Getting In Touch With Your Windows Side
The idea of touch screens for using a computer, is hardly anything new. Problem is, it’s just not that common or functional. Microsoft is hoping to increase the chances of this being more mainstream through their release of the Microsoft Touch Pack.
And while Microsoft provides some pretty cool examples, I am really interested in how well this will translate into the web browsing experience with various web browsers? And considering the fact that not everyone out there is rolling with a brand new HP Touchsmart series computer at the moment, I am interested in seeing how excited people are about this kind of technology during a really tight recession.
Don’t misunderstand, I think that progressing forward with touch screen technology is pretty cool, but I also believe that it is a ways off before most people are going t obat an eye at the idea of using this over a keyboard & mouse, either.
11 Comments
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May 28th, 2009
at 12:11am
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Gavin
May 28th, 2009
at 4:21am
a while ago, Microsoft announced that it would go to the touch screen, and voice operated machines. i think this is great, but what about games? i don’t want to be playing, shouting “W…W…W…A…D…S”(etc) and trying to use my fingers to move the gun.
Bill Kracke
May 28th, 2009
at 5:00am
I think touch screens are closer than we think, and that Apple is laying the ground work. The massive popularity of the iPhone and iPod Touch is putting touch screens into lots and lots of hands. What is vital: 1. It needs to be a slick and intuitive interface, a la iPhone 2. It shouldn’t look like a laptop, or I will start missing my mouse and keyboard.
Mike
May 28th, 2009
at 6:01am
Just two points I want to make.
1. Multi-Touch will allow people to use computers in new ways. However, when most people hear that Windows will have multi-touch they immediately start to imagine how it will replace the keyboard and mouse… Multi-touch won’t make ‘browsing the web’ easier. It won’t help you to create a word document faster. It will allow new possibilities… new things that people haven’t thought of yet, things that can really only be imagined after using the technology for a while and saying… “This would be really cool if I could use multi-touch for reasons, X, Y, and Z.”
2. Early reports on ZDNet and WinSupersite.com have very positive reviews on Multi-touch and come to the conclusion that you have to ‘touch it’ to really appreciate it.
Chinookman
May 28th, 2009
at 7:24am
I don’t want a nasty touch screen with gooey fingerprints and then the high care….are you guys nuts…???
How about a touch keyboard instead with a touch pad OUT of the way where the thumbs do not interfere like in the laptops….???….just an idea…….
gypkap
May 28th, 2009
at 7:25am
I tried an HP Touch screen PC for a few minutes at Costco a few months ago. The most obvious immediate problem was the fingerprints that are left on the touch screen when you try to do anything. I suspect that there might be repetitive stress injury issues over time, but someone else will have to check that out.
system001
May 28th, 2009
at 7:46am
i would love to own a touch screen lcd. i can think of a lot of apps this would be good for.
Ron S
May 28th, 2009
at 8:37am
I just bought a new HP computer last December and, while it does have the touch screen capability, I didn’t get an HP monitor. What I was able to find out about the touch screen feature, however, is that it uses a lot of memory. Consequently, I had it disabled. Besides, I don’t want a bunch of finger pints all over my monitor
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May 28th, 2009
at 11:58pm
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Kevin
May 29th, 2009
at 7:59pm
touch screens would get really annoying i think until it is really refined and compact. I definately think it will never completely take over computing because of gaming. shooters would not be possible without a mouse or at least a gamepad.
fib12345
May 30th, 2009
at 6:40pm
Wow, this is gonna be pretty cool. It would be a major jump in technology. A step closer to those holographic computer screens we all see in Sci-Fi movies.
But, it might not be very good for gaming.
And you can’t play and eat (boo!).