Things to consider when writing for touch screen?

Question

I\'m starting a new project which involves developing an interface for a machine that measures wedge and roundness of lenses and stores the information in a database and reports

Answer 1

I wrote my own set of controls for a POS application designed specifically to be touchscreen friendly.

Remember to allow enough real estate for stubby fingers and talons. In our application the users can have these manicures that necessitate them to use the pad of their finger instead of the tip. This means that you need to allow more space for activation areas than you would normally consider in any other type of application.

I would also recommend that you accommodate yourself as a programmer from a testing standpoint and from the point of view that things change and there may need to be a keyboard/mouse attached to a non-touch workstation. I cannot tell you how many times I went to touch my flat panel LCD expecting something to happen, before remembering that I had to use the mouse.