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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/15/2012 01:35 PM, Jim Kinney
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type="cite">yes. Touchscreens are for "content consumers". Content
producers would go insane if their only input was a touchscreen.<br>
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Imagine the process at the u-checkout line expanded to all of IT.
"Pick problem by color, category or sku"...<br>
<br>
If it's made so idiots can use it, there's no incentive for the
idiots to change. <br>
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Hmm. Maybe a Morse-code key on the cell phones for text input.....<br>
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Which Morse code: American or International?<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Jay
Lozier <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div class="im">On 10/15/2012 11:33 AM, Ben Coleman wrote:<br>
> On 10/14/2012 1:15 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:<br>
>> The blogger commented that Win8 interaction is
medical disaster waiting<br>
>> to happen for users of laptops and desktops because
of repetitive motion<br>
>> injuries caused by constantly needing to touch the
screen.<br>
> So, sounds like Win8 represents the return of Gorilla
arm.<br>
><br>
> Ben<br>
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Before seeing a doctor about your shoulder injury. My take is
when<br>
creating content, entering data, writing documents, etc. is
best done<br>
with the traditional keyboard/mouse interface not a
touchscreen. I<br>
believe Xerox PARC carefully studied human/computer
interactions and<br>
concluded that the keyboard/mouse interface used today is the
best<br>
overall in most typing/editing intensive situations. That
research is<br>
from the 70's.<br>
<br>
Touch screens seem to be very good for cellphones, smart
phones, and<br>
tablets which only require very sporadic and limited typing
(or are<br>
intended for such use).<br>
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