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by ProllyInfamous 8 days ago
Just use your page_up/page_down keys, and you can skip all the stupid/excessive scrolling requirements.
2 comments
janderson215 8 days ago
Now that iPhone has switched to USB-C, I can plug in my Apple Extended Keyboard directly without needing a dongle. It’s like magic.
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arethuza 8 days ago
I now have visions of an Apple Extended Extended Keyboard that comes with a crank...
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DrewADesign 8 days ago
It’s nothing new. In fact, many of the comments on this site were made by keyboards with cranks.

Er… I meant to say cranks with keyboards. Sorry. It was a rough weekend.

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wpm 8 days ago
The real question is does the power button on the AEK still work on iOS?
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ProllyInfamous 8 days ago
You have to also hold down `ctrl` [+power], but yes.
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TurkTurkleton 8 days ago
Not even an ADB-to-USB dongle?
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ProllyInfamous 8 days ago
Thirty years ago, Apple made a translucent green ADB "keypad" which had a small LCD display (perhaps only two lines of text?) – marketed towards academics, it allowed students to learn touch-typing without the distractions of an entire computer.

Once you were happy with your touch-typed document, you then plugged the "keypad" directly into your Mac's ADB (keyboard/mouse) port... and the thing would sit there and manually re-type your composition into the computer's texteditor.

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Education needs such "reduced tech" to return to teaching. Think of this one as a "more advanced typewriter" – although I own a few of those, too, and they're fantastic for pure composition.

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Natfan 8 days ago
how do i press these buttons on my android phone?
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Joe_Cool 8 days ago
Connect Keyboard, Press PgDn.

Or what I actually use for ssh on the road: https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard

Google kicked it from their store because it still supports older Androids but it still works just fine on the latest versions. It's on F-Droid.

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ProllyInfamous 8 days ago
Is there really no PgDn on a phone?!?

I don't use them, but that is surprising! I would program one of my theoretical phone's physical side buttons to handle PgDn/PgUp [†] – similar to my old Kindle's layout. Do phones still have side volume buttons (e.g.)?

[†] Thanks for the better styling, than my former Page_Up &c

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