yes. Touchscreens are for "content consumers". Content producers would go insane if their only input was a touchscreen.<br><br>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><br>Hmm. Maybe a Morse-code key on the cell phones for text input.....<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Jay Lozier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jslozier@gmail.com" target="_blank">jslozier@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><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>
</div>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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