On Fri, 13 Jul 2001 15:58:00 -0400, newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net wrote:
>
> on or about 7/13/01 3:34 PM, the following may or may not have been typed
by
> bpearce_at_cloud9.net at bpearce_at_cloud9.net:
>
> >
> >> Good Heavens!! What in the world sort of use could there be that
would
> >> induce that much wear??? The HWR may be excellent, but if I'm gonna
write
> >> THAT much, I'm attaching the keyboard.
> >
> > Frequently-accessed icons on the button bar (especially the scrolling
arrows
> > and overview
> > button) will exhibit wear on the screen as time goes by, even when
you're just
> > tapping them.
When I was using the 'draw' tool under Works I found myself repeatedly
selecting the freehand draw button on the top-edge menu as the system seemed
at the tome to revert to 'move/select' mode, and full-screen displays within
some applications seem to locate the 'close' button in more or less the same
location so there was ample opportunity for some damage to creep in but
quite a lot of the time I escewed the stylus, choosing a clean fingernail in
a gentle *touch*, not a tap, to the area or the use of the 'close' function
on the keyboard: this approach has left me with a fairly damage-free
screen...., so far!
I'll give the screen a far closer examination just in case, though!
Drat!@? I'm off-line... just time enough to give that examination.
Yes! I've just checked it under a raking light and..., no scratches!
John Johnson.
> > (Of course, if you use Dash Board's Launcher, it can get worse.) I've
also found
> > that certain controls
> > in applications you use on a regular basis (or even controls from
different
> > applications in
> > consistent locations, like close boxes), can exhibit wear over time.
Screen
> > wear is just about
> > unavoidable, even under the best of circumstances.
>
> I suppose this could happen, although it would be really hard to see such
> wear on, say, the scrolling arrows/overview button, since that part of
the
> screen has the printed underlay. I guess I just haven't figured out how
to
> integrate the Newt into my daily life as deeply as some others have,
because
> there just isn't anything on the Newt that I use THAT much that there
would
> ever be any danger of wearing things.
>
> >
> > (But if you've used your MessagePad long enough for it to reliably
recognize
> > your handwriting
> > more often than not, you may find yourself typing at the keyboard less
and
> > less. I think I've used
> > my keyboard *once* in three or four years.)
>
> Mine has been recognizing my handwriting reliably practically since the
> moment I got it, but then I gave up cursive AGES ago because mine was
never
> recognizable as anything other than scribble. ;-) The problem isn't
> recognition, it's speed -- when you hit the edge of the screen every
other
> word, that tends to slow you down. Even with pen & paper my writing
speed
> is nearly the same as my typing speed, so the keyboard is probably the
> smartest thing I got for the Newt. I just wish that when typing
checklists
> and outlines that there were command-key combos for some of the buttons
on
> the screen.
>
> - Eric.
>
>
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