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Post by Jack Teems on Sept 2, 2013 10:00:18 GMT -5
For as long as I can remember owning an iPhone and iPad, I thought the only way to add a period at the end of a sentence was to leave the main page and click on a separate page with punctuation. Duh! Much easier is simply to tap the space bar twice. This works on any app or feature in which you're working with text.
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Post by cyberdiva on Sept 2, 2013 14:39:23 GMT -5
Jack, I've never used an iPad, but I'm surprised to hear that the keyboard on the iPad doesn't have the usual punctuation available on the same layout as the letters. Did I misunderstand you? My only experience is with the built-in keyboard of the Nexus 7 and a different one that I ultimately chose. But both of those have the most common punctuation marks (period, comma, question mark, etc.) on the main keyboard with the letters. It's also possible on the keyboard that comes with the Nexus to hit the space bar twice and get a period, though that seems not to be the case on the keyboard I prefer (SwiftKey). Anyway, now that I've taken the tablet plunge, I find myself interested in all kinds of things I would have ignored a month ago.
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Post by Jack Teems on Sept 2, 2013 18:26:22 GMT -5
Well, DUH, there IS a period on both pages, I misspoke (learned that from our politicians.) But tapping the space bar twice is a nanosecond faster. I was only referring to my iPhone/iPad experience since I've never owned a Nexus or any of the others. I likely wouldn't own iPad/iPhone either but my daughter comes through at Fathers Day.
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Post by Peter on Sept 19, 2013 23:47:39 GMT -5
On my Android (Sony) "smart" phone, the double space makes the period. With the size of my thumbs and the size of the "keyboard", that was an early, and entirely inadvertent, learn.
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Post by drmark on Sept 20, 2013 3:01:52 GMT -5
I guess I am the only dinosaur in the group as I a still using a "dumb phone." When I leave my desktop, even just to go to another room, it is to get away from my computer; not to take it with me. Or maybe I am just getting too old for any new learning curves,
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Post by drcard on Sept 20, 2013 8:06:50 GMT -5
Hi Mark,
I also have a "dumb phone". I even have it set to block all text messages and I do not text. My time I spend away from my PC is exactly that...time away from the PC. I did not choose this way because I am getting older and resist new technology, but because I do not want the side effects that comes with some of that new technology. Just because there is some new technology that lets you do something that you couldn't before doesn't mean that you should do that something or that the new technology is an improvement. Communication example: Communication is the transfer of the thoughts, ideas and opinions of one person to another. This is accomplished with words, expressions, body language, tone and volume spoken, and with many hand gestures. All these components work together to improve the communication so what is communicated is understood completely. As technology removes a component of communication, the ability to totally understand what was communicated decreases. Thus you get more understanding from a face to face talk than a phone call, a phone call yields more understanding than a text message, and a text message yields more understanding than a Facebook entry. In my opinion these new advances in technology are not improvements, especially when you consider the side effects of utilizing that new technology. Texting and surfing the Internet on smart phones has caused numerous near misses and accidents, and the only communication being totally understood is that the person doing the texting and surfing is dangerous and that person feels that what they are doing is more important than their or other people's safety. Communication is how we understand each other, thus decreasing the understanding part of communication in order to communicate more is a step backward not forward.
Yes, I am older; but older doesn't mean an unwillingness to embrace and learn new technology. It means that I use the knowledge and wisdom I gained while growing older to determine which new technology is good for me and which is not good for me.
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Post by drmark on Sept 20, 2013 12:17:26 GMT -5
drcard, Perfectly stated and I could not agree with you more. Bravo!
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Post by cyberdiva on Sept 20, 2013 15:55:05 GMT -5
Yes, I am older; but older doesn't mean an unwillingness to embrace and learn new technology. It means that I use the knowledge and wisdom I gained while growing older to determine which new technology is good for me and which is not good for me. +1
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Post by older1 on Sept 22, 2013 7:52:02 GMT -5
Being older means nothing. I just had to go to my phone and check the double click for period. To keep peace in the family I just got an Iphone5. My kids keep me going on tech (not that it works).I wonder what you folks think is old. I am going on 83
Thank you all for being there
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Post by drmark on Sept 22, 2013 12:28:37 GMT -5
older, you would be surprised how many of our members are in their 60s, 70, and 80s. There is no such thing as old, only who is oldest in the room at any given moment!
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