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But using a touchscreen keyboard and a physical keyboard is subtlely different...

On a physical keyboard I hardly ever look at the keys as I type, when I want an uppercase character I'm generally performing two simultaneous actions - holding down shit and pressing the other key.

A touchscreen keyboard is much more of a visual experience, I tend to look at the keys I'm about to type rather than doing it by feel / knowing position.

The Android keyboard (on my phone) shows me what character I get if I hold down the key whereas with the iOS on I have to learn them.

I've been using QWERTY keyboard since Commodore Pets in school and ZX81 at home so it's not like I'm note used to a real keyboard!



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