Advanced Touch Screen - You Gotta See This

It’s interesting how the mouse cursor is able to accomplish so much in the BumpTop 3D by combining mouse movements and text menus. I think the BumpTop 3D is the more advanced method although the advanced touch screen is pretty cool when combined with interactive graphics.

I think the mouse cursor makes a better computer tool than the finger does. The only exception is when the possibility of complex actions occurs like when the speaker made an axis with two left fingers and rotated it with a single right one.

I think of the mouse cursor as a digital fork doing things that are similar to a real fork when eating food. It’s more intuitive to use your hands (ie. young children…) but the fork, once you get a little experience, is actually more productive and much more convenient and precise.

One comment I really liked in the advance touch screen talk was when the speaker said, “There’s no reason in this day and age why we should be conforming to a physical device”. It might be trivial, but Winamp skins are great examples of just how different the digital medium can be. A 700k skin file makes a completely new machine that performs the same functions.

I recently got Voip and with it a “softphone”. The “interface” looked like a cellphone, which is not too different than a cd player or an mp3 player. But it was very easy (intuitive) to use the softphone because it looked just like a “hardphone”. It’s just a skin, but that skin completely transforms the program which allows you to make internet telephone calls.

Anyhow, all this GUI research is exciting. It’s a quantum leap in electronics. They never had anything like this in Star Trek.

Ron, I too dislike the fingerprints on my screen, especially on the laptop. I used to carry a chamois cloth in my backpack to cleaning the screen, when someone would touch the screen to make a point. The laptop screen is also a dust magnet.

Now I carry a microfiber cloth. These things are wonderful - and do not leave any streaks on the screen. No cleaning fluid is needed. Just a damp microfiber cloth is all that is required. The one that I now have in my backpack has been used hundreds of times and it still looks new. It really is a great buy and, around here, they are quite inexpensive - under a dollar for a couple of them in a package.

Noggie

Hi Tim,
I think it’s better than Star Trek! I look forward to the future. More toys to play with. LOL

Have a good weekend and thanks as always for your comments. Ron

Hi Noggie,
Thanks for the tip. I’ll give the micro fiber clothes a try.