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Oh, thanks. Looks like it has 5 Hz refresh at best. So, probably not good for coding as they claim; 200 ms is a lot of lag for typing.
by SamReidHughes 7y ago
Oh, thanks. Looks like it has 5 Hz refresh at best. So, probably not good for coding as they claim; 200 ms is a lot of lag for typing.
- TylerE 7y agoYes, that's horrible. That's in black and white mode, not grayscale too, which I'm sure is going to be even slower.
- kube-system 7y ago5hz sounds pretty good as far as e-ink goes. Most e-ink displays measure refresh rate in seconds rather than hertz.
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- jascii 7y agoSounds faster then the mechanical tty's I started out on..
- SamReidHughes 7y agoWell I'm so smart only a Trinitron running at 85 Hz or higher can keep up with me. (And, of course, without the correct mouse, Model M keyboard, Emacs configuration, and thermostat setting, my productivity gets shot to hell.)
- yellowapple 7y agoI feel personally attacked, lol
- arkh 7y agoNot good for coding. But check documentation on the side? Maybe.
- frou_dh 7y agoI imagine using it simultaneously with a traditional screen would be a constant reminder of its deficiencies. Probably need to use it alone to experience the zen of eInk.
- yason 7y agoI suppose it won't lag the way a low-bandwidth serial port would lag (letters and edits coming visibly late) but much like mosh "lags" shell output (i.e. network lags are just swallowed and the newer packets will update everything once they arrive, and you can keep on typing). So you could type as fast as you can, the computer would update its front buffer without delay, and all keyboard commands to move around in the editor would be executed instantly just like normal but the screen would only get full updates five times a second. I could work with that.
- Tcepsa 7y agoI regularly VPN into work from my home and experience 200ms+ delays quite frequently. In my experience, that delay in updating the screen to reflect my typing is not particularly problematic.