Bill,
RE: *I don't think a lot of these new electronic gadgets are there yet. Like digital TV signals which are still glitchy and sometimes you lose the channel for hours. Technology is moving too fast just to get it into the stores and make money without doing more testing first.* Not sure where you are from but most areas of the USA ONLY have digital TV signals these days. Thats what all the fuss about analog set-top receivers was a few years back when they STOPPED sending MOST tv signals analog and all are now delivered digital. SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television_transition_in_the_United_States Jay On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 8:54 AM, William Boswell <whbosw...@gmail.com>wrote: > My Android, which I hate, is supposed to respond to a touch and I find > myself having to poke it hard to get it to do anything and even then it > doesn't respond. I'm thinking of going back to a cheapo cell phone. > > I don't think a lot of these new electronic gadgets are there yet. Like > digital TV signals which are still glitchy and sometimes you lose the > channel for hours. Technology is moving too fast just to get it into the > stores and make money without doing more testing first. > > I suspect with touch screens, the failure rate will be high and I'm sure > it is expensive to repair. All that poking at the screen probably wears > the monitor out real quick. > > Bill Boswell > > -----Original Message----- > From: singhals [mailto:singh...@erols.com] > Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 11:37 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Keyboard shortcuts > > My experiences with touch screens are not happy memories. > WAAAY back-in-the-day (early 1980s), a national chain had 'em in a > store-near-me as an improvement; some improvement. > Instead of my handing an employee a piece of paper with the "Bin 7, > shelf 2 C" written on it, I was supposed to "touch" the 10 numbers matching > my order number; except the screen didn't want a touch, it wanted a serious > WHAM! Inch forward a decade and a touch now works, but only if you touch > the exact middle pixel of a starburst. Ooze onward to summer of 2013 in an > air-conditioned room (ambient T in the hi 60s) where heat-sensitive > touch-screens weren't sensing enough heat to register - between each touch > I had to rub my touching finger against the bunched fingertips of the other > hand. > > Danke, mais NYET, y'know? > > Cheryl > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
