After class on Tuesday, I started thinking about how interaction with computers has changed over the years. Years ago when interacting with a computer was a lot more difficult that what it is now. 20 years ago, you had to tell the computer exactly what you wanted it to do. It required a lot of typing and was very time consuming. The computers then used a big 5-1/4" floppy disk and a green screen. Nowadays we have big 21" LCD monitors and small jump drives. Yeah, you still have to give it instructions but its minor compared what we did years ago. Thanks to technology, we have all types of things that make using a computer simple. The mouse was an excellent addition to using a computer. But now we have computers that have a touch screen monitor. HP has a computer called the HP TouchSmart. On this computer, basically the mouse has been eliminated and you use your finger to open buttons instead of clicking on them with a mouse. This is a new form of touch interaction. Its been around for a while, just not on PC screens. You can find touch screen interaction on cell phones, grocery stores, kiosk in the malls, ATM machines, and just about everywhere you use a credit card.Thursday, February 25, 2010
interaction
After class on Tuesday, I started thinking about how interaction with computers has changed over the years. Years ago when interacting with a computer was a lot more difficult that what it is now. 20 years ago, you had to tell the computer exactly what you wanted it to do. It required a lot of typing and was very time consuming. The computers then used a big 5-1/4" floppy disk and a green screen. Nowadays we have big 21" LCD monitors and small jump drives. Yeah, you still have to give it instructions but its minor compared what we did years ago. Thanks to technology, we have all types of things that make using a computer simple. The mouse was an excellent addition to using a computer. But now we have computers that have a touch screen monitor. HP has a computer called the HP TouchSmart. On this computer, basically the mouse has been eliminated and you use your finger to open buttons instead of clicking on them with a mouse. This is a new form of touch interaction. Its been around for a while, just not on PC screens. You can find touch screen interaction on cell phones, grocery stores, kiosk in the malls, ATM machines, and just about everywhere you use a credit card.
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My laptop is HP, it is normal. I can see the different models of HP computer in computer shop. I like a computer which has touch screen, but I think the touch screen exist some shortages. However, I have to admit that it is an easy way to achieve communication.
ReplyDeletePrimary flaw of touchscreen desktop computers: finger prints. The monitor gets pretty messy pretty quick.
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