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points by Tagbert 2 days ago | 0 comments

No reason for gorilla-arm when touch is an alternative interaction mode and not a required one. You still have trackpad and keyboard. You can dynamically switch modes depending on the action.

Gorilla-arm was a fear based on the naive idea that if you had touch, you would be required to only use touch for every action.

[–] asdff 2 days ago

Is apple going to be so restrained to keep the design of the OS as a mouse first experience or are they going to cripple information density so I might be able to close a window with my elbow?

[–] lern_too_spel 2 days ago

People act as if Chromebooks with touch screens aren't already considered a huge UX upgrade over Chromebooks without. Use your finger where it makes sense and the mouse where it doesn't. Literally nobody gets tripped up over this in practice.

[–] mrheosuper 2 days ago

I have a surface laptop with touchscreen, and i can on my hand how many times i have used it this year. Mostly to check if it's still working.

Never understand the appeal of touchscreen on laptop.

[–] lern_too_spel 1 day ago

Chromebooks run Android apps natively, so you can flip the screen around and use them as pure tablets or just use tablet apps in laptop mode just fine. For math, you can just write directly on the screen. In schools, kids playing Blooket/Gimkit/Kahoot on touchscreen devices crush those using a touchpad.