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I wonder how well this would work with my bright blue fingernails that are about .5" longer than my finger.

I then wonder how much recalibration I would have to do when one of them broke and I was poking directly at the screen.

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You could still use the keyboard and track pad

You chose to suffer not just with touchscreens. That said, it would probably work just fine.

It's honestly kind of amazing how many things seem to never be tested by anyone with long fingernails. My favorite was the time I picked up a video game controller and physically could not use it because the buttons were in a stylish little recess that meant my thumbnail would have to pass through the plastic housing before I could get the button to make contact.

Why would product designers make products worse for most due to self-inflicted conditions of the few?

You do realize that a significant portion of the population is encouraged to grow their nails long, right? Women exist.

Even as a non-woman I sometimes like to have my nails done up nice, and sure it’s my _choice_ just as it’s my choice not to purchase products that are fine excluding a chunk of the market. Out of curiosity, do you remember what controller? We are pretty much all DualSense in this house but I’d like to be aware in case we go shopping for new ones at any point

This was something a friend had in his office when I visited him at Activision back in the late nineties. I have no clue. :)

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