The F-35’s Touchscreen Isn’t Perfect

National Interest: The F-35’s Touchscreen Isn’t Perfect—Can It Ever Be?

It looks like the expensive stealth fighter has yet another problem.

It has been over a decade since the original iPad was released and soon after the debate began on whether a tablet device could replace a laptop or even PCs in general. Even as recently as late 2018, the question was asked whether a touchscreen would be the new normal—but there are simply times where a touchscreen isn’t as intuitive as having buttons and keys.

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WNU Editor: What caught my eye in the above post is this ....

.... At present I am pressing the wrong part of the screen about 20% of the time in flight due to either mis-identification, or more commonly by my finger getting jostled around in turbulence or under G.

Hitting the wrong part of the screen about 20% of the time in flight is (to me) 20% too much.