Difference between resistive and capacitve touchscreen

Unlike aresistive touchscreen, one cannot use a capacitive touchscreen through most types of electrically insulating material, such as gloves. This disadvantage especially affects usability in consumer electronics, such as touch tablet PCs and capacitive smartphones in cold weather. It can be overcome with a special capacitive stylus, or a special application glove with an embroidered patch of conductive thread passing through it and contacting the users fingertip.