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Would you like to try creating extensive content on a touchscreen? I love my netbook, it goes almost everywhere with me. I can touch type on it fast enough to
by eftpotrm 15y ago
Would you like to try creating extensive content on a touchscreen?
I love my netbook, it goes almost everywhere with me. I can touch type on it fast enough to take notes in meetings or from church sermons, I can write music on it, I can even run Visual Studio 2010 and SQL Server 2008 well enough to be productive with them.
I can't for one minute imagine how I'd be able to do anything like that without a hardware keyboard and I'm yet to see the add-on keyboard that's as stable for typing on my knees, in the back of a car, held in one hand while standing (or whatever) as any netbook. I've got no problem with tablets as devices but they still seem to be firmly consumption devices to me.
- ugh 15y agoYou mistakenly seem to have equated typing with creating. Typing is a subset of creating. Tablets are not so great for typing, sure, but PCs and tablets are both cheap. There is no reason to believe that they won't co-exist, both making it easier for everyone to create.
- eftpotrm 15y agoNo, but a better input device than a touchscreen can certainly make creating easier. When I'm creating text content, a keyboard is a fast and efficient means of data entry. When I'm creating images or doing graphic design work, I want precision of control. A touchscreen isn't fine enough. When I'm creating music, there are a range of input options but I'd still take some persuading that a touchscreen is quite there.
- ugh 15y agoYour opinion. There are quite a few artists who would disagree with you about the images part. But it still doesn’t matter. Looking at the whole picture, tablets make creating easier. That’s it. To suggest otherwise seems crazy to me.