[David Tucker]

Hey hey, don't make me get out the fire hose.

All true, but why force people to adapt when you don't need to?

Well, I agree with this in principle. The main issue I see is that the differences in touch screen technology makes this much less feasible. Capacitive is more suited to finger based UIs and resistive is more suited to stylus UIs. One isn't superior to the otehr...just different. But that does limit the choices you can have.

I'd been using WinMo as long as anyone. Changing was easy. You'd have to try it though for a few days I think to really appreciate what I mean.

[David Tucker]

Hey hey, don't make me get out the fire hose.

All true, but why force people to adapt when you don't need to?

Well, I agree with this in principle. The main issue I see is that the differences in touch screen technology makes this much less feasible. Capacitive is more suited to finger based UIs and resistive is more suited to stylus UIs. One isn't superior to the otehr...just different. But that does limit the choices you can have.

I'd been using WinMo as long as anyone. Changing was easy. You'd have to try it though for a few days I think to really appreciate what I mean.

[Pony99CA]

Originally Posted by David Tucker

Well, I agree with this in principle. The main issue I see is that the differences in touch screen technology makes this much less feasible. Capacitive is more suited to finger based UIs and resistive is more suited to stylus UIs. One isn't superior to the otehr...just different. But that does limit the choices you can have.

Not necessarily a lot, though. There are good touch interfaces for Windows Mobile. You call them "launchers", which they probably are, but that doesn't mean the same style couldn't be implemented throughout WM. I think I've even read about multi-touch on WM devices.

Similarly, as my editorial pointed out, there's a stylus for the iPhone, and Vincent posted about a capacitive pen, and even he thinks it might be useful at times. I don't know how well they work, but the differences in screen technology may not prevent much.

Steve

P.S. You double posted that....

[David Tucker]

My posts are extra effective when I post twice. (I was posting from my Mini 9 and managed to fumble around on that one I think...) And yes, if you can provide a stylus its a nice thing to have. My point wasn't to eliminate teh stylus. It was simply that the UI needed an overhaul. My biggest frustration was that SPB Mobile Shell greatly enhanced the usability of my Wing but when I launched any application I was back to the old UI. I want a consistant experience throughout.

[Pony99CA]

Originally Posted by David Tucker

And yes, if you can provide a stylus its a nice thing to have. My point wasn't to eliminate teh stylus. It was simply that the UI needed an overhaul.

I don't think many people would disagree. I just don't want useful functions swept away in a tide of finger-friendly design.

Originally Posted by David Tucker

My biggest frustration was that SPB Mobile Shell greatly enhanced the usability of my Wing but when I launched any application I was back to the old UI. I want a consistant experience throughout.

I was thinking of writing an editorial asking whether shells did more harm than good. If you understand they're just shells over the real UI, that's fine, but new users may not realize that and think Windows Mobile is horribly inconsistent. That's worse than just thinking it's hard or ugly because they'd still be exposed to those parts, too.

Steve