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ergonomics
Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, February 17 2013 @ 09:24 PM EST
Consider the following thought experiment - suppose desktop computers initially
only had a touchscreen, so all interaction had to be through onscreen gestures
or typing onto a vertical virtual keyboard.

For such a machine, a real hardware keyboard would be welcomed as a massive
advance and relief to everyone's sore shoulder muscles from trying to work at
arm's length all day. Of course, some "legacy" touchscreen-only
programs might not recognize the modern hardware keyboard and require some
adaptation.

Next, the mouse might be invented, which would allow far more precise and less
fatiguing pointing than touching the screen itself with one's fingers, and
buttons to allow simple clicks rather than complicated gestures. The mouse would
also be hailed as a vast improvement over the legacy touchscreen interface.

Touchscreen on the desktop is a brain dead idea - only the most glaring example
of the lunacy of forcing the same user interfaces onto 4" smartphones as
>20" desktop monitors. But Microsoft doesn't have to listen to the
peanut gallery like me - the market will speak for itself.

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

  • ergonomics - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, February 19 2013 @ 01:09 AM EST
    • ergonomics - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, February 19 2013 @ 06:35 AM EST
      • ergonomics - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, February 19 2013 @ 09:25 AM EST
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