Thales@sh.itjust.works to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoTexting abbreviations at this old agesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1402arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up1382arrow-down1imageTexting abbreviations at this old agesh.itjust.worksThales@sh.itjust.works to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·12 days agoAppreciations made sense in the era of ten-key messaging - except for the (older) irc/chat shortcuts like ttyl, lol (but you could also argue that’s what autocomplete is for). You’ve got a whole keyboard. Use it.
minus-squaredbx12@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·12 days agoAnd the era of SMS, where you had 160 letters and had to be creative to push as much information into them to avoid paying for a second SMS.
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·12 days agoBut autocomplete just gave us “appreciations” when you meant to type “abbreviations,” so you still gotta pay attention.
Appreciations made sense in the era of ten-key messaging - except for the (older) irc/chat shortcuts like ttyl, lol (but you could also argue that’s what autocomplete is for). You’ve got a whole keyboard. Use it.
And the era of SMS, where you had 160 letters and had to be creative to push as much information into them to avoid paying for a second SMS.
But autocomplete just gave us “appreciations” when you meant to type “abbreviations,” so you still gotta pay attention.