Consequences of Using the Playbook too Much...

**alekza** · 10-16-2011, 01:20 PM

Hey Guys. So the weather is pretty bad in here...

That's not the point.. The power was down in here.. So i bridged my PB with my 9700 and started working on my PB (browsing and writing).

After a couple of hours the power came back and I found myself expecting a response when i press my Laptop Screen. Ha ha! same thing happened when I has Using my Bold.

Buttom line is: Has it happened to you: when you use your playbook for a while and start using another non-touchscreen device and expect it to work when you press the screen?

**braindigger** · 10-16-2011, 01:31 PM

hahaha all the time. spoiled by the PB

**JovanG1287** · 10-16-2011, 01:45 PM

yup i did it with my laptop also the other day.... sort of embarrassing

**prez87** · 10-16-2011, 01:49 PM

I catch myself doing that with my 9800. Every now and then i try to swipe across the screen to get it to wake up.

**soul2k** · 10-16-2011, 01:50 PM

I sometimes swipe up when trying to close applications

**paulnsam39** · 10-16-2011, 01:51 PM

ha ha lol i do this all the time with non bb screens... people think im nutz

**mercadodon** · 10-16-2011, 02:20 PM

LOL! I do that all the time when playing with other tablets and cell phones! The gestures off of the QNX/PB tablet are definitely a more native/natural set of controls.

**LewLew23** · 10-16-2011, 02:23 PM

LOL totally! There have been so many times i tried to wake my 9800 by swiping. And then there are times I try to scroll on my laptop with my finger

**SuperDuckWC** · 10-16-2011, 02:27 PM

hahaha yes, on the screen of my desktop....

**alekza** · 10-16-2011, 02:29 PM

My best friend has an ipad... He Always laughs when I swipe instead of pressing the home button.

**TheStoof** · 10-16-2011, 03:10 PM

I was used to using the Playbook before I got the iPhone 4S. I find myself swiping from the bottom to switch apps. Lol.

**Chaplain_Clancy** · 10-16-2011, 03:26 PM

I still get yelled at by trying to wake my wife up by sliding my finger across her face.

**erhan8** · 10-16-2011, 03:27 PM

I find myself using swipe gestures on everything. Luckily I have a touch monitor at my desk in the office so people don't often realize whats happening. My son has an ipad and I always swipe up to dock the app I'm using in an attempt to multi-task. What a joke. I hope other manufacturers see how impressive it is and implament the technology. Soon, we PB owners may catch ourselves swiping the toaster, coffee pot or any other devices/appliances we come into contact with throughout our day. Maybe 2.0 will bring some new gestures?

**theegoldenone** · 10-16-2011, 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by Chaplain_Clancy

I still get yelled at by trying to wake my wife up by sliding my finger across her face.

Lmao! So how's that mute swipe working for you?

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**Chaplain_Clancy** · 10-16-2011, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by lc1412

Lmao! So how's that mute swipe working for you?

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I'll let you know when I recover from the bite. In all seriousness though, I do find myself swiping from the bezel to try and bring up the tabs in the fb browser.

**cielodome** · 10-16-2011, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by Chaplain_Clancy

I still get yelled at by trying to wake my wife up by sliding my finger across her face.

Too, too funny!!!!

But yes, I now just swipe everything without thinking until I realize that not everything is as good as a PB . . .

. . . and so I sigh and remain patient with the lower devices.

**SlcCorrado** · 10-16-2011, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by alekza

Buttom line is: Has it happened to you: when you use your playbook for a while and start using another non-touchscreen device and expect it to work when you press the screen?

Always

**jmarkey77** · 10-16-2011, 04:14 PM

I do it all the time on my laptop or wifes phone. I stared at her Curve for a bit last week trying to figure out how to open her email in a fog. She laughs at me when I do that. Between my PB and Torch...

**kill_9** · 10-16-2011, 04:54 PM

Originally Posted by alekza

Buttom line is: Has it happened to you: when you use your playbook for a while and start using another non-touchscreen device and expect it to work when you press the screen?

Yes. I admit to pressing the screen of my notebook computer sometimes immediately after having used my tablet for a period of time. I almost tried pressing on the message icon on my smartphone too but caught myself before my finger made contact

**Abrante** · 10-16-2011, 05:23 PM

A friend of mine bought a low (and I really mean low) end tablet off ebay and I was trying a few PB gestures, none of them worked. In fact, not even the gestures that were mentioned in the user manual worked lol. I wish I was lying!

**spencerdl** · 10-16-2011, 05:37 PM

Oh yea, its happened quite a few times. I also look around to see if anyone is looking

**demzzy** · 10-16-2011, 05:49 PM

this happens to me all the time.. even more so since i have a torch.. i always touch non touchscreen stuff thinking it wud do something

**Magic Man 5** · 10-16-2011, 05:51 PM

I saw a video the other day of a baby trying to swipe on a magazine to change the page. I thought wow, that is going to become more common.

**Revord** · 10-16-2011, 06:05 PM

I always do it with my 9700. I either touch the screen or swipe it trying to use it right after, or in conjunction with using my pb.

**Fnord** · 10-16-2011, 06:17 PM

I've gone back to my iPad (for Netflix) after many months only using my PB. Find i'm constantly swiping through the bezel - always takes a second for me to realize why it's not responding. iPad is so archaic!