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People who want touch to not replace traditional keyboards are the same people who still like terminals. I like terminals, but I also see two year olds able to
by programminggeek 13y ago
People who want touch to not replace traditional keyboards are the same people who still like terminals. I like terminals, but I also see two year olds able to pick up touch interfaces while I see adults struggle with a mouse and keyboard.
That's a huge shift.
- LockeWatts 13y agoThe difference being that the number of things you can do with a GUI as opposed to a CLI is much greater than the number of new things a touchscreen enables. The author mentions that new programs like powerpoint were invented when the GUI was created, and thus concludes there will be a similar shift in the tablet space. That conclusion doesn't actually make any sense. A GUI allows you to see the graphics you're designing. A touchscreen does not provide you with any new set of information, merely a new way to manipulate that information.