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How would you prefer to interact with applications?

Survey period: 21 Apr 2014 to 28 Apr 2014

Let the mind run free and think about your interactions with computers. You home, office, your car, your bank. Keypads are so old-school.

OptionVotes% 
Keyboard / Mouse (and related)1,24275.18
Touch screen69041.77
Speech (with voice feedback)33019.98
Motion detection via handheld device (wii stick, glove etc)935.63
Motion / intent detection without holding a device (eg Kinect, gaze detection)24815.01
Brainwaves (once they get the bugs out...)46928.39
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%



 
GeneralRe: Keyboard for the win... Pin
Eddy Vluggen22-Apr-14 6:33
professionalEddy Vluggen22-Apr-14 6:33 
GeneralRe: Keyboard for the win... Pin
AlexCode22-Apr-14 22:27
professionalAlexCode22-Apr-14 22:27 
GeneralWell... if I'm watching those naughty movies .... Pin
R. Erasmus21-Apr-14 21:46
R. Erasmus21-Apr-14 21:46 
GeneralKeyboard and Mouse even on laptop Pin
zpinklb21-Apr-14 21:43
zpinklb21-Apr-14 21:43 
GeneralBetter than brainwaves! Pin
Dan Colasanti21-Apr-14 20:28
professionalDan Colasanti21-Apr-14 20:28 
GeneralRe: Better than brainwaves! Pin
Mr._Blank21-Apr-14 21:30
Mr._Blank21-Apr-14 21:30 
GeneralNone of them Pin
CDP180221-Apr-14 18:34
CDP180221-Apr-14 18:34 
GeneralHow would you prefer to interact with applications? Pin
wallkao3bei421-Apr-14 11:38
professionalwallkao3bei421-Apr-14 11:38 
The long way. I suppose this means keyboard/mouse (touch screens are really just mouse input, and sometimes a pop-up keyboard.

Speech, motion detection, motion/intent, etc., are too fast for me. Typically, technology moves ahead of any philosophical thought about the damages it may do to us as humans and, more importantly, what it does to permanently damage the environment that supports us.

It is simply better to have to think about what you do interactively than to allow your body or brain to get ahead of you physically and obligatorily - leaping before you look, so to speak.

Computing machines do psychological damage, creating the illusion that we must hurry up or be left out, when being left out may be the best solution.

And yes. I'm old. But I have plenty of knowledge, which is usually spoon fed in school. Wisdom, on the other hand, is what we learn from the pain in our lives, and I've plenty of this, too. This response is based on wisdom, not knowledge. Too few of us remember this one primary consideration in our daily lives.
RWallace

AnswerHave someone else do it for me ... PinPopular
MacSpudster21-Apr-14 10:57
professionalMacSpudster21-Apr-14 10:57 
GeneralRe: Have someone else do it for me ... Pin
Chris Richner21-Apr-14 18:54
Chris Richner21-Apr-14 18:54 
GeneralRe: Have someone else do it for me ... Pin
AlexCode21-Apr-14 19:21
professionalAlexCode21-Apr-14 19:21 
GeneralStephen Hawking Pin
TommyTomToms21-Apr-14 10:15
TommyTomToms21-Apr-14 10:15 
Generalbrainwaves... Pin
Dennis E White21-Apr-14 4:37
professionalDennis E White21-Apr-14 4:37 
GeneralRe: brainwaves... PinPopular
Chris Maunder21-Apr-14 7:38
cofounderChris Maunder21-Apr-14 7:38 
GeneralKeyboard but not mouse Pin
PIEBALDconsult21-Apr-14 4:26
mvePIEBALDconsult21-Apr-14 4:26 
GeneralPlease not brainwaves... PinPopular
Sander Rossel20-Apr-14 23:26
professionalSander Rossel20-Apr-14 23:26 
GeneralRe: Please not brainwaves... Pin
DaveX8621-Apr-14 2:11
DaveX8621-Apr-14 2:11 
GeneralRe: Please not brainwaves... Pin
kamahl21-Apr-14 20:44
kamahl21-Apr-14 20:44 
GeneralRe: Please not brainwaves... Pin
DaveX8622-Apr-14 1:18
DaveX8622-Apr-14 1:18 
GeneralRe: Please not brainwaves... Pin
mikepwilson22-Apr-14 3:51
mikepwilson22-Apr-14 3:51 
GeneralA Sexlight and a pair of silicone-filled tactile feedback transducers Pin
Roger Wright20-Apr-14 21:27
professionalRoger Wright20-Apr-14 21:27 
GeneralRe: A Sexlight and a pair of silicone-filled tactile feedback transducers Pin
mrmike21-Apr-14 7:11
professionalmrmike21-Apr-14 7:11 
GeneralRe: A Sexlight and a pair of silicone-filled tactile feedback transducers Pin
Roger Wright21-Apr-14 8:14
professionalRoger Wright21-Apr-14 8:14 
GeneralRe: A Sexlight and a pair of silicone-filled tactile feedback transducers Pin
Gary Wheeler22-Apr-14 0:39
Gary Wheeler22-Apr-14 0:39 
GeneralDepends on specific scenario PinPopular
Oleg A.Lukin20-Apr-14 21:00
Oleg A.Lukin20-Apr-14 21:00 

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