both - they're used as gimmick and they are becoming more prevalent in useful, beneficial places.

its part of the future. it will co-exist with other input devices, not replace them.

both

Good for some places - eg. in a tourist's office as shown, or on purchase terminals, etc.
Bad for - Everything desktop related

I bought a touchscreen computer before they were cool.

I think they are just a gimmick.
But then I also thought 3D was just a gimmick.

What I hate most about touch screens is the fingerprints.
That and a mouse is actually way more comfortable to use for long periods.

>>22636451

I wont have a problem if they use this, but as of now I'd rather have a trusty rubber dome keyboard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZq3bCGlrjA

>>22636451
As long as your average human hand keeps oozing oily fluids the touchscreen will remain a gimmick except in very specific applications. (see smartphones and tales)

>>22636451

Maybe the future of hentai game handhelds...

Anyone else here hate touchscreen gestures like "pinch to zoom" and "flick to turn page"?

I just find those movement extremely.....gay.

>>22636563
Industrial resistive touchscreens are designed to be used when you're wearing gloves, so that's not an issue. Kiosk computers and public terminals get cleaned regularly. Those are both legitimate uses for them. Touchscreens for portable devices serve a purpose, and on home computers, they are utterly retarded.

>>22636688
>Kiosk computers and public terminals get cleaned regularly.

Where do you live?

>>22636613
I like your thinking

I don't particularly fond of posting 3d pig, but whatever

>>22636615
nigga you the gay one, I pinch and flick dat screen likes I pinch and flick yo mommas nipples

If they are, its a good job i have one.

1080p 21.5" touchscreen for around £150 about 2yrs ago

>>22636796
Eastern Europe. Kiosk computers in subway are cleaned daily. Gotta employ those gypsies somehow.

>>22636944
Well, you know what I mean, right?

All the guys using touch screens on the train....looks like I'm surrounded by homosexuals.

>>22637013
No, I don't know what you mean, if anything the gestures are more similar to gestures performed on a female during sex than a male.

>>22636924

I do this somtimes, somtimes, with my penis.

>>22637049
That's not the point.

They are just feminine somehow.
Just like checking your nails by stretching your fingers (as opposed to turning your hand and bending your fingers) is feminine.
It has nothing to do with sex, just moving in a feminine/gay way vs. in a manly way.

Surely I'm not the only one here who noticed?

>>22636526
>But then I also thought 3D was just a gimmick.

It is.

>>22637232
3D is and will be a gimmic until they let out holograms on the market

>>22637232
>>22637263

Yeah, I still think it's a gimmick but it sticks around much longer than I thought it would.
Only been to 1 3D movie myself (Avatar) and I hated it.
Really don't see the point of it all, but apparently companies are making money.

>>22637211
You're just projecting your own insecurities onto other people, just admit you're gay, son.

>>22637297
It's because today managers and company leaders are being retarded
We're at crossroads now. People are easier to manipulate and it's getting even more easier. The thing is that rich don't want to wait, they want a braindead population following their every whim. Thus we see stupid gimmicks being dragged on for so long. But people still aren't enough stupid to make it a standard, only to make enough revenue for it to continue (unfortunately)

>>22637344
>People are easier to manipulate and it's getting even more easier.

Yes, and that's why I think touchscreen desktops might have a chance.

If Apple makes one we're doomed.

And there is already a touch keyboard.

>>22637311
OK, someone PLEASE agree with me that touch gestures look gay.

Seriously, I AM NOT the only person who sees this!

>>22637445
I believe even if it becomes the new gay (or whatever hype you want to compare it to) I think real holograms and good tech will only take 20 more years to come, so I think I'll manage until then this way

Haven't you heard? A screen without touch is a broken screen.

both.

in a lot of low input applications they make sense. for home PCs, they are of questionable value.

inche ntoffes

>>22637467

I think you will see touch being used a lot more in computing over the next decade, and maybe not just in the tablet type interface.

>>22637467
u gay

My 2 year old niece already thinks TV's have touch screens because she gets to play with mommy's iPhone.

People getting born today will probably never learn to use a keyboard and mouse.

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just a new input device. enjoy your greasy traces on your screen.