So you PC/windows guys, wasn't having a touchscreen on your laptop the be-all and end-all? Didn't work out? Wasn't gimmicky enough?
Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen
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Re: Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen
#122A screen in a touchpad can be useful because it can help users to understand how to use different features like side scrolling or drag-and-drop. Also it can be used to display some useless information, like time, current keyboard layout or CPU load.
Putting buttons on a touchpad is not the best idea because they would interfere with its normal usage.
And by the way, why nobody makes separate keys for layout switching? It is very inconvenient to have a single key to switch layouts (like Win + Space that is the default for Gnome). It would be much better to have separate physical keys for each language so I can start typing with one of them and never type in the wrong layout.
Seriously, why didn't anyone invented it yet?
Re: Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen
#123I think this is a wonderful idea, given that touchscreen responsiveness and power optimization have been a focus of research over the last decade. At worst it's a touch pad, at best it's so much more. Of course a lot depends on how software developers will embrace it - and I hope Linux users get some love. (I wish Asus and reviewers will stay away from gimmicks like watching movies on it.) In any case, far better tha…
I'd like to run a terminal output on the touchscreen. Launcher sounds okay, but the one I have with Enlightenment 22 is just so much faster with the keyboard than any pointer device ever could be.
Isn't it too small?
Re: Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen
#124I think this is a wonderful idea, given that touchscreen responsiveness and power optimization have been a focus of research over the last decade. At worst it's a touch pad, at best it's so much more. Of course a lot depends on how software developers will embrace it - and I hope Linux users get some love. (I wish Asus and reviewers will stay away from gimmicks like watching movies on it.) In any case, far better tha…
It's going to eat quite a bit of battery life and cost more for a minor benifit. This is simply a gimmick to differentiate from the hurd.
Re: Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen
#125Why has it taken so long for this to happen?
Re: Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen
#126A screen in a touchpad can be useful because it can help users to understand how to use different features like side scrolling or drag-and-drop. Also it can be used to display some useless information, like time, current keyboard layout or CPU load. Putting buttons on a touchpad is not the best idea because they would interfere with its normal usage. And by the way, why nobody makes separate keys for layout switching…
> Seriously, why didn't anyone invented it yet?
Perhaps the user demand is not so big or even noticeable? It starts to make sense when you type in more than two languages regularly. I would argue that there are only couple of percents of bilingual users and people using three and more languages are even less common.
Re: Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen
#127A screen in a touchpad can be useful because it can help users to understand how to use different features like side scrolling or drag-and-drop. Also it can be used to display some useless information, like time, current keyboard layout or CPU load. Putting buttons on a touchpad is not the best idea because they would interfere with its normal usage. And by the way, why nobody makes separate keys for layout switching…
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Re: Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen
#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
The most stressful thing about starting my next job is that I've got to choose a new laptop only for work. I've only used a Mac for years and this is the first time I've ever considered switching because there are no computers they make that I actually want. Apple has really dropped the ball on their entire line and the touchbar eliminating a lot of useful keys is a pretty bad idea compared to replacing the touchpad.
I've gotten used to using the touch bar for function keys and [esc] after only a week or so. It's fairly customizable, which surprised me. I don't think it's that bad, but then again I am not paying for it (company hardware).
Put a new Mac side by side with a touchbar Mac and try doing anything using the function keys on both. The lack of physical buttons makes it atrocious on the touchbar model.
Re: Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen
#129Well, it beats replacing the keyboard with a touchscreen (something which I believed Asus did once, years ago).
EDIT: I'm thinking of the Acer Iconia 6120, not an Asus product.
Re: Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen
#130Gimmick. Horrible.