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RE: Landscape vs Portrait - Massimo Gnerucci - 09-02-2016 09:09 PM
(09-02-2016 08:09 PM)Logan Wrote: The interesting question is, does landscape encourage setting it on a desk? Or do people enjoy landscape because they prefer putting their calculators on a desk?
Why should portrait, besides fitting perfectly in one's hand, prevent a desk use?
RE: Landscape vs Portrait - emece67 - 09-02-2016 09:25 PM
(09-02-2016 09:09 PM)Massimo Gnerucci Wrote: Why should portrait, besides fitting perfectly in one's hand, prevent a desk use?
I do not think that the portrait format prevents the desk use, just that the landscape one, in my case, fits better for such use. I've used, for years, a 48 in such a way (and earlier than that a 42), but now, after using landscape machines for a year or so, I feel them better.
RE: Landscape vs Portrait - Maximilian Hohmann - 09-02-2016 10:37 PM
(09-02-2016 08:09 PM)Logan Wrote: ... a portable calculator is made to be picked up and used and the use of one's thumbs ...
I don't think I ever used my thumbs to press any key other than the space bar on a computer or typewriter keyboard. I hold my calculators and phones in one hand and press the buttons with the fingers of the other - but never the thumb. To do that, I need devices with the portrait form factor.
RE: Landscape vs Portrait - Massimo Gnerucci - 09-03-2016 05:20 AM
(09-02-2016 10:37 PM)Maximilian Hohmann Wrote:(09-02-2016 08:09 PM)Logan Wrote: ... a portable calculator is made to be picked up and used and the use of one's thumbs ...
I don't think I ever used my thumbs to press any key other than the space bar on a computer or typewriter keyboard. I hold my calculators and phones in one hand and press the buttons with the fingers of the other - but never the thumb. To do that, I need devices with the portrait form factor.
Ditto.
Looks like we're old school nowadays. :)