I recently acquired one thinking it was going to be a cool and useful feature, and the only time I think to use it is when I brush away a loose cat hair and my cursor goes all over the place. And the tablet mode, I think I used it once as a novelty.
Me: so rarely that I keep forgetting it’s a touch screen
My wife and daughter: constantly, so my screen is full of their fingerprints
Never. I didn’t realise it had a touch screen when I got it, i disabled it, and I don’t miss it.
Wait you can disable that shit?
It appears in Gnome and Xfce as a touchpad, turn it off in settings.
I have kde, so I disabled it in xorg config
Ah, now I get it why there are both touchpad and mouse even though no mouse connected! Thanks!
ITT: people hating on touchscreens
Also ITT: people pointing out really good reasons to have a touch screen.
the good reasons: none
Work laptop. I use it when I’m sharing my screen and we’re discussing a map or drawing of something. Pretty useful. Especially the pinch zoom function when whatever app I’m using doesn’t have an intuitive zoom function.
Not work laptop. If I’m reading an article on the couch sometimes I’ll scroll down using the touch screen.
I had a Surface Pro all through college, and used it for note taking in all my classes (pen on screen), which was fantastic. Haven’t really used the touchscreen function since though, and it’s been quite a few years.
Only to answer teams calls because I can hit the notification with my pinkie rather then moving my hand to the mouse.
used to have one. loved it. I hate trackpads and having a touchscreen saved me from cramping the tendons in my hand.
bring back the nipple!
Keyboard clit gang
Pretty much never. Even if my hands are dry and clean, I get annoying marks on the screen.
I don’t use it consciously. But I do notice when I’m using a laptop without touchscreen - so I probably use it more than I think.
I mostly use it in tent mode with keyboard and mouse attached tho.all the time. sucks to go back.
From the first moment I used a touchscreen laptop, every laptop I have encountered is a touchscreen to my unconcious mind… Doesn’t matter how old, without thinking I just touch that screen.
I honestly forget it had a touchscreen all the time. I grew up before the prevalence of touch screen devices so it never occurs to me that something with a built in physical keyboard could be interacted with that way.
I miss having it, I still occasionally forget I don’t have it. I would use it to select tabs, open programs, scroll pages, zoom in and out. I loved it, I’m legit thinking of replacing my current laptop screen with one that is a touch screen.
I use to use mine regularly, it was nice ergonomically to change between the trackpad and touchscreen. My arm needs a rest from being tucked up next to the trackpad. This makes most sense if the laptop is on your actual lap. Can’t do it anymore since my laptop broke.
Every once in a while I accidentally tap and am reminded I have a touch screen.
I have a much older laptop with a stylus interface that I’ll use to draw things when I need to.
Literally never. Never on purpose, at least.
