On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Marius Gedminas <marius@xxxxxx> wrote: <snip> > > Meh. Things are to be used. > > Marius Gedminas > -- <Chuckle> Agreed! I have to wonder when I see a car, or especially a truck, that is more than a couple of years old and is absolutely spotless, with nary a nick or scratch. I can only assume that the owners spend so much time worrying about appearances that they never get a chance to actually enjoy the thing. I take reasonable precautions (I have a screen protector and a silicone case on my N800), but I don't cry if I notice a new scratch. My vehicles get cleaned when they get dirty, but not every week or every few days, and if I couldn't use my truck to haul stuff because it might get scratched, there wouldn't be any point in having it. On the other hand, it does seem a little strange for a device to be damaging *itself* through normal use... and the concerns I would have would be if it would affect the long-term reliability and if the scratches would eventually obscure the symbols on the keys. A properly engineered product wouldn't have that interference, regardless of size. I've seen laptop screens that were very scratched in a grid pattern from touching the keys when closed, which can be a bad thing when it affects the viewability of the display. Mark _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
