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The bane of touch-screen interfaces

Posted: April 7th, 2010 Author:

The touch-screen experience on the new iPad should be nothing short of amazing, if the iPhone is anything to go by. The user’s experience on this new device will tend towards a perfect one, a nirvana of human-machine connectedness, but comes with one major disclaimer: You have to be able to see the interface.

A man using the touch-screen interface of the new iPad

Touch Screen Interfaces - a big 'Up Yours' to non-sighted users. Photo by Steven Rhodes

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