US Navy will replace touchscreen with mechanical controls on its destroyers

Re:US Navy will replace touchscreen with mechanical controls... by Aser on Monday August 12, 2019 @06:13AM (#20674055)

I totally agree that a combination of physical controls and touchscreen is the way to go. However there are ways to improve the design for touchscreen. Virtual knobs in my experience are pretty difficult to use on a screen, however sliders work reasonably well in their place.

Most industrial touchscreens I've seen are resistive which makes them much more difficult to use, especially for dragging motions, so that may be compounding the problem. Capacitive screens are generally much easier to use.

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Re:US Navy will replace touchscreen with mechanical controls... by Shorel on Monday August 12, 2019 @11:45AM (#20676475)

I have a Kobo Glo HD with what I think is one or more IR sensors for the touchscreen. It is very sensitive, even a fly walking on the screen will activate it.

I bought an origami cover for the reader, so it can be put at an angle on the desk.

The combination of both mean that I need to turn it off, otherwise it would randomly switch pages when it is in my pocket.

I miss my first Kindle with its physical page turning buttons.

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Re:US Navy will replace touchscreen with mechanical controls... by dsego on Monday August 12, 2019 @06:46AM (#20674213)

I would love to see ghost touches messing up the industrial touchscreen and wreaking havoc on the machinery.

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