"Phil Stanton" wrote in
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Thanks for the various inputs on Touchscreens.
Sorry to post again, but the original subject

Phil, before you shell out 900 of Her Majesty's finest for a touch screen,
let's give it a little sea trial!

Go down to the sea and scoop out a little jar of the North Sea and take it
with you to the touch screen store. Dip you finger into the jar,
simulating actually being at sea covered in spray where you'll want to use
this animal, then touch that finger to the touch screens in question, WET.
Let's see if any of them will work WET with a little North Sea brine on
them.

I bet NOT! Any dot of conductive, corrosive seawater left on the touch
screen is going to either short it out, permanently, or at least make it
think your finger is touching the screen at this point...er, ah, those
points (sea water sprays!). I don't think it'll know your finger in a maze
of dried-on sea spray or wet salt water dots.

Give 'er a SEA TRIAL first....saves all that arguing and litigating later
trying to get your 900 pounds Sterling back. Hmm..Gotta go look up how to
make the Sterling sign on the Alt-number pad again...(c;

--
Larry

If you touch it and hear a frying noise....casually take your jar and LEAVE
QUIETLY!....(c;

"Larry" wrote in message
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"Phil Stanton" wrote in
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Thanks for the various inputs on Touchscreens.
Sorry to post again, but the original subject

Phil, before you shell out 900 of Her Majesty's finest for a touch screen,
let's give it a little sea trial!

Go down to the sea and scoop out a little jar of the North Sea and take it
with you to the touch screen store. Dip you finger into the jar,
simulating actually being at sea covered in spray where you'll want to use
this animal, then touch that finger to the touch screens in question, WET.
Let's see if any of them will work WET with a little North Sea brine on
them.

I bet NOT! Any dot of conductive, corrosive seawater left on the touch
screen is going to either short it out, permanently, or at least make it
think your finger is touching the screen at this point...er, ah, those
points (sea water sprays!). I don't think it'll know your finger in a
maze
of dried-on sea spray or wet salt water dots.

Well Larry, if you could take the trouble of looking at the site of the
Bharlin Blue,
http://www.bharlinblue.com/
You'll see 4 touchscreens installed in the cockpit, directly in front of
both helm stations. They work perfectly at sea.

Meindert

Interesting, Meindert, Can't find any information on what sort of screens
they are. Do you have any idea

Phil


"Meindert Sprang" wrote in message
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"Larry" wrote in message
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"Phil Stanton" wrote in
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Thanks for the various inputs on Touchscreens.
Sorry to post again, but the original subject

Phil, before you shell out 900 of Her Majesty's finest for a touch
screen,
let's give it a little sea trial!

Go down to the sea and scoop out a little jar of the North Sea and take
it
with you to the touch screen store. Dip you finger into the jar,
simulating actually being at sea covered in spray where you'll want to
use
this animal, then touch that finger to the touch screens in question,
WET.
Let's see if any of them will work WET with a little North Sea brine on
them.

I bet NOT! Any dot of conductive, corrosive seawater left on the touch
screen is going to either short it out, permanently, or at least make it
think your finger is touching the screen at this point...er, ah, those
points (sea water sprays!). I don't think it'll know your finger in a
maze
of dried-on sea spray or wet salt water dots.

Well Larry, if you could take the trouble of looking at the site of the
Bharlin Blue,
http://www.bharlinblue.com/
You'll see 4 touchscreens installed in the cockpit, directly in front of
both helm stations. They work perfectly at sea.

Meindert

"Phil Stanton" wrote in message
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Interesting, Meindert, Can't find any information on what sort of screens
they are. Do you have any idea

I do, I made the software that connects them through a large KVM switch to
several computers :-)
These are from Xenex (www.xenex.com) and are called Xenex Navigence XD
Series High-Bright Marine Displays.

Meindert