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Re:US Navy will replace touchscreen with mechanical controls... by CriticalCathed on Sunday August 11, 2019 @06:40PM (#20671011)
Just about every Human Computer Interaction focused computer scientist I know is adamant that touch screens are inappropriate and vastly sub-optimal for many of the purposes it is currently employed in.

I don't think it's that researchers think it's good. I think that executives and programmers do.

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Re:US Navy will replace touchscreen with mechanical controls... by ahartmetz on Monday August 12, 2019 @02:24AM (#20672919)
Touchscreens, even where they don't make sense, are just one of those collective idiocies that regularly sweep the IT world. Hard to say who is at fault - there are many fashion victims in every group. Also many who have doubts or don't care either way, but will happily play along to sell something.
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