https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b8uyxLtXhGo
Great little short about the impact of "modern design" on people with disabilities.
It's a facet of the overall #enshitification that I was properly aware.
#Touchscreen s are enshitification, they are a non-solution to a non-existent problem
MEGA #PROTIP: #3DS #games that used the #touchscreen as a #mouse are way, waaaay better to play with on a #steamdeck than they were on the actual #Nintendo 3DS. This is because you can map the touch screen to the #touchpad on the steam deck for normal-feeling controls. #KidIcarus for example:
@VeroniqueB99 Not all are so explosive. I'm particularly fond of the #OutOfTouch #DrunkenBillionairess fatalities. When they drive their Tesla into their private lake and drown trying to push the #TouchScreen which does not function underwater. #MitchMcConnell's #SisterInLaw
I recently drove a car whose whole control and entertainment system was a gigantic iPad-like thing mounted to the dash. It caused me to have a realisation about the #Ui and #UX of touch screens.
There is no way to touch a touchscreen without it treating that touch as intentional. What I mean is: without taking my eyes off the road, I can grope across the dashboard, find a knob or button—by touching it—without activating any function. Touching the volume button or temperature knob doesn’t DO anything until I do it with more force and intentionality. Not so for a #touchscreen.
My mobile #phone (an #iPhone 13) has no dead space in its face. There’s no part of the phone face I can touch without it assuming I meant to do that and I wanted to activate whatever was under my finger. Old iPhones that had physical home buttons also had dead space to either side: a safe space to hold the phone without DOING anything.
Computer keyboard have little raised pips on the F and J keys so you can find them by touch without looking. I do this all the time. But I don’t type the letters F or J. Touch screens have no such affordances.
I look at the #blackberry keyboard in this photo and I see a raised space bar. It’s an #affordance that lets you orient your fingers, and orient how you hold the phone, without looking.
I miss buttons.
https://mobilesyrup.com/2025/02/15/blackberrys-expired-keyboard-patent/
@Clygro tbh, the "#Metro" style, #MaterialDesign / #PaperMaterial "slabs " are good for #touchscreen devices, it's just not really good for #mouse & #keyboard or #LowDPI & #LowRes devices...
A modern competitor to #OperaMini with:
Why?
OFC since #Opera #Mini needs a trustworthy proxy backend any "#clone" would need an #OpenSource'd & #SelfHosting-capable #backend (similar to @ActionRetro 's #FrogFind .com as it breaks #E2EE.
Needless to say it would be a godsent for anyone stuck on #EDGEland and slower speeds (i.e. #SATCOM like #Iridium)...
Number of times I have touched the screen of my new Mac expecting something to happen: too many to count.
How is that not a thing?
@Sable_Shade I killed off my #12thReincarnation on #Xhitter. I keep my #13thInstantiation just because it's #13 and I like to see what #ElmosFlushFlap has been doing. I love it when #OutOfTouch #Billionaires get drunk on their private ranches in #Texas, drive their #Tesla into their #PrivateLake, can't escape and drown because their #TouchScreen is #Underwater--truly #OutOfTouch
Using A Smartphone As A Touchscreen For Arduino - If you want a good display and interface device for an embedded project, it’s hard... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/16/using-a-smartphone-as-a-touchscreen-for-arduino/ #androidhacks #arduinohacks #touchscreen #android #arduino #screen
@fuchsiii @NanoRaptor I think it's more useful than the #Touchscreen as #TrackPad replacement in the #Asus #VivoBook, which gets bricked by #WindowsUpdate!
our #AirFryer is on its way out. Does anyone have any recommendations for one that is #accessible? So many of them are now #TouchScreen.
Former #Blackberry jockeys now using #touchscreen phones, I have a question for you:
How much slower or faster are you on a touchscreen compared to your experience on a Blackberry with a QWERTY thumb-keyboard?
@pandora_parrot @nathans I sincerely hope the #EASA & #FAA will ban that shit and refuse to certify it because the only place where a #touchscreen as an interface is good is in a calm, vibration-free envoirment (i.e. flightplanning, pre-flight checklists, etc.)
Guess why #Airbus funded the research for a font designed for aerospace applications?
This is why emergency checklists to this day are printed on paper and kept in the cockpit: Because it's faster and more reliable and more intuitive alternative to a tablet or even eBook-Reader...
How long do your* touchscreen devices last? By that I mean the #touchscreen is still usable*. #JustCurious
Raspinamp: It Really Replicates Questionable Activities Involving Llamas - In the late 90s as MP3s and various file sharing platforms became more common, mos... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/07/raspinamp-it-really-replicates-questionable-activities-involving-llamas/ #musicalhacks #raspberrypi #touchscreen #mp3player #digital #winamp #linux #llama #music #ipod #qmmp #tft
Best of Both Worlds: The MacPad - Despite a growing demand for laptop-tablet hybrid computers from producers like Le... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/06/best-of-both-worlds-the-macpad/ #computerhacks #touchscreen #visionpro #macbook #sidecar #apple #ipad
Streaming Deck Removes Need for Dedicated Hardware - Streaming content online has never been more popular than it is now, from YouTube ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/02/25/streaming-deck-removes-need-for-dedicated-hardware/ #touchscreen #videohacks #smartphone #toolhacks #browser #control #webdeck #windows #python #qrcode #remote #stream #tablet #flask #twich
Your #fingerprints can be recreated from the sounds made when you swipe on a #touchscreen — Chinese and US researchers show new side channel can reproduce fingerprints to enable attacks
#privacy #security #biometrics #security
Dear VeriFone et al.,
If your #touchscreen depicts a green circle next to the payment option that I want, pressing the physical key with the green circle on it should select that option. Please fire whatever psycopath made this not work.
Murderously,
Jim
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