People keep poking my screen

[Hard-Hat-Mac]

I AM WITH YOU!!!!

This is my number one computing pet peeve. Even after you tell people just don't touch the screen please. They STILL do it. It's like a moth to a light. I can understand with my 4yr niece, but when my co-workers or friends do it i can't help but shutter.


HHM

 

[swiftaw]

A couple of broken fingers and people soon get the message

 

[Toknee]

My GF does this all the time, pokes the screen, runs her finger across the screen while reading a webpage, will poke on a link with her finger, as if it were the cursor, it annoys the SH*T out of me.

 

[Manic Mouse]

And LCD screens are fragile with very little in the form of protection. They aren't designed to be poked, they're not meant to be poked and poking can damage them. The fact that after spending thousands of dollars on a MacBook I now have a "damaged screen" thanks to my friend poking it is what's really annoying.

I'm sure they wouldn't like it if you "touched" their car paint with your keys, but it's no different.

 

[Taylor C]

This is easily the single most annoying thing I encounter on a daily basis. I can't even begin to express how much it irritates me. ><

 

[epicwelshman]

A couple of broken fingers and people soon get the message

haha, little extreme... but if it works...

 

[Manic Mouse]

haha, little extreme... but if it works...

There should be an option to have an electric current running through your screen, that'll soon train offenders not to poke screens.

 

[kuebby]

My parents do the same thing. I think it's partly because they've used CRTs for so long that they're used to a screen that can be touched without fear of damage.

 

[notjustjay]

The fact that after spending thousands of dollars on a MacBook I now have a "damaged screen" thanks to my friend poking it is what's really annoying.

Try massaging it some more (really). That might bring back the pixel. At least that's what people always suggested to me.

Once when my workplace gave me a brand new 21" Trinitron monitor, I had a big sticky note on the top that said "PLEASE DO NOT SMUDGE MY BRAND NEW MONITOR!!!" People got the message pretty quickly.

 

[rest44]

With glossy screens, this isn´t an issue cause of the glass.

Am I right?

 

[johnee]

There should be an option to have an electric current running through your screen, that'll soon train offenders not to poke screens.

When I was young, I had a 300 in 1 electronics kit and made a shock device. I put this on my doorknob and told my little nieces and nephews to go into my room they never went in my room again.


I hate screen pokers.

 

[GoCubsGo]

Because they have nothing better to poke?

 

[miniConvert]

Screen pokers do my head in as well. I very rarely have to clean my own screens because, other than a little dust over time, they stay pristine. The iMac's my staff use, on the other hand, look like a three year old just ate a banana off of them.

I go in with the iKlear every now and then to sort them out, but it's soul destroying!

 

[whooleytoo]

With glossy screens, this isn´t an issue cause of the glass.

Am I right?

Less likely to damage the screen, true. On the other hand, on glossy screens fingers leave noticeable smudges. Either way, it's best to keep fingers away!

 

[thisonechance]

This is one of the most annoying habits people have. I have successfully gotten my g/f to stop, now only if the rest of the world would do the same.

The computers at my work are unbelievable. Half of them have the anti-glare coating scraped off.

 

[Bern]

Here I was thinking it was just me being a victim again I hate it when people touch my screen.

For the OP who has the dead pixels try running either one these pixel fixers, they might unstick them for you. There's Pixel Fix and JScreen Fix the latter being preferred.

 

[Manic Mouse]

With glossy screens, this isn´t an issue cause of the glass.

Am I right?

Not true, glossy screens don't have any glass on them at all. It's merely a different coating than the one applied to matt screens.

I'm glad I'm not the only one driven bonkers by this. I'm trying to tell myself that the two dead pixels that appeared after the poking, and where the poking occurred have nothing to do with the poking because it makes me angry.

Can poking actually produce dead pixels? Seems to be the case from my anecdotal experience, but it would make me feel better if they were always there and I just didn't notice them.

 

[Manic Mouse]

Here I was thinking it was just me being a victim again I hate it when people touch my screen.

For the OP who has the dead pixels try running either one these pixel fixers, they might unstick them for you. There's Pixel Fix and JScreen Fix the latter being preferred.

I love you guys! Why can't everyone be like you all. Life would be so much easier and better.

 

[johnee]

So let's collectively decide on a protocol to prevent screen pokers from practicing their craft.

how about a "don't poke" campaign?

Or, (i like this one better)

after they poke your screen, give them a good poking in their forehead

 

[ataylora]

I tell people straight up, don't poke the screen as it will damage it. I've never had anyone disobey, but if they did, they'd be out of pocket for a new screen were any damage caused.

 

[nbs2]

I wonder if complaints like this were a factor in Apple's introduction of the glass casing on the iMac.

 

[gnasher729]

With glossy screens, this isn´t an issue cause of the glass.

Am I right?

Doesn't help with marker pens

 

[esaleris]

From a psycological standpoint, older people tend to treat monitors as paper. Reading for the previous generation was a tacticle activity; for the younger generation, we've learned that pointing on the screen doesn't do much.

Moral of the story? Don't hang out with old people. Or something like that.

 

[Osarkon]

I wonder if complaints like this were a factor in Apple's introduction of the glass casing on the iMac.

It would make sense I guess.

The whole poking business doesn't bother me that much with matte screens, but don't you DARE touch my glossy screens.

I had my macbook back from repair and they'd cleaned the screen for me, it was immaculate. Then a friend poked it. Instead fingerprint, and glossy screens aren't the easiest things to keep clean. The damn smudge is STILL there.

 

[Flobber88]

I agree, everytime someone pokes you screen, you poke them harder