Touch THE NATURALLY FASTER WAY TO WORK

TOUCH AND GO
Touch is the most natural form of input. Navigation is intuitive and straightforward. And touch allows you to easily interact with
a device and consume content faster—without being tied to a mouse.
With the right touch technology, there is very little latency when interacting with the touch screen. Things happen almost instantaneously.
This high level of responsiveness helps you get things done in less time.
Touch also gives you a higher degree of mobility. It’s much easier to navigate through a book, document or other application using
touch gestures, especially when you’re in an airplane, on a train or working from a seat in a crowded waiting area.
TOUCH FUNDAMENTALS
There are two major types of touch technology: resistive and capacitive. It’s
important to understand the differences in these technologies, because they
yield very different user experiences.
Resistive technology is pressure-sensitive based. This is the technology used
commonly on credit card swipe pads in retail outlets. Input is based on the
pressure applied to the pad.
Capacitive technology uses the electrostatic discharge from your fingers
for input to a device. This is the type of technology used in many popular
smartphones. Some phones, however, still rely on resistive technology.
Capacitive touch technology offers several advantages over resistive
technology. Capacitive is more responsive to the touch than resistive due to
the nature of the technology. It also supports multi-finger gestures—such as
two-finger pinch and zoom. Resistive technology usually limits you to single-
finger gestures.
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