From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <7C08815F-3BEA-43D9-8E5B-2BC7E791210C@bitblocks.com> <1F230EA1-B808-45B9-847E-7FE9C6F62C87@bitblocks.com> <1518526082.1185280.1269230384.58A52429@webmail.messagingengine.com> <1518531577.499655.1269330088.751157E4@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: =?UTF-8?Q?Daniel_Camol=C3=AAs?= Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:58:33 -0200 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="94eb2c114b0e839f840565193a18" Subject: Re: [9fans] ReMarkable! Topicbox-Message-UUID: cf7ce208-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --94eb2c114b0e839f840565193a18 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well because... A keyboard is very cheap and if you could pay for your tablet, you can probably afford it? And it's an efficient way to input text, way more efficient than any handwriting on a screen. I understand the sunken cost fallacy, but seriously, there's a reason handwriting on tablets is not that much used despite the existence of softwares for such. It can be useful when it comes to short annotations, but it's really ridiculous for long texts. If it could be useful for tasks such as writing a book and programming, we mostly likely would be doing it by now. Maybe it's not impossible that someone would come up with a way to input text using a pen over a screen that's even more efficient and convenient than a keyboard. So far, such technology just doesn't exist. Em 13 de fev de 2018 12:21, "Ethan Grammatikidis" escreveu: On Tue, Feb 13, 2018, at 12:52 PM, Daniel Camol=C3=AAs 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? -- The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne. -- Chaucer --94eb2c114b0e839f840565193a18 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Well because... A keyboard is very cheap and if you could= pay for your tablet, you can probably afford it? And it's an efficient= way to input text, way more efficient than any handwriting on a screen.
I understand the sunken cost fal= lacy, but seriously, there's a reason handwriting on tablets is not tha= t much used despite the existence of softwares for such. It can be useful w= hen it comes to short annotations, but it's really ridiculous for long = texts. If it could be useful for tasks such as writing a book and programmi= ng, we mostly likely would be doing it by now.=C2=A0

Maybe it's not impossible that someone wou= ld come up with a way to input text using a pen over a screen that's ev= en more efficient and convenient than a keyboard. So far, such technology j= ust doesn't exist.

Em 13 de fev de 2018 12:21, "Ethan Grammatikidis"= ; <eekee57@fastmail.fm> es= creveu:
On Tue, Fe= b 13, 2018, at 12:52 PM, Daniel Camol=C3=AAs 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 tabl= et?

--
The lyf so short, the craft s= o long to lerne. -- Chaucer


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