A touch panel (70, 150, 174) having a transparent capacitive sensing medium configured to detect multiple touches or near touches that occur at a same time and at distinct locations in a plane of the touch panel (70, 150, 174) and to produce distinct signals representative of a location of the touches on the plane of the touch panel (70, 150, 174) for each of the multiple touches, the transparent capacitive sensing medium comprising: a first layer having a plurality of first lines forming driving lines that are electrically isolated from one another and formed from a transparent conductive material; and a second layer spatially separated from the first layer and having a plurality of second lines forming sensing lines that are electrically isolated from one another arid formed from a transparent conductive material, the plurality of second lines being positioned transverse to the plurality of first lines to form capacitive sensing nodes (74, 154, 226) at intersections, the capacitive sensing nodes (74, 154, 226) being positioned at different locations in the plane of the touch panel (70, 150, 174), wherein the first layer is separated from the second layer by one or more optically transmissive non-conducting members (156, 182), wherein each of the plurality of second lines forming sensing lines is operatively coupled to a capacitive sensing circuit (230, 260) to detect mutual capacitance at capacitive sensing nodes (74, 154, 226) and to an inverting amplifier comprising: a non-inverting input held at a constant voltage; an inverting input coupled to at least one of the capacitive sensing nodes, an output coupled to the capacitive sensing circuit; and a capacitor coupled between the output and the inverting input; and wherein the touch panel further includes dummy features disposed in a space between at least one of the plurality of first and second lines (206, 208), the dummy features being configured to optically improve a visual appearance of the touch panel by more closely matching an optical index of the at least one of the plurality of first and second lines (206, 208), and wherein the first layer and the second layer and the dummy features are all formed from the same transparent conductive material. a first layer having a plurality of first lines forming driving lines that are electrically isolated from one another and formed from a transparent conductive material; and a second layer spatially separated from the first layer and having a plurality of second lines forming sensing lines that are electrically isolated from one another arid formed from a transparent conductive material, the plurality of second lines being positioned transverse to the plurality of first lines to form capacitive sensing nodes (74, 154, 226) at intersections, the capacitive sensing nodes (74, 154, 226) being positioned at different locations in the plane of the touch panel (70, 150, 174), wherein the first layer is separated from the second layer by one or more optically transmissive non-conducting members (156, 182), a non-inverting input held at a constant voltage; an inverting input coupled to at least one of the capacitive sensing nodes, an output coupled to the capacitive sensing circuit; and a capacitor coupled between the output and the inverting input; and