then why does your finger work on the ds
i'm just wondering, i'm really curious about how that works.
er no what I meant was this:
There's two layers to a resistive touchscreen, one of them is the part your finger/stylus hits, the other is the pad that detects the hit. When you hit the screen, you're pushing down on a piece of plastic that is hitting another at the bottom, but it's such a small gap that you don't really notice it.
Capacitive touchscreens work by detecting electricity through your fingers, which is why styluses don't work on them.