[ale] OT if you must use windows, upgrade to windows 7, not 8, within a year

[Jim Kinney]

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Jay Lozier <jslozier at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On 10/15/2012 01:35 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>
> yes. Touchscreens are for "content consumers". Content producers would go
> insane if their only input was a touchscreen.
>
> Imagine the process at the u-checkout line expanded to all of IT. "Pick
> problem by color, category or sku"...
>
> If it's made so idiots can use it, there's no incentive for the idiots to
> change.
>
> Hmm. Maybe a Morse-code key on the cell phones for text input.....
>
> Which Morse code: American or International?
>

Ha! Here in "bubbaville" it'll have to 10-codes only. so the bubbas only
need to learn the digits.

>
>
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Jay Lozier <jslozier at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 10/15/2012 11:33 AM, Ben Coleman wrote:
>> > On 10/14/2012 1:15 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:
>> >> The blogger commented that Win8 interaction is medical disaster waiting
>> >> to happen for users of laptops and desktops because of repetitive
>> motion
>> >> injuries caused by constantly needing to touch the screen.
>> > So, sounds like Win8 represents the return of Gorilla arm.
>> >
>> > Ben
>>  Before seeing a doctor about your shoulder injury.  My take is when
>> creating content, entering data, writing documents, etc. is best done
>> with the traditional keyboard/mouse interface not a touchscreen. I
>> believe Xerox PARC carefully studied human/computer interactions and
>> concluded that the keyboard/mouse interface used today is the best
>> overall in most typing/editing intensive situations. That research is
>> from the 70's.
>>
>> Touch screens seem to be very good for cellphones, smart phones, and
>> tablets which only require very sporadic and limited typing (or are
>> intended for such use).
>>
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