For sure, but the tech literacy divide is growing. There are hackers learning esoteric concepts like “directory navigation” yes, but statistically this kid will be uncomfortable interfacing using a mouse. Just the way it’s trending.
Uh, let me find another analogy. Expecting a kid raised on tablets to fix a computer, is like expecting someone who’s never owned or driven a car to perform auto maintenance.
Like I said, that kid couldn’t even fix a tablets hardware. But this generation also has tinkerers and people who are interested in the hardware. Just like every generation.
Our fingers as a manipulation tool are unparalleled in our bodies for their dexterity and ability to do minute tasks.
Moving a ball / mouse that moves another object will almost always be more precise than a simple touch, at least until the intervening technology to translate our fingers adjustments reaches the same capability as mice.
I don’t see how a touch interface could ever be as precise as a mouse. The pointer is much smaller than a fingertip and you can’t really scale it without having to make the touch surface enormous or zoom in and out all the time. Even using a drawing tablet is less fluid than a mouse and it eliminates the issues with the lack of precision.
For sure, but the tech literacy divide is growing. There are hackers learning esoteric concepts like “directory navigation” yes, but statistically this kid will be uncomfortable interfacing using a mouse. Just the way it’s trending.
So what, there’s nothing special about using a mouse. It’s a personal preference for me, but a touchscreen can certainly do the same tasks.
Also, mice used to be a novel way to interact with a computer that nobody was comfortable with.
There aren’t a lot of people left who are comfortable in a pure keyboard environment. Much less the flip switches on early PDPs.
Computer interfaces change. Being uncomfortable using an interface that’s new to you is indicative of nothing.
Uh, let me find another analogy. Expecting a kid raised on tablets to fix a computer, is like expecting someone who’s never owned or driven a car to perform auto maintenance.
Like I said, that kid couldn’t even fix a tablets hardware. But this generation also has tinkerers and people who are interested in the hardware. Just like every generation.
So far we haven’t figured out a way to “right click” with a touchscreen in the way you can with a mouse. The long press just isn’t as fluid.
Our fingers as a manipulation tool are unparalleled in our bodies for their dexterity and ability to do minute tasks.
Moving a ball / mouse that moves another object will almost always be more precise than a simple touch, at least until the intervening technology to translate our fingers adjustments reaches the same capability as mice.
I don’t see how a touch interface could ever be as precise as a mouse. The pointer is much smaller than a fingertip and you can’t really scale it without having to make the touch surface enormous or zoom in and out all the time. Even using a drawing tablet is less fluid than a mouse and it eliminates the issues with the lack of precision.