From: Pedro Hobbyfrazoo (pjfraser_at_mac.com)
Date: Tue Sep 17 2002 - 12:51:04 PDT
i had the chance to play with inkwell at work the other day. it's
exactly newton-like, but recognition is faster - this was on only a
icebook g3/500 66mhz bus.
but here's what's missing: it's counterintuitive to "write" on a
surface that gives you no visual feedback on what you've written, and
to instead see it appear on a screen Over There Someplace. so you
write more sloppily and recognition suffers and it's ultimately
unsatisfying.
so until Wacom or whoever comes out with a tablet that shines back at
you with what you're writing, i'll get my Rosetta kicks off my 2100,
and thankyouverymuch.
only alternative solution i can see is if you could superimpose paper
onto the tablet surface, and incorporate a pencil into the
wand/pen/pointer thingie. but that's awkward, too...
On Tuesday, September 17, 2002, at 12:27 PM, John Hawksworth-Lutzow
wrote:
>
> Wouldn't it be cool if...
> There was a way to use your Newt as a wireless input device for
> inkwell? I
> know there must be a million reasons why it wouldn't work. But I Can
> dream
> can't I?
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