The older I get, the more sausage fingers I get.
A bug which affected only left handed users
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Re: A bug which affected only left handed users
#22The older I get, the more sausage fingers I get.
> The older I get, the more sausage fingers I get.
It seems with age fingers do not just get fatter (feet too btw) but also get drier. So the keys do not register as well on smartphones: older people hitting right in the middle of the virtual keys, one by one, in a slow but decided manner are not "just old". There's apparently some science behind it.
Re: A bug which affected only left handed users
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm a man with typically sized hands. I can barely do anything one-handed on a phone. Phones are so big they basically require two-handed operation for me. Like you, I typically hold it in my left hand, so I can use my right hand to tap stuff.
There’s at least 3 of us still on iPhone 13 Minis, and I plan to keep it going until Apple caves and makes a sensibly sized phone again.
There’s at least 3 of us still on iPhone 13 Minis…
You, me, and my wife. I’m just waiting for my phone to hit 79% battery health so I can take them both in for battery replacement.
It’s gotten to the point that I frequently get asked, “what phone is that”. I imagine because all phones are the size of aircraft carriers now, and an iPhone Mini really stands out.
Re: A bug which affected only left handed users
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm a man with typically sized hands. I can barely do anything one-handed on a phone. Phones are so big they basically require two-handed operation for me. Like you, I typically hold it in my left hand, so I can use my right hand to tap stuff.
There’s at least 3 of us still on iPhone 13 Minis, and I plan to keep it going until Apple caves and makes a sensibly sized phone again.
Then I guess there is me with my iPhone 12 Mini. Replaced the battery some months ago, Apple techs broke the screen, so got a free new screen too. It's starting to get very slow though, every update it gets worse. I can feel that just running Spotify and Waze over CarPlay is starting to be too much, add in sending live location via Telegram at the same time and the phone almost grinds to a halt.
Re: A bug which affected only left handed users
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm a man with typically sized hands. I can barely do anything one-handed on a phone. Phones are so big they basically require two-handed operation for me. Like you, I typically hold it in my left hand, so I can use my right hand to tap stuff.
There’s at least 3 of us still on iPhone 13 Minis, and I plan to keep it going until Apple caves and makes a sensibly sized phone again.
Hey count me in, I am on iPhone 12 mini, so I guess you didn’t count 4 because of that ;)
Re: A bug which affected only left handed users
#26The older I get, the more sausage fingers I get.
One of the great things about promoting LLMs is I don't have to care about sausage finger typos any more
Re: A bug which affected only left handed users
#27The older I get, the more sausage fingers I get.
To obtain a special dialling wand, please mash the keypad with your palm now
Re: A bug which affected only left handed users
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm a man with typically sized hands. I can barely do anything one-handed on a phone. Phones are so big they basically require two-handed operation for me. Like you, I typically hold it in my left hand, so I can use my right hand to tap stuff.
There’s at least 3 of us still on iPhone 13 Minis, and I plan to keep it going until Apple caves and makes a sensibly sized phone again.
I must be at least the 5th 13mini user.
Re: A bug which affected only left handed users
#29Reminds me of this old youtube bug where some of the videos that were uploaded ended up upside down because of a phone orientation during recording:
https://bruteforceswimathon.medium.com/youtube-help-my-video...
Re: A bug which affected only left handed users
#30I had to read this a couple times and look at the comments here before I realized they were talking about scrolling on a phone. I was like "who scrolls with their thumb?"