Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 20th Mar 2009 23:31 UTC
With the mobile operating system market heating up with the upcoming launch of Palm's webOS and version 3.0 of the iPhone's operating system, it pays to take a good look at how the various mobile platforms compare to one another. This is exactly what Engadget has done.
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RE[9]: What *is* "is" ?
by Thom_Holwerda on Sat 21st Mar 2009 21:30
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What is wrong with you? Let me just repeat the original question for you:
I have not used an on screen keyboard so I don't know if this is true but with a physical keyboard I can rest my fingers on the keys without actually activating them. Is that possible with an on screen keyboard?
This is a very simple and straightforward question, but apparently, you are unable to comprehend it, and start injecting all sorts of nonsense about journalist integrity into a discussion that has been going on for far longer than it should've been.
Can you rest the tips of your fingers on the keys of a virtual keyboard without activating them? No, you cannot, because the moment you release, the key gets activated - they get activated upon release. The only way to avoid activation after putting your finer/stylus on a key is to move your finger/stylus to the content area of the screen (this technique is somewhat unreliable on Windows Mobile, but works perfectly on the iPhone, and yes, I have lots of experience with the iPhone, been using one for months now).
This means that the answer to the OP's question is NO, you cannot rest your fingers on a virtual keyboard without pressing any keys, unless you consider moving them away while still touching the screen "resting".
My god how something so simple can be so hard to grasp.
Edited 2009-03-21 21:31 UTC
RE[10]: What *is* "is" ?
by JonathanBThompson on Sat 21st Mar 2009 21:34
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Read the other post where I clearly spell out the steps, and number them for you: and yes, people DO rest fingers, even if not long, on virtual keyboards, though it may not be common for you.
It doesn't even matter that there's almost no space that's empty on the virtual keyboard, as the steps clearly indicate.
You have zero "journalistic integrity" between this thread, the other one where you completely censored me without even a warning or explanation when it didn't read the way you wanted it, and Alex Forster also showed me a thread that happened awhile ago where you also demonstrated not being a real journalist: OSNews, despite your assertions otherwise, and the name, has basically become your personal blog, with assistants to send you stuff for comment fodder.