[ale] OT if you must use windows, upgrade to windows 7, not 8, within a year

[Jay Lozier]

On 10/15/2012 01:35 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> yes. Touchscreens are for "content consumers". Content producers would
> go insane if their only input was a touchscreen.
>
> Imagine the process at the u-checkout line expanded to all of IT.
> "Pick problem by color, category or sku"...
>
> If it's made so idiots can use it, there's no incentive for the idiots
> to change.
>
> Hmm. Maybe a Morse-code key on the cell phones for text input.....
Which Morse code: American or International?
>
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Jay Lozier <jslozier at gmail.com
> <mailto:jslozier at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 10/15/2012 11:33 AM, Ben Coleman wrote:
>     > On 10/14/2012 1:15 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:
>     >> The blogger commented that Win8 interaction is medical disaster
>     waiting
>     >> to happen for users of laptops and desktops because of
>     repetitive motion
>     >> injuries caused by constantly needing to touch the screen.
>     > So, sounds like Win8 represents the return of Gorilla arm.
>     >
>     > Ben
>     Before seeing a doctor about your shoulder injury.  My take is when
>     creating content, entering data, writing documents, etc. is best done
>     with the traditional keyboard/mouse interface not a touchscreen. I
>     believe Xerox PARC carefully studied human/computer interactions and
>     concluded that the keyboard/mouse interface used today is the best
>     overall in most typing/editing intensive situations. That research is
>     from the 70's.
>
>     Touch screens seem to be very good for cellphones, smart phones, and
>     tablets which only require very sporadic and limited typing (or are
>     intended for such use).
>
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