Comments on: Touchscreen Desktop Instead of OLPC? http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/03/15/touchscreen-desktop-instead-of-olpc/ Keeping you in the loop with up-to-date Linux news. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:47:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: 15 year seer http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/03/15/touchscreen-desktop-instead-of-olpc/#comment-8828 15 year seer Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:42:45 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/03/15/touchscreen-desktop-instead-of-olpc/#comment-8828 Perhaps learning to touch type is an even better solution. It seems to work for 99.9999999999% of the users out there. Perhaps learning to touch type is an even better solution. It seems to work for 99.9999999999% of the users out there.

]]> By: Edward Cherlin http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/03/15/touchscreen-desktop-instead-of-olpc/#comment-3120 Edward Cherlin Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:38:47 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/03/15/touchscreen-desktop-instead-of-olpc/#comment-3120 The OLPC engineers have a touch screen on their list of possible features for future models, along with more memory and storage, and a faster processor. A touch screen would have to be far less expensive than this Brazilian one to make the cut. A touch screen is not a better method of pointing than a mouse, but it supports gestures much better. A Wiimote is better still. The OLPC engineers have a touch screen on their list of possible features for future models, along with more memory and storage, and a faster processor. A touch screen would have to be far less expensive than this Brazilian one to make the cut.

A touch screen is not a better method of pointing than a mouse, but it supports gestures much better. A Wiimote is better still.

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