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Nice. Tier 1. Supercalafragilistic. Yet when I think about this amazingly cool device , as a developer, I feel no inspiration. I don't see what I'm going to de
by vegabook 11y ago
Nice. Tier 1. Supercalafragilistic.
Yet when I think about this amazingly cool device , as a developer, I feel no inspiration. I don't see what I'm going to develop for this thing that will be different from what I'll be developing for a bog-standard, 400-dollar Dell Inspiron. Okay I might stick a bit of touch in there but I won't be making it touch-first. Microsoft acknowledges as much with this amazing keyboard.
The pen is actually cool, but no cooler than the Wacom I have been able to buy for more than a decade, and for which all use cases have already been deployed. There's not a whole lot more one can do with a computer pen without going to an actual piece of paper. I see MS Edge's annotations feature and I raise it "show me cross browser".
So yes I'd love to own one. But I'm not having any eureka moments.
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this device is not the device at all, but what it reveals about the rejuvenated Microsoft. That this company which many were dismissing as history, is able to bring out a product, even though fairly conventional, that easily challenges Apple, suggests to me that MS is getting its mojo back, and I'll be taking notice when it talks software. That to me is what's greatest about this release. Not yet another (highly competent, indeed stunning, but conventional) notebook.
- JBiserkov 11y agoI disagree - the experience of writing with the pen, on the screen is totally not the same as writing on a Wacom tablet. The pen can also be used as an ultra-portable mouse replacement - it fixes the "fat fingers problem" that plagues most touch screen interfaces and allows precise clicks, right-clicks and HOVERS which makes using multi level menus a breeze. Regarding cross-browser annotations, that's something developers need to fix, :wink:, :wink: I leave you with the mention of Staffpad[0], an amazing app for composing music which combines pen, touch, and some heavy processing into an amazing experience. [0] http://hanselminutes.com/473/developing-staffpad-a-new-class-of-music-notation-application-with-dr-matthew-tesch http://hanselminutes.com/473/developing-staffpad-a-new-class...