You're underestimating people's ability to text on those old number pads. When it was all that was there, people got good at doing it. They were physical buttons so it was easier to touch type on them than today's touchscreen phones. It was just a different layout that needed to be memorized, but it was a pretty simple one, if annoying to use.
I loved using T9 and used to blind text all of the time. With touchscreen, it took me so much fucking longer and you can't look away. I've gotten over it now, but I miss me some T9 and physical buttons
I've had that thought before too, but until I just read this now I've never thought about it before but... we could just make a wireless T9 keyboard. It could be about the size of a car's keyfob, basically all battery and 3x4 grid of tactile buttons. And so all you do with it is hold it in your off hand and type with your thumb, that's it. But it's a Bluetooth keyboard that just understands T9 and works with any phone. Or even tablets or laptops if you wanted to pace around while typing.
Like, there are chorded keyboards and stuff like that, but I don't know I've seen a thumb-only phone-layout wireless keyboard before...
It would honestly not be too hard-- you'd just need the keyboard itself, a very small programmable chip, a bluetooth module, and a battery. I might try it if I can find the right components-- the keyboard itself seems like a really weird component but I'm sure there are at least good alternatives.
Yeah, my favourite was the brief period where there were full physical qwerty keyboards on phones, which existed before smart phones did because texting was popular before smart phones. Also, smart phones existed before iphones did and I held on to my BlackBerry torch for a while after iphones and later android were a thing specifically because I knew I'd hate touchscreen keyboards.
Phones actually de-enshitified, too, because there used to be a huge market for things like ringtones, wallpapers, emoji packs. I remember getting a special cord to connect my phone and PC to be able to set my own shit because I wasn't paying for a 20 second clip from a song, not to mention no one was even trying to sell the FF battle music as ring tones, which I thought was perfect because phone calls are like random encounters lol (boss battle music for my parents haha). These days you can just set those.
I had a phone with a full keyboard, it was pretty fun. I did also realize recently that I could just set my ringtone to whatever I wanted; I chose The Third Sanctuary (Ringtone Version), a remix of a song from the Deltarune soundtrack.
I swear it's only straight people who use that word. I have never called my boyfriends "partner", nor have I heard my other queer friends use the term.
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fake, texting wasn't a thing 20 years ago... wait. oh no.
fake : anon had a wife, and is over 20
gay : anon said I love you to another person
Fake: If you were texting while driving in 2004, you were likely using the 10 digit keypad on a flip phone.
Gay: gay marriage wasn’t legal in 2004
You're underestimating people's ability to text on those old number pads. When it was all that was there, people got good at doing it. They were physical buttons so it was easier to touch type on them than today's touchscreen phones. It was just a different layout that needed to be memorized, but it was a pretty simple one, if annoying to use.
Yeah, you could type blind if you wanted, just takes a bit longer.
I loved using T9 and used to blind text all of the time. With touchscreen, it took me so much fucking longer and you can't look away. I've gotten over it now, but I miss me some T9 and physical buttons
I've had that thought before too, but until I just read this now I've never thought about it before but... we could just make a wireless T9 keyboard. It could be about the size of a car's keyfob, basically all battery and 3x4 grid of tactile buttons. And so all you do with it is hold it in your off hand and type with your thumb, that's it. But it's a Bluetooth keyboard that just understands T9 and works with any phone. Or even tablets or laptops if you wanted to pace around while typing.
Like, there are chorded keyboards and stuff like that, but I don't know I've seen a thumb-only phone-layout wireless keyboard before...
Holy shit, I'm sold! You can have the rights, just make me an honorable mention lol
Edit: Can someone please make this?
It would honestly not be too hard-- you'd just need the keyboard itself, a very small programmable chip, a bluetooth module, and a battery. I might try it if I can find the right components-- the keyboard itself seems like a really weird component but I'm sure there are at least good alternatives.
Edit: Ooh...
Ayyyy, do it! You found a keyboard and everything, that would be sweet to have!
Yeah, my favourite was the brief period where there were full physical qwerty keyboards on phones, which existed before smart phones did because texting was popular before smart phones. Also, smart phones existed before iphones did and I held on to my BlackBerry torch for a while after iphones and later android were a thing specifically because I knew I'd hate touchscreen keyboards.
Phones actually de-enshitified, too, because there used to be a huge market for things like ringtones, wallpapers, emoji packs. I remember getting a special cord to connect my phone and PC to be able to set my own shit because I wasn't paying for a 20 second clip from a song, not to mention no one was even trying to sell the FF battle music as ring tones, which I thought was perfect because phone calls are like random encounters lol (boss battle music for my parents haha). These days you can just set those.
I had a phone with a full keyboard, it was pretty fun. I did also realize recently that I could just set my ringtone to whatever I wanted; I chose The Third Sanctuary (Ringtone Version), a remix of a song from the Deltarune soundtrack.
A lot easier to one handed blind text with T9 than with a touch screen
I could text from my pocket using a T9 keypad on Ericssons, Nokia or Motorola. Blackberry was the only handset I had to look at.
US defaultism? Totally legal since april 1st 2001 in my country.
april 1st?! did they legalize it as a joke?!?!
The joke ended that day
your country is gay
They EAT the poopoo?
real and heterosexual?
says partner, could be gay.
I swear it's only straight people who use that word. I have never called my boyfriends "partner", nor have I heard my other queer friends use the term.
Maybe they're gay cowpersons.
What do you call a significant other who's non-binary?
duality of humanity
You shouldn't text and drive.
Holy shit, actually wholesome!
Texing while driving is wholesome?
T9 texting with one hand without looking at the phone is less dangerous than using a modern vehicle's touchscreen climate controls
fight me
Not texting at all is far less dangerous that any texting
agreed, but when the bar is set by vehicle UIs, that sort of becomes the reference point rather than what is logical
He stumbled out of the burning orphanage and lowers the last child safely to the ground. "Thank you, you're incredible!" they shout.
Stoy glances at the man's clothes and mutters loudly, "wearing white after labor day is incredible?"
It do be like that on Lemmy sometimes
If it saved a marriage, yes.
Look to the person who you came with here today, and tell them you love them.
Was the first time, not the last time, I told my guy Ben that I love him. Thanks Michael Franti.
In the mirror universe that DJ's counterpart told their listeners that day to "text your partner and just say I hate you".
Misread it as thanks OJ, thought for a second that it was saying OJ Simpson had said that