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Windows 95 was developed at a time when people thought that Pen computing would be the next big thing so they put in a lot of pen stuff that eventually was bare
by Ididntdothis 7y ago
Windows 95 was developed at a time when people thought that Pen computing would be the next big thing so they put in a lot of pen stuff that eventually was barely used. It always stayed a niche.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoMaybe now is the time for it to come back? Windows 2-in-1 devices with a pen are magical these days, but there's far too little well-designed pen-oriented applications. (I'm worried this won't improve until web folks fix the broken pointer events APIs, and even then it'll only lead to proliferation of pen-oriented Electron apps.)
- int_19h 7y agoIt was used heavily on PDAs and similar devices until iPhone came to the scene and introduced "proper" touch. Of course, those ran WinCE usually. But I don't think pen input code was any different.