View Poll Results: How many Anti-Touchscreen BBOS device users do you know?
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- I have relatives that would like a BB10 device but they do not use the touchscreen. At all. They're on BBOS devices like the 9900 and hate that the touchscreen on the 9900 and can't be totally disabled.
If BB10 is enhanced to have full Trackpad / hard button support (without removing any touchscreen capabilities, because I guess it needs to be said that BlackBerry won't be removing or crippling BB10 touchscreen capabilities by adding the Trackpad and buttons) I'm curious to know if other citizens of CrackBerry Nation have friends / family / acquaintances with the same point of view: sure they'd like more power, more capabilities than their BB9900 offers, but they have absolutely no desire to switch to a touchscreen device and have no use for the touchscreen capabilities of the 9900.
Note that on the BBOS devices like the 9900 and 9810 the OS had full support for the TrackPad and menu button and use of the touchscreen was not necessary, but could not be disabled (much to the chagrin of this type of user).03-17-14 03:47 PMLike 4 - I guess that would be good for some people, but I fear that BB10 relies too much on the touch screen.
Star Wars fan? Come join us C00121E8ELevi_Asaiah likes this.03-17-14 03:55 PMLike 1 -
https://www.google.ca/search?q=disab...00+touchscreenEAFD likes this.03-17-14 06:00 PMLike 1 - Yes, but with a mouse you can click the button and then move the mouse. Can you imagine pressing AND moving your finger across the optical trackpad? It'd be horrible/ impossible to get used to.
The only way they can disable the touch screen is if they actually implement the capacitive surface physical keyboard from that parent application that was floating around a few weeks ago. That way you could still swipe on the keys.
In any case, even most laptops sold nowadays are trending towards touch screen (with full keyboard and touch pad of course),.. your friends just need to get with the times before it kicks them in the behind.
Posted via CB1003-17-14 06:07 PMLike 0 - Because when you touch it when you don't mean to touch it bad things can happen, like hitting the back button when you're in the middle of trying to compose a text or something. The point of this topic isn't to justify the desire to have the touchscreen disabled, moreso to get an idea of whether or not this is a common thing... Google says it might be...
https://www.google.ca/search?q=disab...00+touchscreen
Also, your poll is missing the option for knowing 0 people with that problem...03-17-14 07:35 PMLike 0 -
Posted via CB1003-17-14 08:09 PMLike 0 - They can let the active frames to swipe down(for options) active. Rest can be done with the trackpad
Posted via BlackBerry Q10Bold03-19-14 02:16 AMLike 0 - I had used the touchscreen on my Bold 9900 a lot more than I thought I would. The only problem I remember having was my face unintentionally hitting the touchscreen and hanging up on people by accident/ghost-dialing with my face while on the phone, lol. I don't think I would have really cared either way had there been a choice to turn off the touchscreen. Options are nice, though.
Posted via CB1003-19-14 03:18 AMLike 0 - I always thought that if you turn the touchscreen sensitivity to 0 on the 9900/9930 that by doing so, you would basically disable the touchscreen.
Last edited by ChainPunch; 03-30-14 at 09:45 PM.
world traveler and former ceo likes this.03-20-14 06:27 PMLike 1 - on my 9900 I mute calls by accident and keep accidentally changing my ringer to silent from brushing the touch screen. I've never had the need to use it so I'd prefer it could be disabled since it only seems to cause problems for me. I could always enable it should I have the need if it was a settings option.idssteve likes this.03-21-14 09:13 PMLike 1
- on my 9900 I mute calls by accident and keep accidentally changing my ringer to silent from brushing the touch screen. I've never had the need to use it so I'd prefer it could be disabled since it only seems to cause problems for me. I could always enable it should I have the need if it was a settings option.
...or, BlackBerry could implement the option to turn off the touchscreen. Maybe even add a purpose-built touchscreen-toggle button (or bring back the convenience keys or make "long press on spacebar" the touchscreen toggle on the Q20... lots of possible implementation options.
Posted via CB10Last edited by RyanGermann; 04-17-14 at 12:41 PM.
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Posted without the aid of AutoCorrect with my physical keyboard via CB1003-22-14 08:36 AMLike 0 - ...and if you're an executive at a company, when you **** dial or hang up on the CEO because of undesired accidental touchscreen interaction, you are going to hate the device, blame the device, and slap it to your colleagues at every opportunity.
...or, BlackBerry could implement the option to turn off the touchscreen. Maybe even add a purpose-built touchscreen-toggle button (or bring back the convenience keys or make "long press on spacebar" the touchscreen toggle on the Q20... lots of possible implementation options.
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Posted without the aid of AutoCorrect with my physical keyboard via CB10anon(9184750) likes this.03-22-14 08:39 AMLike 1 - Not sure how me wanting to know a specific thing that isn't the thing you wanted to know is "egocentric". In fact, assuming this topic has anything to do with your opinion on touchscreen enablement is kind of egocentric of you, don't you think? Sometimes topics aren't relevant to everyone.
You did inspire a new post in general discussion that you will recognise as being inspired by your "missing option" comment, but I won't be acknowledging you there because while it won't be insulting to "people like you" it won't exactly be flattering either, so my apologies in advance if you are offended but I'm not going to apologise for offending you if it happens.
I'f any 10 white house staffers including Barack Obama said they'd like an option to disable the touchscreen it would be in there no matter how many people don't want the option.
