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I look forward to doing what I do on my desktop and more on a tablet, but the typing aspect isn't quite there yet. Why fear something like full Photoshop on th

I look forward to doing what I do on my desktop and more on a tablet, but the typing aspect isn't quite there yet. Why fear something like full Photoshop on the go, or a real suite of programming tools at your disposal? If the typing issue was resolved (without adding a clunky, external keyboard) Then there it would effectively replace the laptop in my eyes.

taligent 14y ago
Because the UI for Photoshop was never designed for a touchscreen. And what on earth makes you think the typing issue can be resolved. Tablets have been around for 20+ years and nobody has solved it.
- poppysan 14y ago
  Tablets have come a long way in those 20 years, my pessimistic friend. At the scale of tablet use, with loads of developers and very smart people in general looking at usability issues, many issues have been solved, and will be.
  - ori_b 14y ago
    Any ideas on how they plan to solve the "fingers are big and imprecise" issue?
    - slowpoke 14y ago
      Not to mention no tactile feedback (deal-breaker for any serious typist) and ridiculous amounts of screen real estate lost to an onscreen keyboard (deal-breaker for any serious programmer). We will one day have something to replace the keyboard - but it won't be the touchscreen.
ori_b 14y ago
How about the fact that the UI of many desktop apps responds to hover? Or the fact that UI elements are too small for big stubby pointing implements like fingers?
bitwize 14y ago
Typing? So old-school. In the future, text entry will be via some combination of voice input and a Dasher-like system that lets you gesture-input commonly used words and phrases lightning fast. Kill your Boddhas. Challenge your assumptions. Or if you will not, get ready to have your mind blown when Apple does it for you.
- gouranga 14y ago
  considering 50% of humans can barely shit in the middle of a toilet instead of the seat, I reckon you're about 1000 years off... Also for the young and inexperienced, PalmOS grafitti did that in the 90s and it was a POS.

taligent 14y ago

Because the UI for Photoshop was never designed for a touchscreen. And what on earth makes you think the typing issue can be resolved. Tablets have been around for 20+ years and nobody has solved it.

poppysan 14y ago
Tablets have come a long way in those 20 years, my pessimistic friend. At the scale of tablet use, with loads of developers and very smart people in general looking at usability issues, many issues have been solved, and will be.
- ori_b 14y ago
  Any ideas on how they plan to solve the "fingers are big and imprecise" issue?
  - slowpoke 14y ago
    Not to mention no tactile feedback (deal-breaker for any serious typist) and ridiculous amounts of screen real estate lost to an onscreen keyboard (deal-breaker for any serious programmer). We will one day have something to replace the keyboard - but it won't be the touchscreen.

ori_b 14y ago

How about the fact that the UI of many desktop apps responds to hover? Or the fact that UI elements are too small for big stubby pointing implements like fingers?

bitwize 14y ago

Typing? So old-school. In the future, text entry will be via some combination of voice input and a Dasher-like system that lets you gesture-input commonly used words and phrases lightning fast. Kill your Boddhas. Challenge your assumptions. Or if you will not, get ready to have your mind blown when Apple does it for you.

gouranga 14y ago
considering 50% of humans can barely shit in the middle of a toilet instead of the seat, I reckon you're about 1000 years off... Also for the young and inexperienced, PalmOS grafitti did that in the 90s and it was a POS.