Aucbvax.2286
fa.works
utzoo!duke!decvax!ucbvax!works
Wed Jul 15 03:59:49 1981
Touchpanel prejudice
>From SAUNDERS@USC-ISIB Wed Jul 15 03:58:37 1981
Again, random assumptions are being made. Who says you can't
mount buttons where they can be used easily with a touchpanel?
Specifically, you can take advantage of the normal use --
pointing with one hand while the other remains in "home position"
at the keyboard -- to provide either mouse or touchpanel with
lots of "buttons" (just 'cause they have letters printed on top
doesn't mean they aren't buttons!). Of course, the kinesthetics
aren't exactly alike; but the assertion implied by JWalker that
mouse is necessarily better on this ground is pure assumption.
If there's evidence, tell us about it!
I didn't say there was no DIFFERENCE, just that the touchpanel's
inferiority as being asserted on unfair (scientifically careless)
grounds, that touchpanels were being castigated for faults they
don't in fact have. They are indeed different, and the good and
bad points of that difference need to be carefully explored
without the interference of preconceived conclusions.
Steve
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