I think data entry routines should include a feature such that if they detect that you're typing gibberish, tests it against a few obvious keyboard transpositions on the supposition that you might be touch typing with your hands in the wrong place, and if the result makes sense, just silently convert it without bothering you about it.
@pieist How do data entry routines that would benefit from this make sense today?
I am struggling to imagine a reasonable use case, is the use case valid?
@admitsWrongIfProven The use case is that you're touch-typing and you haven't noticed that your fingers aren't on the home keys of your keyboard. The result looks like nonsense.
But it would be simple to dynamically test that nonsense against obvious keyboard transpositions resulting from various possible mispositioning of your hands, and if one such transposition produces sensible results, just substitute that automatically.
@admitsWrongIfProven Clearly you drink less and/or use non-backlit keyboards in the dark less than I do.
@pieist I doubt part of that, but some light might help...
I just have to think of how i tried to engineer a complex solution and someone told me how easy it could be - some light, maybe? Dimmer switch to the rescue! Or just a nice notch on f and j. Smartphones are for self hurting anyway, so no difference there.
@pieist Your other post made sense, but this.... if the problem is simple, don't invoke algorithms. Be aware of yourself, your surroundings. If you don't want to do that, why type at all?
@admitsWrongIfProven I think you might be taking me a little too seriously.
PS I love that your profile image is a potato. I actually own a T-shirt with nothing but a picture of a potato on it.
@pieist Potato is life!
@pieist I don't know, are you a human being?
Hard to take a being capable of communication too seriously - don't fret, i am enjoying this and respecting you.
Trying to propose another view, will not take it badly if you refuse to take it.
@pieist To prove i am with you on that first topic:
@pieist But why would you type without looking? If people are forced to do that, it could bring relief, sure. But the solution would be to stop people from being forced to type out stuff in a hurry?