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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 21:52:37 -0700
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On 7/29/24 9:48 PM, Alan wrote:
> On 2024-07-29 21:26, The Real Bev wrote:
>> 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 mornin=
g=20
>>>>>>>> about half the time) I'd be willing to do that.=C2=A0 NOT if I h=
ave to=20
>>>>>>>> do it every time the screen goes blank, which I have it set to d=
o=20
>>>>>>>> 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=20
>>>>>> any way around that.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm sorry, but I want to understand:
>>>>>
>>>>> Pushing a button...
>>>>>
>>>>> ...is "annoying"?
>>>>
>>>> My Lenovo tablet, otherwise in fine shape, is useless because the=20
>>>> little plastic actuaor that actually pushes the switch no longer=20
>>>> reaches the switch.=C2=A0 I can only assume wear.=C2=A0 I don't want=
 to replace=20
>>>> my phone because of something stupid like that.=C2=A0 I can take the=
=20
>>>> tablet apart, but the phone needs to be glued.=C2=A0 No.
>>>>
>>>>>>> My phone unlocks with my thumbprint by the time I can see the scr=
een.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After my experience with the thumb-reader at the gym I'm not about=
=20
>>>>>> to trust the phone's.=C2=A0 I suddenly want to take a picture and =
have=20
>>>>>> to fumble with the switch AND the thumb-reader?=C2=A0 No.
>>>>>
>>>>> You don't have to "fumble" with anything to take a picture, so...
>>>>
>>>> Rotate phone.
>>>> Half-push the power button with thumb because of the oddness of the =

>>>> case..
>>>> [tap/touch finger-sensor]
>>>> Re-position the camera.
>>>> Tap the circle.
>>>> Butterfly gone.
>>>>
>>>> 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.=
=2E.
>>=20
>> What is a home button?=C2=A0 Do you mean power button?
>=20
> Nope. I mean a home button.
>=20
> It's on the bottom of some iPhones.

It's a virtual button, not a real one, and useless unless the power=20
button has turned the screen back on.

>>> ...because yours happens to be broken?
>>=20
>> Not broken;=C2=A0 I don't like subjecting things to unnecessary wear a=
nd I'm=20
>> clumsy.=C2=A0 I'd also like the tiny fonts used by so many apps to be =
larger=20
>> -- WTF are they saving that whitespace for?
>>=20
>> We all need more config options, not fewer.
>=20
> You're deflecting now.

Nope, just drifting. The subject of [un]locking the phone seems to have=20
been sufficiently covered.

--=20
Cheers, Bev
    I've enjoyed just about as much of this as I can stand.