SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-25 days agoWhat is the point of abbreviations for short words when they do not reduce times significantly when you type?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the point of abbreviations for short words when they do not reduce times significantly when you type?SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-25 days agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
Are they not just from old habits stemming from old tech that had memory and space limitations and are no longer necessary?
minus-squarealternategait@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoI had a T9 into at least 2012. I definitely had a smart phone (kinda) in 2014. The exact transition is lost to memory. I used to text the bus system to find out if my bus was on time.
I had a T9 into at least 2012. I definitely had a smart phone (kinda) in 2014. The exact transition is lost to memory. I used to text the bus system to find out if my bus was on time.