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SauntSolaireyesterday at 4:20 PM2 repliesview on HN

I assume you're young? Finger capacitance can reduce quite significantly with age.


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WalterBrightyesterday at 5:08 PM

You can tell that most touchscreen interfaces are designed by young people.

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AnimalMuppetyesterday at 5:22 PM

I worked on a (desktop) telephone for the hard of hearing. It had a touch screen. Our customer base tended toward older people. We had problems with them being able to register a touch on the screen. We called it "cadaver fingers" (not in front of the customer). Yeah, it's a real problem.