Preferred number pad style

[cp[mike]]

which do you feel is the "proper" number pad layout? computer/calculator style with 1,2,3 at the bottom, or phone style with the 1,2,3 starting at the top?

just a curiousity of mine. personally i think computer style is easiest, if i try to type numbers on a phone pad (anything other than a cellphone, that is) quick, it throws me off.

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[sublime]

either or is fine.

[deevergote]

When I'm using one, I wish for the other...

[Maple50175]

telephone..

[Accord R33]

the leading theory as to why the telephone numbers are opposite that of the calculator (since the claculator came first), is that telephones often label keypads with a series of alphabet letters (e.g..abc is on the '2' key), and putting 123 accross the top was the most logical way of making the alaphabet corrospond numerically , while still being in left to right, top to bottom reading form, as is natural for the english language.

[93accordexcoupe]

haha just sending this thread in another dirrection here

[Night Wolf]

^^^



I like the PC one

[TheNextEpisode]

just a curiousity of mine. personally i think computer style is easiest, if i try to type numbers on a phone pad (anything other than a cellphone, that is) quick, it throws me off.

haha

Yeah, I'm def more accustomed to the computer style, and I've dialed a lot of wrong numbers because of it.

[Tnwagn]

haha just sending this thread in another dirrection here

in that case



Def. the PC one, though

[floored]

phone

[b-bomb]

^^^
Computer style just because I use it more.

[blizzard335]

When I'm using one, I wish for the other...

werd

tho, i prefer the calculator, use it more often