Fingerprinty
It’s all very well having all these nice new gadgets being released. Most of them look pretty darn good, but why is it that most of them have that shiney gloss finish to them? It just leaves fingerprints too easily. The base of my LCD monitor is black as is the bezel around my keyboard and they both just look fingerprinty and really dusty if it hasn’t been immediately been dusted. Then there’s my delightful netbook which shows less dust due to being moved all the time, but the case is a real fingerprint magnet. My iPod is alright, its white so dust specks don’t show up so easily and you can only see fingerprints at a certain angle.
If things must be glossy, they should be on light coloured items. Dark covers and casings should be matt. I think once I’ve had my netbook for a bit longer, I’ll repaint the case with something matt. Come to think of it, things with that satin sheen can sometimes attract fingerprints and be harder to wipe off! The long-term practicalities for materials on gadgets and gizmos require more thought to them.
No matter how clean your hands are, there are always fingerprints left.
It also irritates me how some people insist on touching computer screens when they’re pointing something out. A majority of the screens in the computer room in uni are fingerprint-tastic! There’s even one with a pencil mark across it. I’m just slowly simmering away when people are poking at my screen. Just the other day my friend left a perfect thumb print on my netbook screen, he wasn’t even pointing anything out! When it comes to fingering screens, there are some serial offenders out there no matter how much and how nicely you tell them not to do it, especially if its your own property. Matt screens are the worst to clean.
