Is there such a thing as touchscreen fatigue and a resulting renaissance in push buttons and physical controls, in new consumer products?

Buttons are far better to use in a car or van whilst driving, touch screens make something as simple as changing the radio station difficult and potentially dangerous and the Google lady doesn’t always grasp what I’m saying, though she isn’t the only one.

So many times I've been to a touch screen interface that doesn't work. Especially at ticket machines in train stations. The number of times I've just given up and gone to the counter instead. Happened the other day at a parcel drop off locker as well. The touch screen wasn't responding so I had to walk across town to another locker bank and hope that the screen was working there instead! 

One of the issues with touchscreens though is that you get no 'feedback' so you're always wondering if it's working. With a button there's a 'click' that you feel. It's the same reason that you hear the 'beep' when you scan your shopping at the supermarket checkouts or if like me you use the scan and go, my phone vibrates to indicate that the item has scanned successfully. 

With touchscreens that feedback isn't there.

Hello Lisa:

My fingers are so dry that I have to use the rubber tip on the top of a ballpoint pen to get them to work on a touchscreen.

Some organizations require one to sign ones name on a touchscreen when purchasing products, which just results in a scribbled mess.

Peter Brooks

Palm Bay