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One would hope that stupid fashion of touch screens on dangerous vehicles stops before the 24th century...
It's not a fashion choice. It's a versatility choice.
Suffice to say touchscreens give better feedback than today, as I've seen characters on Star Trek use those things blinded sometimes.
They're also much smarter than our ones. One episode had a kid worried about doing exactly the thing shown in the meme, where he'd fallen, caught himself on the control panel, and thought everyone had died as a result of him fat-fingering buttons.
He was reassured by Riker telling him it's impossible, because computer consoles can detect that, and have authorisation codes, so won't trigger the buttons otherwise.
Plus, there's aliens who have no eyes, and presumably cannot see in Starfleet. It would be unfair to them if they can't use anything except by voice controls.