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Re: GUIs und kinder



They use touch screens in restraunts et.. so I bet they would be tough enough
but you are talking about an added expense unless they are already available
for another app?
Robert
On 28-Sep-99 thudson@cygnus.com wrote:
> Leon Brooks wrote:
>>
>> I've often thought that a different input device, especially for the
>> very littlies, would be good. Somewhat easier under X than anything Bill
>> offers. Tracballs are probably impractical, unless the actual mechanism
>> can be completely sealed and easily cleaned, else it would quickly grind
>> to a halt on slobber, food, and the other disgusting substances which
>> abound in a child's world.
>>
> Yeah, I thought at one time that a touch screen might be great... then I got
> the picture of a monitor covered in peanut butter :-).
>  
>> > cut>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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