* [9fans] ReMarkable!
@ 2018-02-12 13:26 Bakul Shah
2018-02-12 13:44 ` hiro
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From: Bakul Shah @ 2018-02-12 13:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
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https://gizmodo.com/the-remarkable-e-ink-tablet-is-way-too-good-for-its-sof-1822612517
People like writing on its plastic screen much better than on iPadPro
with its glass screen. Even with a thin plastic protector screen on
the iPad, it does not fell like writing on paper - the screen doesn’t
“give” enough. ReMarkable’s simple interface and the fact it runs
Linux made me think it would make for an interesting experiment in
writing a touch/gesture based editor for handwritten text. On the
iPad GoodNotes does a very good job of editing within text but lacks
other tools. Come to think of it, even regular text input on iPad isn’t
as fast as with a real keyboard and editing commands. A pen/stylus
opens up new possibilities. I put this out here hoping that one of you
gets inspired enough to write a “pen-based-acme” (in the sense of
having just the “right” editor primitives, but not specific commands).
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* Re: [9fans] ReMarkable!
2018-02-12 13:26 [9fans] ReMarkable! Bakul Shah
@ 2018-02-12 13:44 ` hiro
2018-02-12 14:04 ` Bakul Shah
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From: hiro @ 2018-02-12 13:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
we have two of these devices here in the office and my coworker loves
to use it for making notes and sketches.
i like the device's size for reading pdfs with annoying layouts, and i
prefer this screen technology to the glaring normal displays i get to
use otherwise.
replace my main monitor with one of these and i might even run acme
for a day for you. but with mouse and keyboard, i would never replace
them with touch input.
for sketches i'll keep on using paper and pen :)
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* Re: [9fans] ReMarkable!
2018-02-12 13:44 ` hiro
@ 2018-02-12 14:04 ` Bakul Shah
2018-02-12 14:51 ` hiro
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From: Bakul Shah @ 2018-02-12 14:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
On Feb 12, 2018, at 5:44 AM, hiro <23hiro@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> i might even run acme
> for a day for you. but with mouse and keyboard, i would never replace
> them with touch input.
Ah, but where’s the challenge in that?!
Some ideas to give a sense of what I’m thinking: drawing a line across
the screen vertically or horizontally to create two windows. Scratch it
out to close a window. Lasso a filename and drag it in a window tag bar
to open it there. Select a word and type ? to search. Such ideas would
have to be iterated over and tried out to find out what works.
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* Re: [9fans] ReMarkable!
2018-02-12 14:04 ` Bakul Shah
@ 2018-02-12 14:51 ` hiro
2018-02-13 12:48 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
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From: hiro @ 2018-02-12 14:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
your features sound neat, but they don't solve the problem of inputing
longer text.
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* Re: [9fans] ReMarkable!
2018-02-12 14:51 ` hiro
@ 2018-02-13 12:48 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2018-02-13 12:52 ` Daniel Camolês
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From: Ethan Grammatikidis @ 2018-02-13 12:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
On Mon, Feb 12, 2018, at 2:51 PM, hiro wrote:
> your features sound neat, but they don't solve the problem of inputing
> longer text.
>
i imagine many would find handwriting more comfortable than tapping a lot. possibly more accurate too, although an osk on a screen that big isn't too bad for accuracy. of course, i'm assuming the art of handwriting isn't dead yet. i won't get one because i was never very good at handwriting. :) i preferred the osk on my 2.5" palm back in '01. :) it was good with its stylus, and it wasn't one of those ridiculous modern stylii with the fat squishy tips. would need an active stylus to match it today.
--
The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne. -- Chaucer
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* Re: [9fans] ReMarkable!
2018-02-13 12:48 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
@ 2018-02-13 12:52 ` Daniel Camolês
2018-02-13 14:19 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
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From: Daniel Camolês @ 2018-02-13 12:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
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You could use, you know, a keyboard
Em 13 de fev de 2018 10:49, "Ethan Grammatikidis" <eekee57@fastmail.fm>
escreveu:
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2018, at 2:51 PM, hiro wrote:
> > your features sound neat, but they don't solve the problem of inputing
> > longer text.
> >
>
> i imagine many would find handwriting more comfortable than tapping a lot.
> possibly more accurate too, although an osk on a screen that big isn't too
> bad for accuracy. of course, i'm assuming the art of handwriting isn't dead
> yet. i won't get one because i was never very good at handwriting. :) i
> preferred the osk on my 2.5" palm back in '01. :) it was good with its
> stylus, and it wasn't one of those ridiculous modern stylii with the fat
> squishy tips. would need an active stylus to match it today.
>
> --
> The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne. -- Chaucer
>
>
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* Re: [9fans] ReMarkable!
2018-02-13 12:52 ` Daniel Camolês
@ 2018-02-13 14:19 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
[not found] ` <CAM4FNSvdeqcMLu60=oxkV+-M-r=pyDGNC7fxY8HHsDxHNE5i-Q@mail.gmail.com>
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From: Ethan Grammatikidis @ 2018-02-13 14:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
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On Tue, Feb 13, 2018, at 12:52 PM, Daniel Camolês wrote:
> You could use, you know, a keyboard
with my ordinary tablet? sure! with a $600 tablet whose main trick is
the handwriting input? why would i buy the tablet?
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The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne. -- Chaucer
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