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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

but statistically this kid will be uncomfortable interfacing using a mouse.

So what, there's nothing special about using a mouse. It's a personal preference for me, but a touchscreen can certainly do the same tasks.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Also, mice used to be a novel way to interact with a computer that nobody was comfortable with.

There aren't a lot of people left who are comfortable in a pure keyboard environment. Much less the flip switches on early PDPs.

Computer interfaces change. Being uncomfortable using an interface that's new to you is indicative of nothing.

[–] CaptDust 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Uh, let me find another analogy. Expecting a kid raised on tablets to fix a computer, is like expecting someone who's never owned or driven a car to perform auto maintenance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Like I said, that kid couldn't even fix a tablets hardware. But this generation also has tinkerers and people who are interested in the hardware. Just like every generation.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So far we haven't figured out a way to "right click" with a touchscreen in the way you can with a mouse. The long press just isn't as fluid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Isn’t that with two fingers tap?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

With a touch pad, not on touch screens.

[–] prettybunnys 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Our fingers as a manipulation tool are unparalleled in our bodies for their dexterity and ability to do minute tasks.

Moving a ball / mouse that moves another object will almost always be more precise than a simple touch, at least until the intervening technology to translate our fingers adjustments reaches the same capability as mice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I don't see how a touch interface could ever be as precise as a mouse. The pointer is much smaller than a fingertip and you can't really scale it without having to make the touch surface enormous or zoom in and out all the time. Even using a drawing tablet is less fluid than a mouse and it eliminates the issues with the lack of precision.