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| Topic Started: Dec 17 2012, 09:21 AM (644 Views) | |
| Deleted User | Dec 17 2012, 09:21 AM Post #1 |
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I have noticed a tendency for "Programs" to be called "Apps". I thought Apps were just something for your Smartphone. I guess apps is shorter to write, and no problem with program vs programme. For a computer application I am ok to dispense with the "amme", but not for other meanings of the word, as in a theatre programme. With Windows 8, I gather there is even more convergence among phones, tablets and computers. Probably one can get used to it. Though some people, at some age, draw a line in the sand, and refuse to learn any new technology. When, late in life,my mother needed a new TV set, she absolutely refused to consider one with a button operated remote. My BIL went to great lengths to find her one with an old fashioned rotary control. But dome things you cannot avoid. My elderly sister never did take to the online catalogue at the Public Library. The staff were mostly very kind, and helped her. That would not obtain everywhere, and not indefinitely. Best to learn new things in small increments. Makes me glad I got into computers back when they were just a toy, for most people. Now,they are as much a neccessity as a phone. Recently read a definition of literate which included "being able to communicate and interact in all the ways that are now the societal norm. In other words, if I insist that I do not get along well with icons, I am not fully literate. I have stopped saying it. Trouble with icons, there are not enough standards. That little sprinter may mean it starts my oven to you, but not to me. And my daughter' stove may use a different symbol. As may the one I buy next year.There is just not enough standardization. Everyone used to be able to use a phone, because they were all the same. No longer true. Recently My daughter decided to use just a smart phone, no land line, She then gave me her old (not so very old) land line handsets, as mine was getting a bit past it. She no longer had the instructions, and her SmartPhone did not come with instructions. So for about a week we both floundered with not being able to fully operate our phones, We eventually got the hang of it. Guess this is my rant for the week I am not really complaining, so much as making an observation. |
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| kcowan | Dec 18 2012, 07:06 AM Post #2 |
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There's an app for that. And thousands of them for pennies. A program will probably cost $49 on up to $1000s. This revolution reminds me of the difficulty our parents had adapting to remote controls and FAX machines. My Dad came to dog sit at our house and did not watch TV because the remote needed the power button to be held for 5 seconds to turn on. I said why didn't you call? He said he did not want to cause us to pay for the LD call. How times have changed! We do not text (sms) so are missing the twitter-verse. |
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| Deleted User | Dec 18 2012, 01:11 PM Post #3 |
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I do not text, either, but if I had a phone with a proper keyboard, I probably would. There are times when you do not want to actually interrupt someone, but do have something urgent to convey. nainai |
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| Delphi51 | Dec 18 2012, 01:46 PM Post #4 |
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Exactly, text messaging is a really useful medium. We use it a lot when shopping, keeping track of each other in different stores, often when one of us is driving so a phone call would be impossible. There are computer and iPad apps for text messaging via Internet on one or both ends. Kids can text without having an expensive phone. The FindMyIphone app can be useful for keeping track of someone, too. It shows which store your spouse is in. |
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| Dialtone | Dec 18 2012, 02:24 PM Post #5 |
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Isn't texting and driving illegal in Alberta ? I like to keep up with technology, but my cell phone just receives actual voice and occasionally transmits voice.. it all depends when we have it on, last month it never got turned on once. I track my spouse the old fashioned way, I tell her I'll meet her at the shoe aisle in 30 minutes, we've never lost one another yet.. although my wife sometimes wishes different. biggrin 04 Edited by Dialtone, Dec 18 2012, 02:57 PM.
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| Delphi51 | Dec 19 2012, 01:49 PM Post #6 |
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Yes; the advantage of the text is you get the message now and can read it later when you have time. I have been known to read one while stopped at a traffic light. |
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| Trotsky | Dec 20 2012, 06:47 AM Post #7 |
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We haven't bought our first CELL phone yet. |
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| wildie | Dec 20 2012, 07:11 AM Post #8 |
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I'm thinkin' of having mine grafted to my hip! And a blue tooth headphone onto the side of my head! |
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