| ▲ | jmyeet 4 hours ago | |
Oh how far we've come. Steve Jobs in 2010 stated [1]: > Steve Jobs told a crowd at an Apple event in 2010 that the company did “tons of user testing” on putting touchscreens on MacBooks and decided against it because, he said, “It doesn’t work. It’s ergonomically terrible.” > While previewing Mac OS X Lion in 2010, Jobs explained the main issue was comfort, saying, “After a short period of time, you start to fatigue, and after an extended period of time, your arm wants to fall off.” Design is the art of compromise. A laptop works. Physical keyboards are better than onscreen keyboards. Laptops with detachable tablets end up with a heavier screen so the base has to be heavier so it doesn't tip over. I honestly don't know what the use case for touchscreen Macbooks really is. OLED? Sure. Why not? But touch? Who is this for? [1]: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/steve-jobs-said-a-touchs... | ||
| ▲ | xattt 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
I want to argue that there’s been 15 years of UI experimentation since then. Occasional use is okay, but should be absolutely optional. As long as we don’t all get scammed to use touch as the primary UI like we did in cars. | ||
| ▲ | brador 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
The screen is too far away and when you touch it it moves back a little ruining your sensitivity and wiggling your touch point. If you lock the screen position with hardware it just lifts the keyboard when you touch just a little too hard. You need stability for touch and a superlight laptop just does not have that. | ||