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I disagree that we will ever see a FULL fusion of desktop and touch OS's. Sure the OS may present two interfaces and they will be married closely but honestly
by 51Cards 15y ago
I disagree that we will ever see a FULL fusion of desktop and touch OS's. Sure the OS may present two interfaces and they will be married closely but honestly I don't ever want to see "one interface to rule them all".
Fact is we're used to doing things on desktops that are precision. Pointers are very accurate and we can manage large amounts of data on-screen very well. Touch UI's are different by design because simply put our fingers are fat lumps of meat. We need to alter the UI when it will be a touch experience to account for that lack of accuracy.
To try to ultimately merge these two I think is a mistake. You're bound to loose some of the qualities that make each UI ideal for its intended use. I don't want to tap tiny icons with my finger, I don't want to scroll huge tiles with my mouse. I don't see why it's such a bad thing to accept that they are two completely different use cases with different capabilities.
- twiceaday 15y agoWho really needs the precision of mice and the power of a general purpose OS? There are millions of people who don't understand computers at all, and yet use one as part of their job. What if their PCs were replaced with a tablet and a handful of single-purpose apps?
- pan69 15y agoSure. For many people that would be just fine. However, the UI designers seem to forget all about the guys and girls sitting at their workstations doing precision work, designing, programming, architecting, editing, writing, etc, where you don't use your fat fingers to touch screens and where screen real-estate IS important.