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I don't agree with you about color, but I would love to have an e-ink monitor for documentation and PDFs to augment my other other monitors. https://news.ycomb

by csours 10y ago

I don't agree with you about color, but I would love to have an e-ink monitor for documentation and PDFs to augment my other other monitors. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13771203 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13771203

jlebrech 10y ago
I yearn for the old workstation of old that were just for work and couldn't be used for entertainment.
- moftz 10y ago
  Huh? That is as simple as not installing any games on your computer, using GPUs like Quadros if you do CAD, and using quality components that don't have 1000 RGB LEDS all over them. This is not impossible to do.
  - pkamb 10y ago
    he says on Hacker News
  - jlebrech 10y ago
    so you don't get distracted by video or pretty articles. and it's an exclusive coding machine.
    - moftz 10y ago
      Ok so don't install a browser if you really can't control yourself from being distracted by the internet. Install a block list of all news sites, social media, and whatever sites you waste time on if you need to go online.
- vivekd 10y ago
  There's an eink typewriter for that purpose - although I can't say that I've tried it - getfreewrite.com
  - jff 10y ago
    Based on most reviews I've seen, it's less useful than a $30 AlphaSmart Neo (which I own, and quite like)
  - jlebrech 10y ago
    not the best for coding tho. unless someone made an editor for it.
nwah1 10y ago
I don't agree about the color either. Looking at color printouts don't give you the same feeling as a screen, so it isn't the color itself. It is the brightness of the screen, with every pixel lit up, that is the difference. I think if there were color e-ink, it would be just fine and still help serve this same niche market.
- cestith 10y ago
  It doesn't need to be full color even. Sixteen or sixty-four colors or so for maps, business graphics, headers, error indication, and syntax highlighting for programmers would be really nice. I'd have one screen a full-color LCD for when I need more than that, and do most of my editing and terminal work with a high resolution, less straining device.

by csours 10y ago

jlebrech 10y ago

I yearn for the old workstation of old that were just for work and couldn't be used for entertainment.

moftz 10y ago
Huh? That is as simple as not installing any games on your computer, using GPUs like Quadros if you do CAD, and using quality components that don't have 1000 RGB LEDS all over them. This is not impossible to do.
- pkamb 10y ago
  he says on Hacker News
- jlebrech 10y ago
  so you don't get distracted by video or pretty articles. and it's an exclusive coding machine.
  - moftz 10y ago
    Ok so don't install a browser if you really can't control yourself from being distracted by the internet. Install a block list of all news sites, social media, and whatever sites you waste time on if you need to go online.
vivekd 10y ago
There's an eink typewriter for that purpose - although I can't say that I've tried it - getfreewrite.com
- jff 10y ago
  Based on most reviews I've seen, it's less useful than a $30 AlphaSmart Neo (which I own, and quite like)
- jlebrech 10y ago
  not the best for coding tho. unless someone made an editor for it.

nwah1 10y ago

I don't agree about the color either. Looking at color printouts don't give you the same feeling as a screen, so it isn't the color itself. It is the brightness of the screen, with every pixel lit up, that is the difference. I think if there were color e-ink, it would be just fine and still help serve this same niche market.

cestith 10y ago
It doesn't need to be full color even. Sixteen or sixty-four colors or so for maps, business graphics, headers, error indication, and syntax highlighting for programmers would be really nice. I'd have one screen a full-color LCD for when I need more than that, and do most of my editing and terminal work with a high resolution, less straining device.