He clearly stated that he develops web software that is used on touch screens. It seems like a pretty big benefit to be able to test how well your software works on a touch screen without having to a use a separate device.
Have you ever used a laptop with touchscreen? It's not that your touching it all the time.
You really miss it when you're switching between touch and non-touchscreens. You can't help but pointing at the screen only to realize: "Damn, this is not a touchscreen".
It's like that saying: Once you go touch, you never go back.
I've a SurfaceBook, I didn't think I'd use the touchscreen at all when in regular "laptop" mode. I end up using it _all the time_. It really is super intuitive to just reach up and touch the screen.
I have a laptop/tablet hybrid. My next device will not have a touchscreen, it's a waste of time on the windows ecosystem where most apps aren't touch friendly.
I've a feeling you're in the minority though. It's not that touch becomes the main method of interacting with Windows. It's that it becomes convenient for some things, particularly scrolling.
I have a laptop/tablet hybrid. Sadly it weighs too much for me to actually want to use it as a tablet. So I never use the touch screen, I have a wireless mouse that I use to scroll. Being touch is mostly annoying when people point at my screen and click things.
I still think the surface book is cool, but the weight factor is probably my biggest concern for the tablet mode.
Do you own a touch-screen laptop? I have one (a Razer Blade) and I actually love it. I thought it would be a gimmick that I never used, but now when I use my work computer (a Macbook) I find myself poking the screen and being irritated that it's not working. For UIs that are designed for it (like 50% of Windows 10) it's really nice to just poke at the screen.
Re:MacBook Pro
by simplexion on Thursday October 27, 2016 @07:43PM
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While your dragging your finger across the touchpad to click on that thing you need to click on... everyone with a touchscreen is already on to the next task.
Have you ever tried using touch screen on windows as a developer? I just don't understand how people can list it as a benefit, windows interface especially in any apps for developers is horrible for touch use, and don't forget that in order for you to touch the screen you have to raise your hand , how many times a day can you do that without your shoulders being sore?
The thing I applaud Apple for is standing (at least here) the ground and not going with a touch screen for laptops, I think having a touchscreen in a laptop is a horrendous and useless idea, touch screens should only be on the object where you already lay your arms on, like keyboard in this case with Apple, having a touch screen 5 feet away from your hands will make you not want to use it, and that's not even considering OS your which is not meant for that