Please don't underestimate touch, for it's here and will continue to advance in the future. Would you agree that it is the fastest way to navigate? Faster than a mouse, stylus, etc.?
Touch is fine, I use it on my phone. I still prefer a physical keyboard on my phone for typing though, I'll be honest.
I would not agree that it's the fastest way to navigate. Not in it's current implementation. Take this forum for example and this thread, to get to page 7 or 8, there is a very small link that I have to select to hit this page. Now, with my mouse/trackball/touchpad it's a piece of cake. Using my finger on my tablet or phone...it's a crapshoot as to whether I will hit it or not. Take any application that has a dropdown list box, and try to select not only the arrow to fly out the box, but the selection that you want in the box. And don't get me started on hover over mouse flyouts on websites. Those are hard enough with a mouse, let alone a touch interface.
OK, Parks. I see your problem. Come over to my work shop. I have a few tools that I can sharpen your finger with!!??
All kidding aside, now we have a scenario that traditional software has not advanced to meet demands of touch. Within the "Metro" (Did they come up with another damn name yet?) UI all links (<- Is this the correct Terminology? - refers to HTML) are larger for touch navigation. e.g. -> Metro tiles and all links within those apps.
So, eventually we may see this developing as more and more software is written in/for this interface.
I live a sheltered life. I don't have a touch device other than my Droid2. It's a real B to navigate an internet page with it. What's it like on a padd?
BTW, I have to turn my Droid sideways to type on the screen keyboard. I have these wide, muscular builder hands and fingers.