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by jcelerier 1526 days ago
> My ultimate prediction is that within about three years after GTK 5 is released, touchscreens will go out of vogue

haven't they already ? I remember buying much more easily a computer with a touchscreen in 2011 than today, at some point every other model had it, but now it feels like NVidia's 3D Vision in its end times.

Same for tablets, when I check analytics for my website, tablet use is pretty much zero.

2 comments

Tablets and mobile phones are computers with a touchscreen, and they're more popular than ever. You might not see many in your niche, but the laptop and desktop PC are a smaller and smaller pie of everyday computing.
Many high-end laptops these days have touch screens that can be flipped over to use them as tablets. That's exactly the kind of use GNOME 3 was developed for.
Most iPads will be detected as Macs, while other tablets are… not very relevant, like you've noticed.