Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!boingo.med.jhu.edu!haven.umd.edu!uvaarpa!murdoch!onyx.cs.Virginia.EDU!acl3k From: acl3k@onyx.cs.Virginia.EDU (Allan Christian Long) Newsgroups: comp.human-factors Subject: Re: Touchscreens Message-ID: <1991Jun13.154613@onyx.cs.Virginia.EDU> Date: 13 Jun 91 19:46:13 GMT References: <8435@awdprime.UUCP> <6460@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> <35578@mimsy.umd.edu> Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Reply-To: acl3k@onyx.cs.Virginia.EDU (Allan Christian Long) Organization: University of Virginia Lines: 11 One thing that hasn't been mentioned is that with a touchscreen, your hand obscures the screen when you use it. While this may not be a problem for some applications, for others it could be very inconvenient. Just my $0.02 worth. A. Chris Long, Jr. acl3k@virginia.edu