keyboard you can reach all letters without hand movement either way.
Okay, and how many refunded the game on Steam?