On 10/16/11, Peter John Hartman <> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 12:13:03PM -0400, Kurt H Maier wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Anselm R Garbe <> >> wrote: >> > Do we really agree that touch interfaces do suck less? > > I think there's a category error or something here. Touch interfaces, > indeed, entire touch-driven devices exist. Such hardware might suck > less or it might suck more (probably the latter). But, granted the > existence of such hardware, the real question is: which software that > runs it sucks less? Presumably, the software we write will suck less > than the going alternatives. > > Peter > > -- > sic dicit magister P > University of Toronto / Fordham University > Collins Hall B06; Office Hours TF10-12 > > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys E0DBD3D6 > > setting aside the idiotic and arbitrary differentiation between a 'touch interface' and any other mouse-only interface, we shold write separate touch/mouse software instead of feature-creeping such things into keyboard-focused programs like dwm.
-- # Kurt H Maier
