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points by crazygringo 2 days ago | 0 comments

I think the subject here is broader UX latency, measured in hundreds of milliseconds to multiple seconds.

I've been using computers for over 40 years now, and I've never been impacted by the latency between keypress and letter rendering in my life except for on e-ink. That's not something I see anybody complaining about.

[–] publlus_enigma 2 days ago

I get it regularly today, especially in applications like Teams. I can type sufficiently quickly that it isn't uncommon for characters to buffer, and for the cumulative effect of the latency ti be that my sentence finishes displaying 2-3 seconds after I finish typing it.

[–] crazygringo 1 day ago

Fair enough! I'm lucky enough not to use Teams, I've heard the horror stories but I had no idea it was that bad.