[Coco] Rainbow Magazine + iPad = A Dream!

[Stephen H. Fischer]

Hi,

My main comment was about all the ipad  being swiped with just one finger.

SHF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <wdg3rd at comcast.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Rainbow Magazine + iPad = A Dream!


> ----- "Stephen H. Fischer" <SFischer1 at Mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> From: "Stephen H. Fischer" <SFischer1 at Mindspring.com>
>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 7, 2010 5:06:35 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Rainbow Magazine + iPad = A Dream!
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> And we are becoming a world of one finger users.
>>
>> Will that's all that the human race will have far in the future.
>> (First in
>> New York)
>
> Especially _not_ in New York.  A driver or cabby can't properly signal 
> another driver or cabby without enough fingers to give the one-finger 
> salute.  Just an index finger says you're a fan of a local team, but it 
> doesn't get you respect in traffic.  And while I'm not contributing to the 
> future gene pool, most of my nieces and nephews turned out more literate 
> than my sisters who spawned them.  _Their_ kids I have little direct 
> influence on (not that I had much influence on their parents, I avoided my 
> family from before the TRS-80 was launched until well after Tandy sold off 
> its last computer assets), but it takes more than one finger to operate 
> most WII games. (I'll admit I don't use my fourth and fifth fingers much, 
> since I don't touch type even on a full size keyboard, but they are 
> necessary framing for flipping off a rude bastard or a politician).
> -- 
> Ward Griffiths        wdg3rd at comcast.net
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