This isnt a shout out for apple or the ipad, but heres what they did with the capacitive screen on this thing.
"Furthermore, Apple has helped make the capacitive touchscreen more accessible to those with dexterity limitations by introducing an electronic stylus. Our research has shown that those with limited finger movement and/or sensation in their fingertips had greater success using resistive touchscreen devices because of the ability to use a stylus. But, the electronic stylus for the capacitive touchscreen interfaces levels the playing field." I dunno the specifics, but capacitive screens are a negative for people with some disabilities at least. Personally Ive found iphones to be a pain in the ass to use due to the physical restrictions of the capacitive screen and my big fingers on small webpages. Anyway, thats my 2 cents. Toma. On 9 February 2010 10:22, David Seikel <onef...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 18:17:36 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) > <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 18:35:44 +1000 David Seikel <onef...@gmail.com> >> said: >> >> > On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 14:58:34 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) >> > <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: >> > >> > > want. as such pressure is normally senses by radius. your finger >> > > is soft. the harder you press the larger the radius of your touch >> > > (up to a point). so i'd suggest using these first unless u >> > > literally have extra needs. >> >> if you're talking multitouch - you're talking capacitive screens >> (99%)... and fingernails dont work on those. soft fingery bits do. >> so.. youy're working off the wrong assumption. >> >> (and let me tell u that resistive screens suck royally - even if u >> get into the habit of using fingernails with them. they suck for a >> multitude of reasons and that is why the big move is to capacitive >> and resistive will end up a niche or dead input mechanism). > > OK. I wont bother to mention fat fingers on tiny screens.... > > Though I wonder how many fat fingers you can get on a multi touch > phone screen and still have enough room to make some useful gestures. > Will probably end up like my last Japanese motorbike. My mechanic was > a small man, but even he kept complaining that the only people that > could work on it where small Japanese children with tiny hands. > > I can see that in the future, false fingernails will have to come with > capacitive finger tip extensions so women can use their latest phone > fashion accessory while wearing them. lol > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
