Intel486dx33 wrote:
Yes, typing is going to be a thing of the past. Voice interpretation and voice commands.
The wheel would be nice but a touch display keyboard would be nicer with interchangeable keyboard types and game pads. Wheels and all kinds of stuff. Just swipe for a different type of input device.
No, no and fuck no. Even the best voice recognition software existing right now is regularly failing horribly, particular if someone has either particularly strong or unusual accent. But even under ideal circumstances it is not reliable. It has its uses but those are normally supplementary instead of being a replacement. Voice recognition is also massively slower. I am by no means a fast typer but I tried good voice recognition in the past and I could type faster than the voice program could transcribe spoken language. On top of that you have to go over the text to catch the mistakes the algorithm made and correct them. That alone can take longer than just writing it in the first place. On top of that Voice recognition less precise. I dare you to try and use voice recognition to enter any mildly complex equation or scientific(ish) work. You WILL go back to mouse and keyboard and start over. The day a device I use has only voice recognition as an input option is the day I murder the person responsible.
On the topic of touch keyboard I have one thing to say: Kill it with fire. Seriously, they are just horrible. The cheapest, nastiest and mushiest rubber dome or membrane keyboard is more usable than those things. The total lack of haptic feedback (vibration doesn't count, it's shit) makes them (quite literally so) painful to use for extended periods of time. They are kinda fine for a quick email reply or the odd message over an instant messenger, but any reasonably long text are impossible to write on those things.
Game controls on a touchscreen are even worse. Instead of concetrating on the game you have to concentrate on the controls just so you don't hit the wrong patch of surface. The lack of haptic feedback is even more detrimental here. Because of that and the general lack of support for proper controllers (and frankly because of the tsunami of microtransaction infested shovelware) I have completely given up on mobile gaming.
Touchscreen controls are in theory an interesting idea, in practice they are a horrible mess.
Intel486dx33 wrote:
But i still think the All-in-One iPad is on the right track. Maybe logitech will make a touch display keyboard for the iPad ?
All in one devices are *NEVER* on the right track. While they are technically (on the paper at least) capable of everything, they will be good at nothing. In the case of tablets they are useless for any kind of serious work, for media consumption the screens are too small and the speakers suck, for games they are to weak for any serious gaming and their controls are atrocious. They are companion devices at best, only to use when a proper computer isn't available. Like on the bus or on the toilet. And even then, a notebook is often the better choice.