Posted via CB1003-22-14 08:49 AMLike 0 - Not sure how me wanting to know a specific thing that isn't the thing you wanted to know is "egocentric". In fact, assuming this topic has anything to do with your opinion on touchscreen enablement is kind of egocentric of you, don't you think? Sometimes topics aren't relevant to everyone.
You did inspire a new post in general discussion that you will recognise as being inspired by your "missing option" comment, but I won't be acknowledging you there because while it won't be insulting to "people like you" it won't exactly be flattering either, so my apologies in advance if you are offended but I'm not going to apologise for offending you if it happens.
so you do understand... I wanted to know if there was a critical mass of people who know someone with a hate on for touchscreen-enabled BBOS devices... not percentages, just numbers, hence the no "0 people" option on the poll.
I'f any 10 white house staffers including Barack Obama said they'd like an option to disable the touchscreen it would be in there no matter how many people don't want the option.
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Like with any legitimate poll, wouldn't this have been more informative if you had a control group to base your numbers off of??
Posted without the aid of AutoCorrect with my physical keyboard via CB1003-22-14 08:57 AMLike 0 - Uh, yah, I never said to not include the other choices. I am advocating the poll being more inclusive. You're literally excluding anyone who doesn't know anyone with this issue from the poll. So how is wanting to include everyone egocentric? Please go look at a dictionary every once in a while...
Like with any legitimate poll, wouldn't this have been more informative if you had a control group to base your numbers off of??
:facepalm:
second, here's an explanation, because I was wrong before, clearly you don't understand or just want want to complain.
I want to know raw numbers, not a percentage. The 0 option doesn't serve my purpose. I'm not going to debate whether or not the raw number is important to you.
Your idea of a "legitimate" poll is not mine. Again, this topic isn't at all about how many people don't want something, just how many who do. You can take the lack of poll responses as supporting your point that "not enough" people want the option. But as with any legitimate scientific study, you should allow your biases to inform your direction, but not how you interpret the results. The results of this poll show that hardly anyone even knows anyone frustrated with touchscreens. Knowing how many DON'T have a problem with touchscreens is irrelevant to knowing a hard number for how many DO.
Also, there are far too few respondents to draw any "scientific" conclusions, but the conclusion i'm drawing is that so few people even bothered with the poll that the whole topic isn't of interest i.e. "not enough" people care about this issue.
Is that clearer?
Posted via CB1003-22-14 09:10 AMLike 0 - first of all,
:facepalm:
second, here's an explanation, because I was wrong before, clearly you don't understand or just want want to complain.
I want to know raw numbers, not a percentage. The 0 option doesn't serve my purpose. I'm not going to debate whether or not the raw number is important to you.
Your idea of a "legitimate" poll is not mine. Again, this topic isn't at all about how many people don't want something, just how many who do. You can take the lack of poll responses as supporting your point that "not enough" people want the option. But as with any legitimate scientific study, you should allow your biases to inform your direction, but not how you interpret the results. The results of this poll show that hardly anyone even knows anyone frustrated with touchscreens. Knowing how many DON'T have a problem with touchscreens is irrelevant to knowing a hard number for how many DO.
Also, there are far too few respondents to draw any "scientific" conclusions, but the conclusion i'm drawing is that so few people even bothered with the poll that the whole topic isn't of interest i.e. "not enough" people care about this issue.
Is that clearer?
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Just fyi I'm not actually "against" the option. Options are... optional so I could just ignore it if I don't have a use for it, and the more options the better for people who might want it... I just never knew it was an issue for anyone since I've never experienced any of the problems raised by some people here...
Posted without the aid of AutoCorrect with my physical keyboard via CB1003-22-14 10:48 AMLike 0 - I could use a function that turns off the touchscreen at least dring calls. On my 9900 it happens too many times, that I either accidently switch from speaker to phone or that I somehow accidently dial someone during the conversation. It is really annoying.Johberry likes this.03-22-14 11:49 AMLike 1
- Oh don't worry, it was perfectly clear just from looking at your post without bothering with anything you say that you don't care about the actual importance of whatever number you get in your "who agrees with me" poll. I just had to point it out.
Just fyi I'm not actually "against" the option. Options are... optional so I could just ignore it if I don't have a use for it, and the more options the better for people who might want it... I just never knew it was an issue for anyone since I've never experienced any of the problems raised by some people here...
Everyone experiences accidental touchscreen interactions, but most people don't want to disable the touchscreen outright.... so obviously most people will not have heard "I want to turn off the touchscreen and leave it off"... but a number of how many actually have heard that (yes even from oneself) is more interesting than knowing that 99% haven't heard it. Is a poll like "do you like chocolate?" even interesting when it is common knowledge most people do?
Also it hadn't occurred to me that so many would have accidental hangups or mutes which I'd attribute to a faulty proximity sensor, but if it is bothersome to them, perhaps the option should be to turn off the touchscreen while on a call, limiting other interactivity while on a call, or having an option to turn it back on with a very specific non-accidental gesture... And again "I don't want to turn off the touchscreen" or "I don't know anyone who wants to turn off the touchscreen" has no bearing on solutions or workarounds for those who do.
You should start your own poll asking "do you want to be able to turn off the touchscreen?" or something and see if the results meet your expectations.Last edited by RyanGermann; 03-22-14 at 07:28 PM.
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