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Maybe I'm a bit conservative and/or sour, but I think this is a bad idea for two reasons. 1. It will require a lot of developer effort and testing on this spec
by meuk 8y ago
Maybe I'm a bit conservative and/or sour, but I think this is a bad idea for two reasons.
1. It will require a lot of developer effort and testing on this specific device. I regard this as a move in the bad direction: Computer interfaces should be more unified, not less.
2. You're giving the touchpad two functions which are not compatible (and the second function is not necessary: we already have a screen!). If you're happily clicking your way through stuff and some menu suddenly shows up, you will click a bunch of random stuff.
- sheerun 8y agoYou can just display what's on main screen and have nice touch support without having your fingerprints visible on screen and wiggling laptop.
- meuk 8y agoThat could work well! Although it's not really what the article suggests. If you have Spotify on your touchpad like in the picture in the article, that means that you can't use your touchpad - I imagine it would be bloody annoying.
- Dylan16807 8y agoAt worst you have to hit a button to switch input type. An extra keypress before using touch controls isn't too bad.
- alkonaut 8y agoThere has to be some kind of quick switch to toggle between direct input to the small screen, and using it as a touchpad. E.g drag in from outside the edge of the small screen to begin using it as a touchpad. Drag from the inside and out off the screen to switch to direct touch. For obvious reasons it can’t be both a touchpad and a touch screen at the same time.
- EugeneOZ 8y agoJust use it in touchpad mode :) I think it's great idea. I usually have my iPhone exactly under the keyboard when I play games - this way I can read something between matches. Even reply in Skype to simple questions :)