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

[Jim Kinney]

remember the old computer desks for schools that had the crt below the desk
and the desktop was glass? Yeah. It was a constant pain in the neck. Humans
aren't built to look at the table top all day.

OK. we're not built to look at a computer all day either but...

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at water.com> wrote:

>   Of course you’re all thinking of the current setup where the
> keyboard/mouse are flat on the desk and the monitor is mounted to be looked
> at straight on (perpendicular to the desk).   Given flat screen technology
> there’s no reason one couldn’t get rid of the keyboard/mouse and have the
> terminal flat on the desk and use its touch screen.   Not saying I’m in
> favor of that – just trying to think outside the box.****
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> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of *Jim
> Kinney
> *Sent:* Monday, October 15, 2012 3:32 PM
> *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> *Subject:* Re: [ale] OT if you must use windows, upgrade to windows 7,
> not 8, within a year****
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> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Jay Lozier <jslozier at gmail.com> wrote:***
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> On 10/15/2012 01:35 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:****
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> 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.....****
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>  Which Morse code: American or International?****
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> Ha! Here in "bubbaville" it'll have to 10-codes only. so the bubbas only
> need to learn the digits.****
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> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Jay Lozier <jslozier at gmail.com> wrote:**
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> 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****
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> 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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*Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain
at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail.
It won't fatten the dog.
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain
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