Good Morning Mike: I wrote an extensive real time stats reporting system using a touch screen as the hand eye coordination is better when pointing with a finger verses pointing and clicking with a mouse when 10 skaters are screaming off the ice at the same time. I use Panasonic Toughbooks with touch screens for this application and they work well and are very durable. When our stats person journeys across the river to the NY Rangers house some of their fans try to pour beer into the keyboard from above the press box...she just shakes the beer out and continues. What a waste of a fine beverage... The system has been running for about 2 years and here is what I found: 1. make the objects large enough so a finger can select the object; however I recommend a stylus of some type 2. 'play' with the click sensitivity so an unwanted click does not register; the selection should be the result of definite tap and not a brush of the screen but not so hard that the user has to fight the click. 3. because the users will take to the touch screen like a duck to water they will make selections very quickly; I have found that if you place and audible feedback on the key the user gets a positive feedback when the selection is made. Sometimes a user's touch is too light and it does not register. The audible feedback in my app is selectable on/off and the user has a choice of sounds it makes...I believe that quick selections are a function of the mouse driver lag 4. avoid if possible a right click on an object; right clicks usually involve holding down the ctrl key and making a click 5. void is possible a click and drag with tiny objects for obvious reasons 6. add some easy access to certain controls; for example on a combobox selection I drop the box for the user when it has focus so it saves a selection on a tiny dropdown arrow I hope this was of some help. Regards,
Jack Skelley ________________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 8:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Anyone with experience with touch screen technology? Any pitfalls, tips etc. TIA, Mike [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
