The problem with touch screens

Alexey Feldgendler alexey at feldgendler.ru
Tue Sep 11 19:11:14 CEST 2007


On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:02:47 +0200, Giles Jones <giles.jones at zen.co.uk>  
wrote:

>> http://blogs.s60.com/browser/2007/08/the_problem_with_touch_screens.html
>>
>> The point of the article is that touch screens lack the tactile  
>> feedback that's inherent to physical buttons.
>>
>> I wonder if it's possible to simulate some of that feedback using the  
>> vibrator built into Neo.

> If the buttons are big enough and it beeps then it's not so bad.
>
> I wouldn't want the vibrating action to cause someone to drop the phone.

I once tried a mouse with tactile feedback (built-in vibrator). I could  
actually feel the buttons I hovered the cursor over as being embossed; it  
felt like moving the mouse over a non-flat relief rather than simply  
vibration.


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