[GTALUG] touch screens

Scott Sullivan scott at ss.org
Wed Oct 11 08:51:00 EDT 2017


On 11/10/17 08:31 AM, ac via talk wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 07:08:40 -0500
> o1bigtenor via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>> Am I the only person who finds that touch screens don't work worth
>> a !@#$%^ using my fingers?
>>
> 
> you are not alone. for some basic stuff they are fine, but, in addition to
> your valuable observations, I frequently find that my fingers are simply
> just too big and the effort required to operate the various screens
> accurately, is simply too much...
> 
> <insert poop emoji here><insert phone emoji here><insert more
> interesting and relevant emojis here, of course so that more people will
> understand my communications>
> 
> maybe the 2020's will be better after all the kids grow up (and some of
> the present old people have shuffled off the mortal coil / outran the
> other rats)

I agree this is a problem in the North American market.

In Korea, Samsung does seem to be paying attention to this issues 
though. The Samsung Galaxy Folder 2, is a hybrid smartphone/flipphone 
with full keys, and larger UI.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYC0gw7g1zA&t=4m5s

-- 
Scott Sullivan


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