31 Dec
1998
31 Dec
'98
1:21 p.m.
On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Andrew Davie wrote:
This custom seemed to disappear in the mid 80s.
Sometimes I get to thinking
of the things that have changed, and when and why. Another example that
comes to mind - I quite clearly remember about 10 years ago thinking how
useless the tilde (~) was on a keyboard. Of course, now we are all
net-bound it's used all the time. I wonder if there are other examples of
ins/outs that you oldies remember and would care to share. Things that were
ubiquitous and no longer with us.
Well, certainly the '@' symbol was entirely useless until internet e-mail.
And how many people actually use function keys any more in the age of the
GUI and mouse?
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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