Too much touch

I realize that this class is about using more than just mouses and keyboards for input, which I think is great. I also think that the keyboard can be a great input for certain things. But I think that people should realize that they each have pros and cons, and in the future we shouldn't just rely on one or the other.

If you have ever used a touch screen phone or computer terminal and tried to input many words, you might have wished you had a keyboard. And sometimes drawing in paint you wish you had a touch screen to draw more easily. These are two totally different uses of a computer, that can be optimized by using two different types of input. The surface is a great piece of machinery, but I think anyone would agree it would not be a great tool for the entry of massive amounts of data.

Therefore in the future I think people should not necessarily move away from keyboards and mouses altogether, but definitely in certain applications. I think this is why the tablet pc keeps failing to take off. The way operating systems are currently set up is more for a keyboard and mouse. This makes it hard to take full advantage of a tablet pc without breaking out the keyboard.