On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Malcolm Greene <[email protected]> wrote: > Stephen, > >> But do you really need a touchscreen on a laptop that’s already got a >> perfectly good keyboard and touchpad? > > A few weeks ago I scoffed at the value of touch screens for traditional > PCs. > > After borrowing a colleagues iPad for a weekend, I have reversed my > opinion a 180 degrees. > > I believe there's a big future for touch screen interfaces if the OS > provides a comfortable mapping of touch gestures to events as > implemented on the iPad. > > True story: After spending a few hours on the iPad, I returned to my > regular laptop to do some work. I was so used to the touch screen > interface that I actually tried touching my monitor to get things done. > That sold me on how natural a well implemented touch screen interface > can be. > > Another point: As great as a touch screen interface is, I don't see > touch screen's replacing keyboards. I'm not a fan of typing on touch > screens. ----------------------------
I agree with the input part. But for more typical console and dashboard implementation I see a great deal of future work in this. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer CIMSgts 901.246-0159 cell _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
