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> And for God's sakes, dump those resistive touch screens in the trash. Can I please make a case for the opposite being true? Capacitive touch is a million tim
by sjwright 7y ago
> And for God's sakes, dump those resistive touch screens in the trash.
Can I please make a case for the opposite being true? Capacitive touch is a million times better for a tablet, but resistive touch screens are far better suited to touch input while driving because they respond to pressure, not mere presence. This means it's far less distracting to use.
_________Capacitive touch_________
1. Look at screen
2. Observe what you want to press
3. Move your finger to a space in mid-air in front of where it needs to be
4. Refine your finger's alignment
5. Touch the screen
6. Look away
__________Resistive touch__________
1. Glance momentarily to observe what you want to press; return eyes to road
2. Move finger where it needs to be, using friction between finger and screen to hold it in place
3. Glance momentarily at your finger's position; return eyes to road
4. Refine your finger's alignment
5. Push your finger at the screen
- ak217 7y agoNeither capacitive nor resistive touch screens have an acceptable use in a moving car. Drivers should use the rotary knob and voice controls instead.
- sjwright 7y agoRotary knobs are worse because you need to look at the screen to watch the highlighted element jump around until it lands on whatever it is you want selected. To be fair, they're the least bad of all the centre-console input devices. And they're an acceptable option if the screen is placed outside comfortable reach of the seated driver. But they're still inferior to a well-positioned capacitive touch screen.