Do touch screens make you mad?

[VitalSpark 1,830]

For phones I can kind of see the point. The device needs to be small enough to fit in your pocket. Physical keyboards on phones sucked for everything apart from scrolling and typing numbers.

 

For Android there are some pretty cool alternative keyboards that let you type by dragging your finger across the letters and figuring out what word you meant by the general shape you drew over the keyboard rather than what individual keys you hit. This works surprisingly well, and I can type almost as quickly as I can on my laptop.

 

For larger devices touch screens just seem to be a sign that the manufacturer is favouring fashion over utility.

[Lektra Bolt 2,337]

Normal touchscreens annoy me nowadays since I discovered touchscreens with optional pens, which is why I prefer those that have this feature. If you actually use the pen, touchscreens with optional pens also minimize smudges and are extremely precise. I'll be really sad if Samsung messes up the Note series this year and onward. They already messed up the S6. SD card+user replaceable battery, or no buy.

Edited March 15, 2015 by bronislav84

[RarityFan01 2,444]

Not really. I don't really notice anything. They're just normal. Though I am a member of generation z, so that's why.

[Gernia 690]

I occasionally get frustrated with them since they can register things the wrong way. Otherwise, I like them, especially if I have a stylus.

[Fricklefrackle 184]

Sometimes.

 

When I'm unaware that something has touch-screen, I'll be irritated because things will be different at some point,

and they're so sensitive, it's crazy!

[alexkjel 14]

i hate touch screens thats why i still use an old nokia

[SCS 7,443]

Small touch screens make me mad. "Yeah, punch this 1 cm button on this phone designed for squirrels" no, fuck you.

[Judgement 445]

When it comes to videogames, yes. Touch screens are terrible for videogames. I'd rather have physical controls.

 

Also, the keyboards. Typing is so fast on an actual keyboard, but I'm a little slower on touch-screen texting because my fingers are too big and I sometimes hit the wrong letter.

[Retro*Derpy 3,081]

No, as long as the thing with the touch screen is necessary. Example, soda machines with touch screens are super unresponsive and extremely slow. I don't think they need to be touch screen.

[Nsxile 25,711]

Not particularly, no... Then again, I've gotten used to them...

[DubWolf 16,622]

They make me REALLY angery !!

 

jk no

[Shiki 5,853]

Nah. They're nice. Unless they're cheap, and I don't buy cheap things.

[Dreambiscuit 8,024]

Touch screens don't make me mad any more than buttons. It's the unresponsive programming behind everything that sucks.

[Here No Longer 5,270]

It bothers me when they're so sensitive that they break all the time...

[cuteycindyhoney 13,283]

I'm fine with touchscreens. I hate when they get all smudgy though!

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 40,308]

The only thing that can bother me is the damn keyboard, but this depends on the device. My phone's keyboard is fine for the most part and I have little issues with it. On the other side my Fire HD10 tablet, it's keyboard is garbage in a can. It is a source of frustration from time to time. It even has a glitch that if I type the first letter of a sentence and hit the second letter too fast, it will input the first letter twice for no reason. Honestly the Fire HD10 just isn't a good tablet.

[Lucky Bolt 34,915]

It depends. Touch screen computers and TVs kind of irritate me cause, what's the point of even using a keyboard or remote then? And they have the tendency to get dirty fingerprints all over them. 

[EpicEnergy 22,090]

I'm fine with touch screens, they don't bother me.

[ShadowEclipse 1,209]

I don't have a problem with them. 

[Pentium100 2,057]

I dislike touch screens, so I use devices that have other ways of controlling them.

[Will Guide 21,325]

The DS family of gaming systems is awesome and you should always use a stylus if it comes with one.

[Pentium100 2,057]

Oh yea, forgot about that - old style touch screens that are used with a stylus are OK for me.

[Splashee 28,537]

Touch screens make me mad, especially the low budget ones, where you press over and over, and nothing happens!

 

Our fingers were never meant to be mouse cursors, they are too fat!

[applesjck 5,601]

Older touch screens drove me mad, they never seemed to work the way I wanted them to. 

I’m pretty okay with them now, though!

[TheRockARooster 47,335]

You have no idea how mad those screens make me.