As far as touch goes your right its showing more and more. Even vista
has some touch screen stuff. The only hold back is monitors, not many
have it but that will be changing too.
At 08:31 AM 3/13/2012, you wrote:
Hi Dark,
Well, I think you know the answer to that already. Microsoft is out
to make money, and in order to stay competitive they have to follow
whatever trends are popular in the technology market.
Since tablets, smart phones, PDAs, and other handheld devices have
become the rave over the last few years simply updating XP won't do.
They need to redesign the entire user interface from the ground up
for those handheld devices. Since the same technology is being
ported to the PC market as well Microsoft is simply building the
same interface into the desktop OS as for mobile devices, because
its more intuitive for a sighted user. VI users are always going to
take a backseat to sighted users simply because intuitive visual
user interfaces is what drives the market.
For example, lets assume you have Windows 8 running on a tablet PC.
Now, if you are using a touchscreen you can point at a icon on your
taskbar, tap it twice with your finger, and open the app up just
like that. It doesn't require navigating menus etc as everything you
pin to the taskbar is right there just a finger point away. Its
intuitive, easy, and I suppose better for sighted users as they
don't even need a mouse to point and click on icons to open them up.
Its the next generation user interface, and its being driven by
people's exposure to Droid and iPhones.
This is just speculation on my part but the way tablet PCs and smart
phones are going I look for the standard desktop or laptop to be
ancient history by the next decade. Businesses may still continue to
use desktop PCs, but the average home user will probably be carrying
around tablets running the latest version of Android, iOS, Windows
Mobile, Linux, etc just because of the convenience of smaller more
handy computers.
My dad who just retired last year doesn't go anywhere without his
Droid phone. Its not just a phone for him because I've seen him
watch movies on Youtube, play games, take notes on it, browse the
web, read e-mail, etc all from his phone. He rarely boots his
desktop computer, because he can do most things from his phone. This
is happening all over the world right now, and that's a very good
reason why XP and other traditional desktop operating systems like
it are running on borrowed time. Eventually, the handheld market
will push the PC industry into adopting newer interfaces like
Windows 8 and touchscreens to remain competitive. Weather we like it
or not blind computer users will have to adapt to it sooner or
later, because we have little say or choice in the matter.
That's why I use Windows 7 and will likely upgrade to Windows 8 when
it comes out. Eventually, I'll have to change and my philosophy is,
"better get use to it sooner than later."
Cheers!
On 3/13/2012 7:41 AM, dark wrote:
Yep, once again why can't microsoft just continue xp? :D.
Goodness knows what will happen with access tech and windows 8,
it's a shame after very stable access to xp that things are moving
in this direction, but once again because vi users are a minority
we get the short end of the stick.
I have at least heard that ribbons are so disliked they're coming
out of windows 8, and I've also heard windows 8 has 16 bit
compatibility, so there are at least a couple of pluses there
albeit small ones.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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