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It looks promising, I hope it will be the begin of a new era of gadgets with less cognitive load... Does anyone know whether the software is user friendly? E.g

It looks promising, I hope it will be the begin of a new era of gadgets with less cognitive load... Does anyone know whether the software is user friendly? E.g. cloud integration, doesn't require to install shitty software, can email documents, etc... Is it hacker friendly? And perhaps write a small app for it (terminal viewer). I wish I could try it in Europe (Germany, Spain or France...)

hueving 9y ago
I want the opposite. No cloud dependencies. Always-connected is a plague on modern computing that has ruined the experience for anyone with slow computers and/or unreliable networks. If you proposed a 3MB web page with 300ms API calls for every action and called that a replacement for an app for anyone with an unreliable/heavily metered connection you would be laughed out of the room. Yet that's the status quo of 'modern stacks'. It's eye-opening how useless a $1000 smartphone is in the middle of the outback, in the Yukon, etc. We've regressed to dumb terminals with the cost of decentralized computers.
- pjmlp 9y ago
  There a difference though, shinny Web UIs instead of green phosphor character based terminals. :)
- blub 9y ago
  The Sony DPT-RP1 is a large e-ink reading device that works offline, but it's not available in Europe, just Japan and US. And of course they're getting some poor reviews for not having some bullshit cloud sync. Edit: I've heard Sony takes some privacy liberties with their EULA, so check that and maybe block their desktop app from connecting to the internet.
  - PeCaN 9y ago
    As of a few years ago the DPT-RP1 isn't even available in the US anymore, only Japan.
- dalbasal 9y ago
  Always-connected is a plague on modern computing that has ruined the experience for anyone with slow computers and/or unreliable networks .. ...and people with tendency to distraction, procrastination or addiction-ish habits.
foolano 9y ago
> Does anyone know whether the software is user friendly? E.g. cloud integration, doesn't require to install shitty software, can email documents, etc... You need to install a Qt desktop app for the cloud integration or its equivalent mobile version. There are however some projects out there already that are working on alternatives for the cloud integration such as this one [0]. [0] https://github.com/juruen/rmapi https://github.com/juruen/rmapi

hueving 9y ago

I want the opposite. No cloud dependencies. Always-connected is a plague on modern computing that has ruined the experience for anyone with slow computers and/or unreliable networks. If you proposed a 3MB web page with 300ms API calls for every action and called that a replacement for an app for anyone with an unreliable/heavily metered connection you would be laughed out of the room. Yet that's the status quo of 'modern stacks'. It's eye-opening how useless a $1000 smartphone is in the middle of the outback, in the Yukon, etc. We've regressed to dumb terminals with the cost of decentralized computers.

pjmlp 9y ago
There a difference though, shinny Web UIs instead of green phosphor character based terminals. :)
blub 9y ago
The Sony DPT-RP1 is a large e-ink reading device that works offline, but it's not available in Europe, just Japan and US. And of course they're getting some poor reviews for not having some bullshit cloud sync. Edit: I've heard Sony takes some privacy liberties with their EULA, so check that and maybe block their desktop app from connecting to the internet.
- PeCaN 9y ago
  As of a few years ago the DPT-RP1 isn't even available in the US anymore, only Japan.
dalbasal 9y ago
Always-connected is a plague on modern computing that has ruined the experience for anyone with slow computers and/or unreliable networks .. ...and people with tendency to distraction, procrastination or addiction-ish habits.

foolano 9y ago

> Does anyone know whether the software is user friendly? E.g. cloud integration, doesn't require to install shitty software, can email documents, etc... You need to install a Qt desktop app for the cloud integration or its equivalent mobile version. There are however some projects out there already that are working on alternatives for the cloud integration such as this one [0]. [0] https://github.com/juruen/rmapi https://github.com/juruen/rmapi