Asklemmy

44883 readers

1461 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy 🔍

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

Open-ended question
Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

Lemmyverse: community search
sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
[email protected]: a community for finding communities

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_[email protected]~

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

why do you think are touchscreens not standard for laptops? (feddit.de)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

27 comments fedilink hide all child comments

not even apple uses them. I'd like to sometimes point and click on my linux machine. With my finger. What's wrong with that, it seems to work well on all the smartphones out there.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Because on a laptop, where you are going to use the keyboard, it's just easier to use a mouse. Raising your arms to touch the screen is less ergonomic than just reaching for a mouse or trackpad.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have a laptop with a touchscreen. Using a keyboard and mouse is much more comfortable for me.

I disabled the touchscreen driver on my laptop.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I like the touchscreen on my laptop. I don't use it often, but it's great when you're lying in bed and it's uncomfortable to use the touchpad.