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To me, not having to hit the home button, swipe, enter pin, find app, tap app, wait for an animation all before I can do anything the app is supposed to do, and
by y03a 9y ago
To me, not having to hit the home button, swipe, enter pin, find app, tap app, wait for an animation all before I can do anything the app is supposed to do, and then have to do most of that all over again if I don't touch it for a minute, is an excellent reason for a purpose-built device. Also, fucking buttons. I love buttons. Touch screens are awful.
- ehnto 9y agoI can't argue against the general purpose utility of a touchscreen, but I find touchscreens and the software we have built for them to be really cumbersome. For one, buttons on a calculator won't move on me at uncertain points during interaction! Doing things on smartphones is rarely succinct either as you illustrated. But I also find excuses to put switches and dials on things and am the kind of person to think screen based aircraft cockpits are a regression.
- y03a 9y agoI like touchscreen devices for infrequent input interactions. If my screen is already unlocked and the app I need is already open, for consumption based applications like article reading and video watching, it's great. But as soon as I get an on-screen keyboard, I end up frustrated very quickly.