The trouble with getting old ... (2 Viewers)

[DickyP]

I was (and still consider myself to be though long retired), a computer professional. More and more, however, I keep to my PC rather than my tablet because I find that it (and my phone) just don't react to my finger tips, and I need a keyboard. I am interested to know just how big a problem this?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

For me, little or no problem at all. I only turn on the cell phone when my wife and I go to Wal-Mart and split up (so we can call each other to ask "Where are you?", or when I'm out on my daily walk. I do little or no browsing on the phone. And I don't have a tablet. My PC is a KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) setup rather than a touch screen.

Dick7Access asked me for help in that and one thing I noticed is that he didn't realize he was dragging two fingers sometimes. Turns out cell phone touch screens have special meanings for two-finger, three-finger, and four-finger touches. Is there a chance you are dragging more than one finger at a time when you didn't mean to do so?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Then, there is the OTHER problem with your title. Getting old is much better than no longer getting old. And FAR better than getting mold.

 

[unmateria]

hahahah Happens something similar to me too... I dont like to work on laptops, tablets, phones or less than 27" displays. Also I dont like to work with 2 or more displays (I have them, but I really dont like to use the second screen).

Anyway.... there are MUCH differences between screens, so I should suggest you that if u want to work in a tablet, try it first. The best ones I have tried are Cube (I still have an old Cube i7 stylus, that is a tank and the touch works really good even after 10 years) and Surface (the touch feels faster than the Cube, but is much more climsy). I use them just for drawing diagrams, some 3d pieces in 3dsmax (is strange, but it works really great on tablet hahhahah), and thinking diagrams on onenote. Apart from that... I dont feel comfortable using them for anything else.

 

[DickyP]

I know all the two, three fingers etc and more importantly now have a folding Bluetooth keyboard for my tablet.

Doesn't alter the fact that it appears to be common problem with more senior citizens, You only have to look at the queues for manned chack-out is supermarkets where the age group avoid touch screen checkouts. Not just that they prefer dealing with real people.

 

[Joan Wild]

I'm frustrated when my phone doesn't recognize my fingerprint (about half the time). I'm not sure why. I have turned off the touchpad on my laptop and attached a mouse; I just never got used to using the touchpad. Keyboard shortcuts are king.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

I'm frustrated when my phone doesn't recognize my fingerprint (about half the time). I'm not sure why.

The "capacitance sensor" that detects your touch assumes certain factors in your skin's electrical properties. If your skin has started to dry out, the dry skin has less effect on the capacitance. It can decrease the screen's sensitivity.

 

[GPGeorge]

Most of this rings a bell for me, with the exception of using a tablet or smart phone for mobile apps. I have several PowerApps apps that must be usable "while walking around." For example, one is a shopping list that goes to Walmart with me. I designed it specifically for a smart phone. I have another for a library. That one is designed for the tablet so I can walk along the shelves and scan books into a database.

I don't enjoy the tiny screen sizes and controls, but they smart devices make these apps usable, so it's an acceptable trade-off.

 

[Joan Wild]

The "capacitance sensor" that detects your touch assumes certain factors in your skin's electrical properties. If your skin has started to dry out, the dry skin has less effect on the capacitance. It can decrease the screen's sensitivity.

It's not the screen though. The fingerprint reader is on the side (embedded in the power button). I assume the skin drying out has the same effect on it. Also, yes I have cleaned it.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

If it is a photographic sensor then the question is whether your skin is drying out enough to reduce the contrast on which photographic sensors rely. I've got no good answer for that problem, though.