Meaning of fat-finger | Babel Free

Definitions

To type (something) erroneously on a keyboard, keypad, or touchscreen by accidentally pressing with a finger one or more keys other than the intended one.

humorous, informal, transitive

Examples

“Another Sprint employee speculated that someone might have⟳ fatfingered the keyboard.”

“However the other day I fatfingered a web request⟳ and got a Charter Communications not found result⟳ page”

““Evidently, someone said they ‘fat-fingered’ a trade⟳, meaning they accidentally put⟳ it in for billions instead of millions,” Snyder said.”

“In general, mobile form⟳ designs are "chunkier," using larger input boxes to make⟳ it easier to tap in the intended field, even if the user "fat-fingers" it. So make⟳ sure to add⟳ some extra padding to all your input fields, and also increase⟳ the font size a bit so it's not only more legible but also larger on the touchscreen.”

“Slowing down the number⟳ of login attempts before an IP address is blocked reduces the attractiveness of your site to an automatic attack script. Note⟳ that generally these offer⟳ temporary IP address blocking, so that valid users who accidentally fat finger their password have⟳ an opportunity to log⟳ in after the ban has expired.”

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