Re: [NTLK] The "Right" Newton

From: Eric L. Strobel (fyzycyst_at_comcast.net)
Date: Mon Mar 25 2002 - 08:51:38 EST


at the temporal coordinates: 3/24/02 2:15 PM, the entity known as Jon Glass
at jonglass_at_mac.com conveyed the following:

>
> on 3/24/02 5:18 AM, Eric L. Strobel at fyzycyst_at_comcast.net wrote:
>
>> OK, I guess I should word my point better. My point really is that the
>> limiting factor is how soon you run out of room and have to either start a
>> new line or start writing words in every nook & cranny on the screen (which
>> isn't a behavior most of us are used to). The point is that you only have
>> (pixel-wise) 4/3 the room on a 2x00 (320/240) before you have to start
>> writing on a new line.
>
> Ah, but on the Newton, this is a perfectly valid way to write! I take
> meeting notes, writing furiously, on my 130 in outline mode, and have never
> fallen behind, because I _can_ write in every nook and cranny, in a
> haphazard manner. :-)

Clearly a 'different strokes for different folks' (no pun intended) kind of
thing. I find that trying to write like that is the quickest way to derail
my train of thought.

Perhaps I just write bigger than you, too. I rarely find nooks/crannies
that are large enough to fit a decent sized word in.

- Eric.

-- 

Eric Strobel (fyzycyst_at_NOSPAM^mailaps.org)

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