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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I have no interest in getting into a flame war. If you truly interested, then I would suggest doing the research. It's really not all that hard to find.
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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Because I've become bored with your silly games. I'm not going to do the research for you. It was in an article back when the iPads first came out and people were talking about touch screen monitors and laptops.
Apple has a very extensive UI lab. Sun did at one time. Most of the serious UI designers have such labs.
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You made a wide and sweeping statement on a relatively new aspect of technology, and I was simply asking for some clarification on the parameters of these tests you base such a wide and sweeping characterisation on.
At first you don't answer the question. I've found that when the reply is 'do your own research into my statement', the poster is generally talking through their hat.
Then, these tests turn out to be an article when the iPad first came out. This means that any UI tests given would be given to people who had never really used a touch interface before on a large non-phone device. And yes, switching between the two can be confusing, until you get enough experience to know when to use which interface.
We also don't know what the test setup was. Was this between a tablet and a computer? A tablet with on-screen keyboard vs attached keyboard? A computer with both touch and keyboard? Each is a different universe of actions required to perform the tasks necessary to control the device.
Any UI test done during the pre-iPad era is going to completely superseded by this time, as the general populace is much more acquainted with touch screens to control actual computers (as opposed to phones), and would probably be much more able and willing to switch between the two.