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Comment by bookofjoe | Hacker News Reader

Just the opposite here: 1 finger on iOS v 10 on MacOS

You use 1 finger, always, on iOS? Or am I misunderstanding? If not, how would you not go crazy? Or are you using swipe-style typing?

>You use 1 finger, always, on iOS?

Yes. My left index finger. NO SWIPING. I've been doing it since my first iPhone back in the day and I haven't gone crazy yet!

Full disclosure: I'm 77 years old. Perhaps it's a geezer thing....

Haha, well, color me impressed. Because I’m curious: do you type a lot on your phone, or mostly on a computer or similar?

And sorry to say but my dad (71) also does this, so it indeed might be a geezer thing… you’re a cool one though, you’re on hacker news! ;-)

(All this typed with a big smile on my face, you made my day)

>do you type a lot on your phone, or mostly on a computer or similar?

You know, I've never really thought about the comparison until you asked. I estimate 99% on MacBook Pro/1% on iPhone w these 2 phone use cases:

1) Captions for my YouTube videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd6EjvCDRRWlkHjEYvSfOkA)

2) Replies to emails/texts

Thanks for the kudos!

I'm glad I brought some joy to someone today!

Ah, I guess it makes sense you're not crazy then, haha. For me it's probably 80/20 (80 being programming on a macbook). I've subscribed to your channel by the way, 7.8k videos is insane; you started when you were ~58! I was 13 then... I'd wager Humphrey isn't there anymore, but they'll always be there to look at!

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