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@VE3RWJ From a reading perspective UEB appears to be a solution looking for a problem.

@VE3RWJ From a reading perspective UEB appears to be a solution looking for a problem.

@sclower @VE3RWJ Speaking for myself: Because UEB is missing a bunch of contractions in Grade II, it takes up more space. And in a world where braille cells are at a premium, (20-cell braille displays for example), that converts to way more scrolling, which depending on the display being used can be a slow process. All of this contributes to its being cumbersome to read. Separately from this, UEB is just aesthetically displeasing. It's ugly.

@sclower @VE3RWJ Speaking for myself: Because UEB is missing a bunch of contractions in Grade II, it takes up more space. And in a world where braille cells are at a premium, (20-cell braille displays for example), that converts to way more scrolling, which depending on the display being used can be a slow process. All of this contributes to its being cumbersome to read. Separately from this, UEB is just aesthetically displeasing. It's ugly.

@VE3RWJ As someone who uses all three of those I can tell you that the attempt at combining them all into one code hasn't worked out well, at least for readers. For one thing, Nemeth is still used despite the attempt at combination because the new combination lops off a ton of stuff we get in Nemeth.

I'm going with this.

@VE3RWJ Also I completely understand that I'm having a get-off-my-lawn moment, but yeah it's just cumbersome to read.

@VE3RWJ Why am I not surprised?

Yes I miss that contraction, as well as the ble contraction, the contraction of the word "to" depending on context, and I just miss all of it why did they have to make braille ugly?