Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Lefties Rule?

Here's a picture of my new PDA, the Nokia N800. You can easily see most of the “real” buttons on this device. A few more are not quite visible at the top left edge. I've found a game I like to play on this machine that requires quick reflexes. The game is controlled by pressing some of the “real” buttons. I play moderately well, but the buttons I must use are a problem because they are very close together; I often press a wrong one by accident. But here's the real problem: Why was this PDA built for lefties? If the buttons were all on the right, my better hand would play more skilfully. I'm sure the guy who designed the N800 package is a lefty.

2 comments:

Martin Langeland said...

Lefties unite!
Gauche is right!

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but maybe ambidextrous is a career goal?
--ml

tobyr21@gmail.com said...

At my age, ambidextrous is no longer a career goal. On the other hand ...
- PB