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From: The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Google is preparing to replace RCS with MLS
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 21:26:03 -0700
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On 7/29/24 1:12 PM, Alan wrote:
> On 2024-07-28 19:34, The Real Bev wrote:
>> On 7/27/24 10:24 PM, Alan wrote:
>>> On 2024-07-27 20:33, The Real Bev wrote:
>>>> On 7/27/24 6:51 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>>> On 2024-07-27 18:46, The Real Bev wrote:
>>>>>> On 7/27/24 12:51 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Who cares how many times a day I unlock my phone...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ...if it doesn't inconvenience me at all to do so?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If I only needed to unlock it when I turned it on (in the morning =

>>>>>> about half the time) I'd be willing to do that.=C2=A0 NOT if I hav=
e to=20
>>>>>> do it every time the screen goes blank, which I have it set to do =

>>>>>> after 2 minutes.
>>>>>
>>>>> If it unlocks before you can even do anything?
>>>>
>>>> It's annoying enough to have to push the button, but I don't see any=
=20
>>>> way around that.
>>>
>>> I'm sorry, but I want to understand:
>>>
>>> Pushing a button...
>>>
>>> ...is "annoying"?
>>=20
>> My Lenovo tablet, otherwise in fine shape, is useless because the litt=
le=20
>> plastic actuaor that actually pushes the switch no longer reaches the =

>> switch.=C2=A0 I can only assume wear.=C2=A0 I don't want to replace my=
 phone=20
>> because of something stupid like that.=C2=A0 I can take the tablet apa=
rt, but=20
>> the phone needs to be glued.=C2=A0 No.
>>=20
>>>>> My phone unlocks with my thumbprint by the time I can see the scree=
n.
>>>>
>>>> After my experience with the thumb-reader at the gym I'm not about t=
o=20
>>>> trust the phone's.=C2=A0 I suddenly want to take a picture and have =
to=20
>>>> fumble with the switch AND the thumb-reader?=C2=A0 No.
>>>
>>> You don't have to "fumble" with anything to take a picture, so...
>>=20
>> Rotate phone.
>> Half-push the power button with thumb because of the oddness of the ca=
se..
>> [tap/touch finger-sensor]
>> Re-position the camera.
>> Tap the circle.
>> Butterfly gone.
>>=20
>> Small-muscle clumsiness is the reason that some of us would never be=20
>> good musicians.=C2=A0 Also causes problems with object manipulation.

>=20
> So your argument is that unlocking a phone with a home button is bad...=


What is a home button?  Do you mean power button?

> ...because yours happens to be broken?

Not broken;  I don't like subjecting things to unnecessary wear and I'm=20
clumsy.  I'd also like the tiny fonts used by so many apps to be larger=20
-- WTF are they saving that whitespace for?

We all need more config options, not fewer.

--=20
Cheers, Bev
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