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by teekert 1790 days ago
Wait until they pass 35 and find that getting up and moving about is not just an annoyance but vital to keeping your body away from a state of constant little nagging pains ;)
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Shutup son. I am 69. But I cannot type with my thumbs, like people under 30. I need always two hands to use the phone.
I can type with my thumbs but it's far slower than using my left thumb and right index finger. I am almost 50.

However, what does that have to do with 2 handed use? Thumbs typing is also 2 hands. Or you mean typing with 1 thumb? I see people, especially Chinese, writing on their phones with 1 thumb and holding it with the same hand (so 1 hand use); you have that too with swipe keyboards though for western languages. This us definitely not faster (or, for me, nicer) than just typing with 1 thumb and 1 finger.

Curious what other people do... I am on a tetras on a busy street now and wasting what (very) young people do: I see them all typing with 2 hands, two thumbs.

I'm still wishing for T9 to come back... Every generation has its thing. Maybe it's time to try dictation and get past the feelings of silliness ;)
Not sure how that works with a lot of noise and people (subway, busy streets, airplanes etc); it seems to type out complete crap random people around me are shouting. So in reality touchtyping is faster.
Ah yes, outside, busy places, it's been a while :)