Inte mus-arm, men gorilla-arm för Windows 8
Enligt en artikel i PCMag (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2412195,00.asp) så dog pekskärmar redan på 80-talet:
"Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is floating around extolling the virtues of Windows 8. Reviewers are giving more positive reviews than negative reviews. Smart people I know have actually changed their minds, agreeing that Windows 8 is great. Life is good at Microsoft.
That said, I personally do not like it. I specifically dislike the idea of full-screen apps running on 27-inch screens. Will I like it more if the desktop PC becomes a touch-screen PC where the advantages of touch come to the fore? No. [...]
"The HP machine was also a 1980s era machine with the same problem. Using any touch system that is not on the lap or flat on the desk invites "mouse shoulder," a form of tendonitis. This can also develop from using the mouse improperly, which I unfortunately experienced some years back. It's an incredibly miserable ailment that can take six months to a year to resolve itself, during which you can barely move the shoulder.
This is going to happen with these touch screens—not the touch screen on the phone, and not the touch screen on the tablet, but with desktop touch screens and some notebook touch screens. I predict there will be a huge increase in the number of tendonitis claims and the companies, possibly including Microsoft, will find themselves in a legal tangle because of it."
I tidningen Scientific American (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-touch-s...) hittade jag det här:
But in late 2012 Microsoft broke from the pack. It made a billion-dollar gamble that personal computing is taking a new direction. The gamble was Windows 8, and the direction is touch. Using a series of fluid, light finger taps and swipes across the screen on a PC running Windows 8, you can open programs, flip between them, navigate, adjust settings and split the screen between apps, among other functions. It's fresh, efficient and joyous to use—all on a touch-screen tablet. But this, of course, is not some special touch-screen edition of Windows. This is the Windows. It's the operating system that Microsoft expects us to run on our tens of millions of everyday PCs. For screens that do not respond to touch, Microsoft has built in mouse and keyboard equivalents for each tap and swipe. Yet these methods are second-class citizens, meant to be a crutch during these transitional times—the phase after which, Microsoft bets, touch will finally have come to all computers. At first, you might think, “Touch has been incredibly successful on our phones, tablets, airport kiosks and cash machines. Why not on our computers?” I'll tell you why not: because of “gorilla arm.”
Jsg hittade också följande kommentar från 1995 på https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups=#!topic/com...
> I am trying to get information on touch screen displays which can be
used with
> a Windows based PC. This could be either the PCs monitor or possibly a
> peripheral attached to the PC. Any information on either sources of such
> equipment or peoples experience using particular PC touch screen devices
would
> be greatly appreciated.
The Touch Screen FAQ:
<URL:http://www.paranoia.com/~filipg/HTML/FAQ/BODY/F_touchscreen.html>
Some Companies:
Touch Window -- <URL:http://www.touchwindow.com/>
Trident Systems -- <URL:http://tridsys.com/CPG/>
Jumbo Computer -- <URL:http://www.mega.com.tw/jumbo/touch/touch.htm>
Carrol Touch (AMP Inc) -- <URL:http://www.eden.com/rrchamber/rrchama7.htm>
You might also consider whether a touch screen is what you want. There is
a phenomenon known as "gorilla arm" caused by constantly elevating the arm
to touch a screen. These screens are good for kiosks where a limited time
is spent in navigating by touch but not for applications where a user must
spend large amounts of time doing so.
Hope this helps.
Maria Shugars
Maria T. Shugars, Chief Scientist
Mystech Associates, Inc.
Notera att beteckningen gorilla arm fanns redan 1995! (Det är jag som har strukit under och och 'fetat' stilen)
Min gissning är att pekskärmar kommer att fortsätta vara ett specialfall för mobiler, pekplattor och de nya laptopparna med både tangentbord och pekskärm. De som har stora, vertikala skärmar kommer inte att gilla det i längden.
Visst påverkar det här populariteten för Windows 8 för de som använder just stora, vertikala skärmar.
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