Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha...
by peterwwillis on Thursday December 19, 2019 @11:31AM
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The point is that one user interface cannot work for everything, but we hyper-focus on one anyway.
All smartphones are touchscreen now, which is a terrible form of input for the vast majority of use cases. The blind can't feel it, a sighted person can't type without looking, it doesn't work with gloves, repairs are difficult and expensive, and typing requires complex software for it to not be slow and painful. Touch screens are not meant for 100% of user input, yet that's what we're left with.
The mouse is just a poor form of touchscreen. Hopefully we can convince industry that the user's ease of use is more important than an inconvenient "standard".
All smartphones are touchscreen now, which is a terrible form of input for the vast majority of use cases. The blind can't feel it, a sighted person can't type without looking, it doesn't work with gloves, repairs are difficult and expensive, and typing requires complex software for it to not be slow and painful. Touch screens are not meant for 100% of user input, yet that's what we're left with.
The mouse is just a poor form of touchscreen. Hopefully we can convince industry that the user's ease of use is more important than an inconvenient "standard".