Is the World Moving to Touch Screen Computers?

It almost seems like computers and laptops are a dying electronic. With the holiday season fully underway, consumers are flocking to stores to play with the latest smartphones and tablets on the market.

Electronic users seem to be always on the go and don’t seem to have the need to sit down with a keyboard to type. Many of the big electronic companies like Apple, Microsoft and Google have realized this, and will be including a few new options and features that will change the way computers and laptops will be used in the coming years.

Touch Screens

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If you remember from a few years ago, many critics believed touch screens would never take a firm footing on cell phones, and would be a messy and abnormal way to control and use any electronic device. However, technology for touching and controlling what appears on a screen has developed so quickly for some of the most popular phones and tablets, and it’s what makes them so interesting and interactive for a user.

That feature will be soon be applied to the majority of computers and laptops, which will change the way we use our keyboards and control what is displayed on our screens. You may have already seen the commercials for Microsoft’s Surface Tablet, a laptop/tablet crossover with touch screen ability. Google has also shown interest in a laptop and tablet design for their Chromebook, and may be releasing one soon with touchscreen capabilities.

Will We Pay for Them?

It might be a losing arguing, as many tech companies have already invested in researching and developing touch screen laptops, but it is certainly a fair question to bring up. Consumers love paying more for supplemental features to their smartphones or electronic devices, but not necessarily ones that take away from the usability of their devices, or ones that make them an inconvenience.

As an example, the QWERTY keyboard layout that you are most likely using for your computer is extremely out of date. The keyboard layout was designed for typewriters by Christopher Sholes in the early 1870s to help reduce how often a typewriter would jam from constant use.

There have been many other keyboard layouts invented, such as the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard, that are designed to reduce muscle fatigue and increase typing speed. None of these have ever caught on however, and no major tech companies are looking at mass producing a computer that has a keyboard layout other than the standard QWERTY layout.

Tech giants will therefore need to find a way to give consumers a choice in their usability of their computers, as not all of us are creatures of change. Touch screens will need to remain a supplemental
feature of electronic devices, and not a replacement to how we’ve used computers for many years.

There’s no question that change will occur with the electronic devices we use to digitally connect with the world around us. Change will especially occur in the laptops and desktops that we use. Whether or not touch screens will be a big part of the change is yet to be seen, but it is something we will learn in the next few years.

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