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The Guardian - UK
Technology

When swiping up doesn’t get you far

Senior Woman Using Digital Tablet At Home.
‘Which tablet user hasn’t absentmindedly put their finger on a printed word expecting to see the dictionary definition pop up?’ Photograph: Nico De Pasquale Photography/Getty

Speaking of odd habits as a result of using technology (Letters, 25 December), I once passed a bus shelter where a mother was waiting with her young child. The shelter had a huge poster of a new mobile phone and the toddler was leaning out of its buggy and desperately swiping the screen of the phone, presumably in the hope of getting cartoons.
Ron Bailey
Newcastle upon Tyne

• I read Joanna Rimmer’s letter on this subject and tried to “like” it.
Heather Bradford
Winchester

• Which tablet/ebook user hasn’t absentmindedly put their finger on a printed word they don’t know expecting to see the dictionary definition pop up?
Tim Martineau
Wirral, Merseyside

• I don’t understand why, when reading a physical copy of the Guardian, the page doesn’t scroll when I swipe up. Can this be corrected, please?
Geoff Skinner
Kensal Green, London

• I once picked up a pencil to underline something on Wikipedia.
James Fanning
Greifswald, Germany

• Have an opinion on anything you’ve read in the Guardian today? Please email us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our letters section.

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