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Originally Posted by Mrs_Often
That makes sense, thank you for sharing. Does that mean you don't use any capacitive screens/devices, so also no touch screen smart phone, no laptop trackpad, no tablet, etc? Must be quite a hassle to find things that work with your fingers. But it must be bad if you can't even comfortably hit an elevator button... And yes I now mostly read in a warm and cozy place, and I've quit using public transport so I don't have the glove issue any more.  |
My phone, laptop and tablet are all capacitive and I just resign myself to having to hit multiple times, but I really don't use the laptop and tablet all that often to begin with so it doesn't bother me. Keeping hand lotion on helps, or at worse just slightly licking my finger. Something I definitely don't want to do after touching an elevator button though.
And I don't use those devices repeatedly like turning pages while reading. Only my phone would get answered outdoors in the cold and I don't have a problem with taking off my glove momentarily to answer a call or use the GPS. I'm not a big phone user so that's not really a problem for me.
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Originally Posted by Mrs_Often
Aaahhh yes, that Clara! Well I suppose that's better than a "Clara the Cow".
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Originally Posted by RobertJSawyer
I suspect the name "Clara" was chosen to suggest "Clarity," in honour of the new higher-definition screen. As for Kobo Nova, I'm putting a Russian character in my next novel; she'll be named Kobonova (Koe-BON-uh-vah).  |
And I always think of Clarabell the Clown from the Howdy Doody show. I really don't like the name either, Nova would have been a much better choice from the get-go.