Day 701 of 1000
There is an article in PC magazine that asks the question: Do People Really Want to Touch Their PC Screens? I think it is a great question. Of course tablets, hybrid machines, and cellphones are going to diminish the demand for full-blown desktop and laptop PC’s, but the whole paradigm shift to PC’s that work best with screen touches seems to diminish my productivity unnecessarily.
No, I don’t want to touch my desktop screen. But my wife has been surprised by how often she uses the touch screen on her laptop–even with a full-blown keyboard, trackpad, and mouse. And while touch on the desktop side of Windows 8 is awkward (can’t pinpoint the spot you need, as mentioned in the article), on the app/metro side it’s great. And now that I’ve been using a touch-enabled browser–IE10–it really bothers me that, say, Chrome is not touch.
I was really worried that Windows 8 wouldn’t be a good experience on my desktop because I wouldn’t be using the touch interface. Overall, I haven’t noticed a lag in my performance. That’s been my experience. But I’ve been pretty impressed with 8 since launch. I was, however, rather horrified when I was watching the development as they seemed to be making major missteps, most of which have been corrected.
~Luke