9||0|1528|0|yes 0|0|0|||1||sigh.|Gryphon||16:50:39|05/18/2011|You know what%2C I%27m just not going to use the forum from my droid any more.%0D%0A%0D%0A--g.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 1|1|0|||||RE%3A sigh.|Droken||17:13:23|05/18/2011|Accidentally killed another one%3F I don%27t like trying to do regular-sized web browsing on a phone...it%27s just asking for trouble. 3|2|1|||1||RE%3A sigh.|Gryphon||20:33:47|05/18/2011|%3EAccidentally killed another one%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AYup. DCF doesn%27t have confirmation dialogues for the admin archive%2Fremove links at the bottom of thread listings %28probably because%2C 10 years ago%2C the designers couldn%27t think of a single reason why anyone would ever hit the damned things unintentionally%2C and fair enough%29%2C so there are no takebacks if you should happen to hit one of them instead of the bottom-most post.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 2|1|0|||1||RE%3A sigh.|The Traitor||18:42:14|05/18/2011|Or you could try to make it breed with a roofing slate%2C like Apple did with the iPhones...%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22Yeah%2C I%27m definitely going to hell%2FBut I%27ll have all the best stories to tell%22 -- Frank Turner%2C The Ballad of Me and My Friends 4|2|2|||||RE%3A sigh.|BeardedFerret||00:09:49|05/22/2011|%3EOr you could try to make it breed with a roofing slate%2C like Apple did %0D%0A%3Ewith the iPhones... %0D%0A%0D%0AI dunno%2C I still sometimes hit the wrong button accidentally on my roofing slatepad 2. Stupid Finger Syndrome%2C I think. Nothing beats a mouse for precision clicking of internet thingies. 5|3|4|||1||RE%3A sigh.|The Traitor||10:10:12|05/22/2011|Fair enough. Thinking about it%2C that might make it worse%2C considering the problem with iPads is that there%27s no button response to tell you when you%27ve gone wrong...%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22Yeah%2C I%27m definitely going to hell%2FBut I%27ll have all the best stories to tell%22 -- Frank Turner%2C The Ballad of Me and My Friends 6|4|5|||||RE%3A sigh.|JFerio||10:52:55|05/22/2011|I%27ve had this problem with touch screens on copiers%2C both old and modern%2C and with the ATMs that tend to be installed at the convenience stores around here.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27ve also%2C irony of ironies%2C suffered this using the stylus on my antique PDA.%0D%0A%0D%0ATouch screen panel technology will only become properly viable once the device can provide a level of tactile feedback other than %27smooth low friction surface%27. Or we can get beyond needing to precision tap %5Bi%5Dat all%5B%2Fi%5D. 7|5|6|||||RE%3A sigh.|Bushido||15:20:39|05/22/2011|[updated:LAST EDITED ON May-22-11 AT 03:21 PM (EDT)]You could always go the Mass Effect route%2C have gloves with tiny actuators in the fingertips to give tactile feedback on holographic screens. %28the characters like Joker%2C who do it barehanded%2C supposedly have tiny sub-dermal implants that do the same thing%29 8|5|6|||1||RE%3A sigh.|Apostate_Soul||11:15:43|05/25/2011|%0D%0AWell%2C how about voice activation%3F Although that would be a bad thing%2Cpossibly%2Cin some cases. How many people wouldlose their temper and yelll %22Just F%2A%2A%2Aing Do It%21%22 at their PDA%2C phone%2C or even their computer... oh%2C wait...%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22It%27s difficult keeping up with the cross-continuity%2C but I think Cosmouse just gave The Saturnian Scraphunter his Ultimate Pacifier to use against Galactapuss...%22 9|6|8|||1||RE%3A sigh.|Peter Eng||13:35:01|05/26/2011|%3E%0D%0A%3EHow many people would lose their temper %0D%0A%3Eand yell %22Just F%2A%2A%2Aing Do It%21%22 at their PDA%2C phone%2C or even their %0D%0A%3Ecomputer... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A...and that was the birth of the first true AI. A voice-operated computer with more processing power than it needed%2C and a user with a short temper exacerbated by too little sleep and too much coffee.%0D%0A%0D%0AAll things considered%2C it worked out better than we deserve...%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here.