Sometimes, the old ways are best.

"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction) 08/11/2019 at 13:01 • Filed to: None

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ttyymmnn > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/11/2019 at 13:18

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I’m sick of touch screens. Unless you are giving your entire attention to them, they suck.

facw > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/11/2019 at 13:32

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Fun fact, the Navy has been experimenting with using an xbox controller to operate the periscope on its new submarines. Cheap, easily o btainable, trivial to replace, and familiar to new sailors:

Urambo Tauro > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/11/2019 at 14:08

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Excellent choice! Maybe now, non-touchscreen controls will start to  trickle down from military applications to the re st of us.

Nauraushaun > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/11/2019 at 14:22

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Best is subjective. Touch screens are good at some things not others.

Physical buttons are better at feedback and usable without having to look which makes them reliable . But they’re completely inflexible.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 08/11/2019 at 14:38

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Definitely worse than dedicated buttons/switches  for many applications.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > facw 08/11/2019 at 14:39

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Happy to see the wire here. 

Svend > facw 08/11/2019 at 15:49

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Apparently your DoD were buying $8,000 a time controllers from a defence manufacturer until one seaman noticed they were the same units you bought at any computer store.

It was one of the last Qi's with Stephen Fry. 

facw > Svend 08/11/2019 at 15:58

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Sounds about right...

TorqueToYield > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/11/2019 at 15:58

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I like switches and sliders on some stuff, super intuitive and quick to change. Like I desperately miss physical eq sliders in car stereos. It was so easy to change up the bass/treble with a slider song to song or station to station. Good luck doing it quickly and not dangerously buried 4 layers deep in a touch screen.

But having a physical switch for everything trivial is insane. Touchscreens give you so much flexibility.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > TorqueToYield 08/13/2019 at 15:31

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Which is why you design physical controls for critical items and use the touchscreen for non-critical things. Steering and propulsion are certainly on the “critical items” list. This is a case of being to smart for your own good.