Monday, March 19, 2018
DVF
When typing a URL in the addressbox of a browser, I often get confused because the letter appears after the keystroke. The interval is variable, sometimes several seconds late when the browser is trying to autocorrect or check previous URLs. A similar effect happens in most web editboxes for the same reason.
The confusion is directly parallel to DAF, so I'll call it DVF.
Before Microsoft Malware (Win 10) this sort of DVF confusion didn't happen in ordinary editing programs like Notepad and Kedit. Letters appeared instantly, so you could watch them while typing without getting derailed. Microsoft Malware has brought the "benefits" of DVF to ordinary non-web typing. Isn't that wonderful?
But wait!
Why do I even WANT to watch the typed letters?
I used physical typewriters for 30 years without ever looking at the currently typed character, because you CAN'T read the current letter. Depending on the layout of the typewriter you could generally see the word you typed before, but the currently active letter was covered by the hammer or ball or ribbon. The only thing you really needed to see was the position of the cursor on the page, so you could judge whether to put the next word on this line or return the carriage before the next word. Fancier typewriters placed the cursor up front on a scale with the actual margins, so you could judge the distance at a glance without peeking into the complicated platen area.
For 30 years I got along quite nicely without seeing the immediately typed letter. Why do I need to see it now? Maybe I should try looking elsewhere to avoid DVF.
¶ 8:02 AM 
For 30 years I got along quite nicely without seeing the immediately typed letter. Why do I need to see it now? Maybe I should try looking elsewhere to avoid DVF.
¶ 8:02 AM
