topic Re: TOUCH SCREENS ON COMPUTERS? in Electronics

TOUCH SCREENS ON COMPUTERS?

Tinkrbl44 — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 16:13:14 GMT

Not sure why this would even be necessary ..... on a phone or tablet, yes.

But putting this feature on a laptop or desk computer .... how would this be an enhancement. Going back and forth between a touch pad or mouse and touching the screen .... is this something you would do?

I see a laptop TSV coming up with this feature, and, for the life of me, don't see how this would improve the quality of my life .... or be necessary.

Would you use this? If so, when?

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Imaoldhippie — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 16:26:24 GMT

My PC is touch screen and I dont care for it. I use my mouse all the time.

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Sooner — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 16:28:22 GMT

I've always thought it was a dumb idea.

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hckynut — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 16:39:25 GMT

@Tinkrbl44

Count me out when it comes to being a fan of touch screens. I prefer buttons on all my electronics, but unfortunately, finding them is now getting harder and harder. With oil in ones fingers, and who knows what else at certain times, all glass shows marks, another negative to me.

Can I do things faster or more accurately by touching them? Beats me, I am never in a big enough hurry to find out. For those that are good at spelling, but not at typing, it is probably beneficial. I don't put myself in that category.

I have always been interested and purchased newer technologies, but the exceptions there are cell phones, and anything involving touching as opposed to pushing. Pushing usually has a distinct feel, touching to me does not.

hckynut(john)

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Doc74 — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 17:02:43 GMT

Ditto

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Krimpette — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 17:10:40 GMT

On my desktop, I much prefer a mouse. In my laptop, I use the trackpad. I have no interest in smearing fingerprints all over my computer screen. So I guess I'm saying....no touch screen for me.

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Nightowlz — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 17:43:03 GMT

I want the touchscreen. Every place I shop in town when I have to sign the screen I always want to use my finger & sign a touchscreen. Not all are touchscreen & you cannot do it. I hate it. I say get with the times. My Samsung desktop tv/monitor does not have a touchscreen but my iPad does & 1 laptop we have does. When I buy a laptop it has to have touchscreen or I won't buy it. I'm always trying to touch the screen on anything I use since I have been using my iPad.

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Harpa — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:14:11 GMT

I like a mouse the best. I have a touch screen on my laptop. My DH doesn't have one on his. When I'm on his laptop, I automatically want to manipulate the screen! (Bzzzzt! Doesn't work!)

I never act that way, though, using the PC, which I use most of the time.

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Moonchilde — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 20:36:20 GMT

I'd thought I might want one when I was in the market for a laptop. I asked here on the forums what peoples experiences were. Most responses were that people spent the money for a touchscreen laptop and regretted it, never used it. So I bought mine without and I haven't been sorry, or seriously missed it.

OTOH, I never use it. My iPad is so much more convenient.

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NickNack — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 20:50:44 GMT

I wouldn't want a touch screen on my computer. I considered it when buying my laptop but decided against it and bought a MacBook Air. I love my track pad and wouldn't want to use a mouse with a laptop. I don't have a desktop computer anymore but would want to use a mouse with it if I had one.

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Tinkrbl44 — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 00:11:02 GMT

@Nightowlz wrote:
I want the touchscreen. Every place I shop in town when I have to sign the screen I always want to use my finger & sign a touchscreen. Not all are touchscreen & you cannot do it. I hate it. I say get with the times. My Samsung desktop tv/monitor does not have a touchscreen but my iPad does & 1 laptop we have does. When I buy a laptop it has to have touchscreen or I won't buy it. I'm always trying to touch the screen on anything I use since I have been using my iPad.

@Nightowlz

Just because manufacturers come up with some new feature doesn't make it a good idea .... or, for that matter, it doesn't mean it's an improvement. Sometimes they just come up with new kwap to have a "new version" (or generation) because there are those people that will buy anything, hoping to be "the first to have something new" even if it doesn't make sense. JMO

I have to ask ...... Since you're always touching screens, how often are you needing to clean them? They must get to be a smeared mess pretty darn fast!

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VaBelle35 — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 00:28:08 GMT

I like mine, I don't use it a ton, but it's a nice option for some things, especially scrolling.

What's annoying is that my work computer is not a touch screen, so I'm always trying to touch it and it doesn't work.

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sandraskates — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 00:40:41 GMT

VaBelle35 wrote:
I like mine, I don't use it a ton, but it's a nice option for some things, especially scrolling.

