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Conversely, there is only so much you can do with fat oily fingers on a screen. Finger input has poor precision. Also, you cannot expect a user to operate a ver
by gmueckl 2y ago
Conversely, there is only so much you can do with fat oily fingers on a screen. Finger input has poor precision. Also, you cannot expect a user to operate a vertical touch screen for many hours. Our human upper body isn't built for this. Vertical workstation screens will always require some indirect pointing input modality.
- Turing_Machine 2y ago> Also, you cannot expect a user to operate a vertical touch screen for many hours. Our human upper body isn't built for this Indeed. Back in the days when people thought light pens were cool[1], "gorilla arm" was a common term for the way your body felt after using one for a while. I doubt it matters much whether you're using a pen or your finger, in terms of the fatigue that develops. Ha! Just checked, and "gorilla arm" is still apparently in use. https://www.techopedia.com/definition/31480/gorilla-arm https://www.techopedia.com/definition/31480/gorilla-arm [1] Edit: Some say that what really killed off light pens was company lawyers freaking out over the idea of Junior using a pointy stick on a fragile glass CRT with vacuum inside. Definitely something that could go wrong in a big way.
- chaostheory 2y agoyou’re right. I guess what I meant to say is that there’s only so many ways we can bang our head against the same wall. The wall being a flat screen. We’d probably have new solutions once we transition to a spatial interface.