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      @TechNerd101 701848 wrote:

      So people can use their devices and not even look at the screen…

      What’s the point in that?

      Sorry if that’s a stupid question

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      @Angel 701853 wrote:

      What’s the point in that?

      Sorry if that’s a stupid question

      I don’t think its stupid; as we already have this technology in our laptop touchpads; graphics tablets for drawing and the whole point of a touchscreen particularly as a keyboard replacement would be to make use of the display facilities alongside the touchscreen. One such example would be in a radio station where one presenter wants one set of jingles and perhaps settings for their microphone processing then they change over to the next one who wants a different set and the touchscreen can reflect that; but the UI (user interface) could be designed simply to have “virtual buttons” big enough for both presenters to comfortably use…

      In stricter environments such as the Coastguard control room, a factory building heavy machinery and using computer controlled machines to build it or a healthcare facility the practice is to use a larger touchscreen with plenty of space and standard software/drivers as one day the damn thing will go defective and the engineer who has to fix it needs to get the new one running as soon as possible (this is what I do for a day job BTW)..

      Auch wenn du am Abgrund stehst, und gar nichts mehr verstehst,
      wachen Engel über dich, halten dich im Licht und lassen dich nie fallen.

      @Angel 701853 wrote:

      What’s the point in that?

      Sorry if that’s a stupid question

      Calling people while walking, driving, running… without looking
      Open apps without searching for their icon etc…

      I don’t see how “people can use their devices and not even look at the screen” with this launcher? Wouldn’t you have to face/look at the screen to perform one of the available gestures with your finger(s)?

      I don’t really get this either. What advantages does this have over voice recognition? You don’t even have to move to use that.

      The big problem all this tricks have, is lack of privacy, most of the advantage lays in using server based computer powers and by that you invite others to have parameters even deeper inside your OS……

      @!sinner69! 701964 wrote:

      The big problem all this tricks have, is lack of privacy, most of the advantage lays in using server based computer powers and by that you invite others to have parameters even deeper inside your OS……

      exactly – only this week google pulled a lot of apps from its app store because of security concerns.

      for the applications mentioned (particularly any form of traditional voice comms whether its a normal telephone call or emulating analogue two way radio communications) the real solution isn’t to use a touchscreen in the first place and to put the important functions on any physical tactile press buttons a device may have – or if this is unavoidable (some devices do not have them at all) to design an app with a UI that gives enough room for you to remember where the important buttons are without looking at the screen nor needing another app (which can be a security risk, go wrong or delay/disrupt the communication).

      I am an engineer and certainly not anti technology; but too much of it is dodgy security wise, not using resources efficiently and reduces the resilience/reliability of a critical system rather than enhancing it even if it provides a new feature.

      I actually use my mobile phone far less and very rarely for online stuff since touchscreens became more common (I used Blackberry devices a lot before they started becoming chav-phones in the UK and reducing the build quality to capture this market) – in a North European country touchscreens are a nuisance to use in colder weather when you might be wearing gloves; I also lead an active lifestyle doing as much manual work as behind screens and cycling regularly and they reduce the robustness of mobile devices (which often end up on the ground by accident).

      Auch wenn du am Abgrund stehst, und gar nichts mehr verstehst,
      wachen Engel über dich, halten dich im Licht und lassen dich nie fallen.

      @General Lighting 701969 wrote:

      exactly – only this week google pulled a lot of apps from its app store because of security concerns.

      for the applications mentioned (particularly any form of traditional voice comms whether its a normal telephone call or emulating analogue two way radio communications) the real solution isn’t to use a touchscreen in the first place and to put the important functions on any physical tactile press buttons a device may have – or if this is unavoidable (some devices do not have them at all) to design an app with a UI that gives enough room for you to remember where the important buttons are without looking at the screen nor needing another app (which can be a security risk, go wrong or delay/disrupt the communication).

      I am an engineer and certainly not anti technology; but too much of it is dodgy security wise, not using resources efficiently and reduces the resilience/reliability of a critical system rather than enhancing it even if it provides a new feature.

      I actually use my mobile phone far less and very rarely for online stuff since touchscreens became more common (I used Blackberry devices a lot before they started becoming chav-phones in the UK and reducing the build quality to capture this market) – in a North European country touchscreens are a nuisance to use in colder weather when you might be wearing gloves; I also lead an active lifestyle doing as much manual work as behind screens and cycling regularly and they reduce the robustness of mobile devices (which often end up on the ground by accident).

      Hey man, don’t be calling Blackberrys chav phones innit, iz got three bruv… I’m not a drug dealer I swear….

      Wish I could be assed to take a pic, I got a white, black and purple one! 😛 I got a nokia lumia but I fucking hate touch screen so just got a load of blackberrys and never bothered using it.

      @p0ly 701971 wrote:

      Hey man, don’t be calling Blackberrys chav phones innit, iz got three bruv… I’m not a drug dealer I swear….

      Wish I could be assed to take a pic, I got a white, black and purple one! 😛 I got a nokia lumia but I fucking hate touch screen so just got a load of blackberrys and never bothered using it.

      it was more a London thing TBH; round here they were still seen as “suits” phones or for older people (like me :laugh_at: )

      I’ve still got one in my drawer and probably my 9900 somewhere but its simlocked to Vodafone and became unusable in East Anglia as Voda stopped investing in their network round here and I work out in the sticks

      If any manufacturer made a device with a camera as good as the newer Nokia/Microsoft and a keyboard that would be ideal – although the blackberry security and email feature was good for work use. I only used BBM a few times and that was to keep in touch with Raj and the Scottish crews when they were on here…

      Although RIM made some marketing blunders the worst one was more the declining build quality; you’d expect things to improve as technology does. They’d bring out a handset which was about 80% decent but lacked one feature that would have made it first class and each subsequent model became less robust….

      Auch wenn du am Abgrund stehst, und gar nichts mehr verstehst,
      wachen Engel über dich, halten dich im Licht und lassen dich nie fallen.

      What do you use now?

      Nokia/Microsoft Lumia 930 (mostly for listening to online radio on my bike and the camera; it automaticallly uploads pictures and videos to my OneDrive account and can shoot videos at the European 25fps which makes it easier to edit them alongside other footage from more conventional video cameras or video archives). I used to use the original Nokia handsets a lot until the 2000s and there seem to be elements of that design ethos still present in this device; though I’d still rather have a device with a keypad; I don’t use mobile web or apps much as they can be riddled through with adverts which also pose a security risk (they are notorious malware vectors)

      Auch wenn du am Abgrund stehst, und gar nichts mehr verstehst,
      wachen Engel über dich, halten dich im Licht und lassen dich nie fallen.

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