What's annoying is that my work computer is not a touch screen, so I'm always trying to touch it and it doesn't work.

@VaBelle35beat me to the reply. I like mine and miss it when I'm at work.

What I really like is the lighted keypad option; I keep it on even during the day.

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glb613 — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 02:05:17 GMT

@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
@Nightowlz wrote:
I want the touchscreen. Every place I shop in town when I have to sign the screen I always want to use my finger & sign a touchscreen. Not all are touchscreen & you cannot do it. I hate it. I say get with the times. My Samsung desktop tv/monitor does not have a touchscreen but my iPad does & 1 laptop we have does. When I buy a laptop it has to have touchscreen or I won't buy it. I'm always trying to touch the screen on anything I use since I have been using my iPad.

@Nightowlz

Just because manufacturers come up with some new feature doesn't make it a good idea .... or, for that matter, it doesn't mean it's an improvement. Sometimes they just come up with new kwap to have a "new version" (or generation) because there are those people that will buy anything, hoping to be "the first to have something new" even if it doesn't make sense. JMO

I have to ask ...... Since you're always touching screens, how often are you needing to clean them? They must get to be a smeared mess pretty darn fast!

How often do you clean your phone or tablet? Same thing.

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magicmoodz — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 11:41:34 GMT

Our home is mouse free. Our devices are all touch screen which makes them easily portable--even my 18" Samsung View. In any given day it travels with me from the kitchen island to the livingroom sofa to the patio.

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software — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 14:24:41 GMT

I would use a touchscreen on a computer.

I use Facebook, it's easier to scroll using a touchscreen than a mouse.

I've considered it. It's not a replacement, but I would use both the keyboard and the touchscreen.

As technology moves forward, the touchscreen will become more useful and keyboards, not so much. If you are an artist or designer, touchscreen is much easier to use. Or a gamer, which I'm not.

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Tinkrbl44 — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 14:47:15 GMT

@glb613 wrote:
@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
@Nightowlz wrote:
I want the touchscreen. Every place I shop in town when I have to sign the screen I always want to use my finger & sign a touchscreen. Not all are touchscreen & you cannot do it. I hate it. I say get with the times. My Samsung desktop tv/monitor does not have a touchscreen but my iPad does & 1 laptop we have does. When I buy a laptop it has to have touchscreen or I won't buy it. I'm always trying to touch the screen on anything I use since I have been using my iPad.

@Nightowlz

Just because manufacturers come up with some new feature doesn't make it a good idea .... or, for that matter, it doesn't mean it's an improvement. Sometimes they just come up with new kwap to have a "new version" (or generation) because there are those people that will buy anything, hoping to be "the first to have something new" even if it doesn't make sense. JMO

I have to ask ...... Since you're always touching screens, how often are you needing to clean them? They must get to be a smeared mess pretty darn fast!
How often do you clean your phone or tablet? Same thing.

@glb613

I don't have a tablet because my laptop is always with me and I would never use a tablet.

As for a phone, I use a Blackberry type phone, so I never touch the screen ..... which is why I asked you about cleaning screens that must get smeared pretty quickly.

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hckynut — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 17:17:00 GMT

@Nightowlz

Really, "I say get with the times"? To this techno-nut, touch is a regression not a progression. Touch-pad phones? Maybe. Tablets? What choices does a person have with them. Got a 65" 4k TV, which fortunately uses a cursor or voice-to-text. Not interested in cleaning oil of my TV screen every time I want to watch it. And then there is either sitting in a special chair or the up/down/up/down.

Thanks, but no thanks. This nut prefers anything to smudging up a screen bigger than my 10" tablet. I think "I am with the times", but "to each be their own", eh? =^..^=

hckynut(john)

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Nightowlz — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 23:08:02 GMT

@Tinkrbl44

DH uses the laptop most of the time so I don't know how often he cleans it. My desktop is not touchscreen. I hardly ever clean my iPad screen. LOL!!! I really don't notice it. I think it's because I have the light turned down almost all the way because my eyes don't like it. If I noticed it I would clean it every day because it would drive me nuts. The laptop screen is easy to clean.

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Hippiified — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 23:47:19 GMT

Yes, I would use it if I had it on my laptop. I'm always touching the screen from habit of so much iPad use. As for cleaning, I clean my iPad screen about once a week, but it has never been problematic.