windows 8.1

Bumpy said: "...and yes, I was a great typist. took the course in high school and had the first male discrimination case in that one. the teacher gave the typing award to Charlotte and I typed rings around her."

Reminds me when typing was a girls class and shop a boys. I wanted to learn typing (besides, a girl I liked took it) ... and the teacher said NO, girls only, so asked the principal and he said yes - glad a boy was wanting it, Yup, took Home Ec too, but did get kicked out of that one.

Anyway, I was the worst typist in the entire class, kept type-over no matter how many times teach said NO ... couldn't quite get it. And, really tried, just couldn't get there ... slow, type-overs, missed punctuation - blah!!

So, at the end of the term, the teacher comes up and she says, "I'm gonna pass you with a "D", because I'm the only typing teacher here and if I fail you, I gotta take you over again. But if I pass you, gotta promise me you won't take Typing TWO ... "

And end of story, passed, no return. But, interestingly, learned to type with all fingers regardless, and have since honed those skills and can type pretty fast now. Who woudda thunk it? :)

Don't download from a pop up, go direct to Microsoft. I have come to love 8.1 and would not go back. I have to refer to a lot of schematics when working and being able to put one up on my 27" screen then pinch or zoom where I need it is great. I do my accounting on the same machine and the keyboard function is as comfortable as the touch screen. For me the combination of touch or keyboard is perfect and the Win 8 learning curve was short.

R.I.P. Doug Englebart

Apple Macintosh and MS Windows owe SO much to Xerox and the PaloAltoResearchCenter (now silicone valley)

The Gui and the mouse.


But, if you wonder how long it took to come up with the internet as we have it, look at FDR's science advisor, Vannevar Bush

Hyperlinking and the 'Memex' 1944, AFAIR

burlmart wrote:
speech to command computers as well as to be converted to text is getting very good. communicating (like one of these forum posts) can be done as well via a voice clip. Think of all the voice messages we now send and receive now = thanks to simple answering machines that blossomed some2 or so decades back.

Look at video reviews of products, podcasts, bloggerheads, etc. Who needs to read a long review if an expert ewviewer gives great video.

Pecking keys will be around a long time, but wie'll see less and less of them in use

On edit: spoiler alert: my sprrch grammer is worse than my typing.

careful I found at least 6 things that bcsdguy can fuss at you about. :)
bumpy

speech to command computers as well as to be converted to text is getting very good. communicating (like one of these forum posts) can be done as well via a voice clip. Think of all the voice messages we now send and receive now = thanks to simple answering machines that blossomed some2 or so decades back.

Look at video reviews of products, podcasts, bloggerheads, etc. Who needs to read a long review if an expert ewviewer gives great video.

Pecking keys will be around a long time, but wie'll see less and less of them in use

On edit: spoiler alert: my sprrch grammer is worse than my typing.

bcsdguy wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:
any body who likes speech to text ought to spend some time watching closed captioning on the TV. most words are right.
when I used Dragon repairing the document was more work than just typing it out in the first place, of course I have great typing skills so it was easier for me just to type it out.
bumpy

Bumpy, are you being facetious or don't you capitalize words that begin a sentence.:)

no, I don't really apply myself for typos, etc. in these forums. sometimes I will bother and go back and correct, but I SUPPOSE I COULD JUST START TYPING IN ALL CAPS AND CURE THAT ONE PROBLEM.
and yes, I was a great typist. took the course in high school and had the first male discrimination case in that one. the teacher gave the typing award to Charlotte and I typed rings around her.
:)
bumpy

strollin wrote:

monkey44 wrote:
Well, I certainly hope 'touch screen' is NOT the wave of the future. WHo wants to reach out across the keyboard all the time and put a buncha oils and fingerprints all over the screen?

Keyboard and mouse will always be the most effective method, right there in front of you. I can't imagine typing twenty-five or thirty pages one touch at a time on a vertical screen a foot away. Let alone a hundred pages of a tech manual.

I agree wholeheartedly with you on this subject Monkey, touch is NOT the future for devices where you need to get work done.

I've been using Win 8/8.1 for quite awhile now on laptops and desktops and have not had any use for the Metro interface, Metro apps or touch. However, I recently bought a Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet that runs the full Windows 8.1 (not RT). On the tablet with no keyboard/mouse, then the touch interface becomes essential and the Metro interface and apps become very useful. It actually works very well as long as you don't need to type much. I can read email and forums, watch movies, listen to music, keep up with the news & weather - all things where I don't need to type much. However, using the on-screen touch keyboard to respond to an email or post to a forum becomes tedious for anything more than a sentence or 2. I could carry around a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse to use with it but, IMO, at that point, I may as well be using a laptop instead of a tablet.

Right - two entirely different goals here. One is staying in touch briefly or calling, or making a quick response. The other is getting a job done ... can't imagine touching the screen for more than one sentence ... or a few words. It makes more sense on the smaller devices as it has limited room for anything.

And - as regards the voice / transfer ... you better be absolutely certain that voice transfers the words accurately, because if it's anything to do with legal contracts or evidence, one word misspelled could get very, very expensive.

Bumpyroad wrote:
any body who likes speech to text ought to spend some time watching closed captioning on the TV. most words are right.
when I used Dragon repairing the document was more work than just typing it out in the first place, of course I have great typing skills so it was easier for me just to type it out.
bumpy

Bumpy, are you being facetious or don't you capitalize words that begin a sentence.:)

any body who likes speech to text ought to spend some time watching closed captioning on the TV. most words are right.
when I used Dragon repairing the document was more work than just typing it out in the first place, of course I have great typing skills so it was easier for me just to type it out.
bumpy

I guess some of you are like my DW.
Had to set her lap Top. So it turns on when she lifts the screen.
She has trouble finding the on/off button. LOL