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imperiallight 2010-08-20 19:22
Re: Brainwashed by FUD
 
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Originally Posted by NvyUs (Post 793372)
just tested short trimmed nail it does not work without minimum contact from finger at same time, so using nail is a myth on capacitive
You have to depress the fingernail edge slightly (where the flesh almost starts). A little like a mouse click. But the finger is not touching from close observation.

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I will reiterate your nails are doing nothing,no matter their shape.
lol, I am aware it is not the finger nail per se. Its just being used as a regular and consistent reference point (if you always use the same point) to transmit the capacitance from your finger as you press the nail in. That's probably what gives it its accuracy.

Anyway, I wouldn't be so stupid to suggest something that is easily non-reproducible and easily debunked with common objects. And I am sure what I am doing can be easily explained, but all I know is that it works using the stipulations set.

Venemo 2010-08-20 19:28
Re: Brainwashed by FUD
 
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Originally Posted by imperiallight (Post 793378)
I am aware it is not the finger nail per se. Its just being used as a regular and consistent reference point (if you always use the same point) to transmit the capacitance from your finger as you press the nail in.
Again... your nail is not a conductor, so it can't "transmit" "capacitance"...

imperiallight 2010-08-20 19:35
Re: Brainwashed by FUD
 
I will leave the suggestion as an experiment if anybody wants to try it. Or to explain it.

RevdKathy 2010-08-20 19:43
Re: Brainwashed by FUD
 
I have long fingernails. In my experience, using nail only results in no response whatsoever from a capacative screen. When using a friend's iphone (I know, I need to change my friends) I am forced to completely change my screen technique to get any reaction out of it. And yes, I have nails long enough to test nail only with no finger contact. ;)

fnordianslip 2010-08-20 19:44
Re: Brainwashed by FUD
 
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Originally Posted by RevdKathy (Post 793389)
I have long fingernails. In my experience, using nail only results in no response whatsoever from a capacative screen. When using a friend's iphone (I know, I need to change my friends) I am forced to completely change my screen technique to get any reaction out of it. And yes, I have nails long enough to test nail only with no finger contact. ;)
Don't you mean claws, on your paws, not nails?

RevdKathy 2010-08-20 19:46
Re: Brainwashed by FUD
 
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Originally Posted by fnordianslip (Post 793391)
Don't you mean claws, on your paws, not nails?
That'd be right. Claws on my paws like crocodile jaws...

Either way, the point stands.

imperiallight 2010-08-20 19:53
Re: Brainwashed by FUD
 
I can put my finger behind a cotton shirt and manipulate the iphone. I am beginning to think my point stands. Either that or I am superhuman, which wouldn't surprise me either:D.

smoku 2010-08-20 19:55
Re: Brainwashed by FUD
 
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Originally Posted by imperiallight (Post 793213)
If a resistive screen can detect the strands of a brush then that's news to me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl7dChsCToA 0:50+

Texrat 2010-08-20 20:25
Re: Brainwashed by FUD
 
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Originally Posted by imperiallight (Post 793405)
I can put my finger behind a cotton shirt and manipulate the iphone. I am beginning to think my point stands. Either that or I am superhuman, which wouldn't surprise me either:D.
This thing still has legs?

Cotton shirt isn't enough to block the effect. Other, thicker materials can be.

EDIT: oh, and I can hover a little over a trackpad and get inadvertant mouse moves/clicks. Way too often for my liking. But the capacitive field only extends so far. I'm betting RevdKathy never suffers this...

Rauha 2010-08-20 20:59
Re: Brainwashed by FUD
 
Resistive vs. Capacitive fight has just surpassed Amiga vs. Atari ST* as the most boring effing geek-war ever.









*Yes, I'm both old and nerd enough to have taken part in it.


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