Touch Sensitive Monitor

supafly · 7 Jan 2009 at 15:00

Has anyone used a touch sensitive monitor?

If so, what was it like to work with compared to using a mouse or touch pad?

Also, any recommendations on which products to buy?

Thanks.

Nanobot · 7 Jan 2009 at 15:10

Cant say I've tried, but if you can find an Asus Eee Top in the high street, you can give it a try. I'm guessing its like those Windows Tablets that seem to have died away strangely.

ginger_pat · 7 Jan 2009 at 15:14

I tried the Asus ee top its ann all in one computer.

It was good but i just didn't like the idea of being so close to the monitor and you couldn't really have a massive screen as your soo close to it

I was suprised to how sensitive it was, but for my doesn't beat a wirelles keyboard/mouse and a nice big screen unfortunatly.

Flossie · 8 Jan 2009 at 11:19

I've used various touch-screens for work for ...many... years and they are fine stuff that can best be described as "bank ATM" type interaction - i.e. big buttons / menus / option selection. But they are in no way a replacement for mouse or even a touch pad - your fingers are way too big. Its also very tireing physically to poke away at a screen for a long time.

You can spot regular touch screen users by the way they keep stealing the complentary pencils with rubbers on the end from hotel rooms (make perfect pokeing devices!)

StephenLawUK · 8 Jan 2009 at 21:05

some of the new HP desktops have them but i dunno if they sell them seperatly, they look really nice though.

supafly · 9 Jan 2009 at 15:04

Interesting. I do a lot of computer work and sometimes the mouse/keyboard combination or even laptop touchpad becomes tiring after a while. Would like to find another way to do webmaster work for at least part of the time.

Might go and check out those new HP systems. My only experience with a touch screen gui was on a musical instrument (Korg Trinity).

At the moment the web software I use to run sites involves a lot of moving the mouse around and click click clicking. It would be nice to just use my finger to press those buttons on screen.

cataferal · 11 Jan 2009 at 09:10

It does sound like a tiring method of input, but it'd be useful as a supplement to the main, non-touch sensitive screen. Maybe it'd work best just below your normal monitor, facing up at you at a 45 degree angle?