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Old 05-12-2014, 12:39 PM   #65
speakingtohe
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Originally Posted by mrmikel View Post
I think that a touchscreen will fail long before push buttons. It is unnecessary for a basic book and probably makes the screen a little easier to seal, if that was done to keep out contaminants in the confined atmosphere of a submarine.
Not been my experience. No moving parts on the touchscreen. Less additional cracks and crevices for stuff to get into. Many touchscreen control devices have been used in industrial control for 30+years and the majority are still working. And then you have your phones, iPods and tablets etc.

Of course the screen itself can break but what good are the buttons then.

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