22.3.09
I need my space
A functioning space bar is quite important for typing at any length. You can still make a space, by hitting a little pressure pad in the centre of where the space bar used to be, but it is a pretty draining process. The space bar on my laptop has disappeared, wrenched off by my very innovative daughter. Of course, if I was truly consistent with the spirit of this blog, I'd see this as a grand experiment in shifting my sense of a useful interface. The QWERTY keyboard is designed to slow down typists -early typewriters jammed readily at high speeds - and yet is still the dominant text entry interface.
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You're doing pretty well, all things considered. Unless your thumb is now a bloody stump? I know of someone who once designed a 24-page magazine while contending with a broken space bar. Apparently she had to copy and paste every time a space was needed - the very thought of it brings me out in a cold sweat.
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