Oh dear.
"...the vanishingly small slither..."
So are you calling those people who want a 'phone with a keyboard snakes?
Slither is what snakes do. The word you are looking for, and not finding, is sliver.
Yes, pettifogging, nitpicking and pedantic but the use of incorrect words is starting to irritate on what is otherwise an informative, irreverent and amusing site.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
