Comment by bahmboo
6 hours ago
It's expectation. Think of all the screens in your life that you interact with and when you can't touch them it feels broken (at least to me). So I don't use my laptop as a tablet but when some dialog pops up I want to touch the cancel button. Or I'm helping someone with a task and reaching to move a window directly is natural.
So it is just table stakes at this point.
> when some dialog pops up I want to touch the cancel button
I have never had this. I don't think this is the expectation among people using laptops either? Pressing escape is much faster, doesn't obscure the screen, and doesn't require me to aim.
Just using an iPad trains me to touch the screen. Non touch laptops are the holdouts. This will all be forgotten soon enough because a non-touch display is archaic. My opinion doesn't matter it's only a matter of time. Please name displays in your life without touch (large TV for sure but even they will eventually have touch).