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Commodore's Next Hardware Release Is Dumb, And Proud Of It (www.timeextension.com)
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[โ€“] crandlecan@mander.xyz 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ooooh ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

T9 ๐Ÿ˜ž๐Ÿ˜ญ

[โ€“] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Wait I looove t9 bro

[โ€“] espentan@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

Fuck yeah, I miss being able to send messages without looking at my phone, or even removing it from my pocket.

[โ€“] Mac@mander.xyz 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I've been thinking lately how cool it would be to type via T-9 on PC via the numpad. Game-changer for HTPC duties.

[โ€“] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Oo someone has to have done it

[โ€“] crandlecan@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You need professional help. Like, immediately.

[โ€“] Mac@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Like... Hire a developer? Hmm ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

but would you want it flipped to suit the numpad layout? personally i'd be happy with flipping the whole numpad to a phone dialler layout.

[โ€“] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Good question. I'd have to relearn it anyway, so i don't think it matters either way.

[โ€“] crandlecan@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can't say I was a fan...

[โ€“] Jhex@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I smell a young poster here

[โ€“] anotherandrew@lemmy.mixdown.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Nah Iโ€™m 50. T9 was necessary, not some kind of miracle.

[โ€“] Exusia@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Had a nokia 3310, had a flip phone, did not like T9. The predictive nature was aweful and never got me to like it before I got a slide keyboard phone.

[โ€“] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Predictive nature? I remember just spelling every word out.

[โ€“] Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

that was the other mode, where you just tap "777" for R for example, T9 predictive had a dictionary to match the word so "weed" became 9333, instead of 933>33>3.

[โ€“] GMac@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, everyone i know turned off or ignored the prediction crap back in the day.

[โ€“] crandlecan@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Thank you!! ๐Ÿ‘Œ