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One thing I loved about Palm was the reliability of the handwriting input. It forced you to get used to the shorthand alphabet, but once you did it was so easy
by noduerme 5y ago
One thing I loved about Palm was the reliability of the handwriting input. It forced you to get used to the shorthand alphabet, but once you did it was so easy to take notes without even looking down. For awhile I had an Android mod that let you scratch notes using Palm script, but I don't have it now (or a phone with a stylus). For me, writing in Palm script is still almost as fast as jotting notes on paper. Come to think of it, I think it actually altered my real handwriting.
- bebna 5y agoIt also altered my handwriting with a ballpoint. Fountain pen or pencil seemed to not trigger "palm mode".
- noduerme 5y agoWell... e.g. I now write capital "F" from the bottom-left to top-right. And I still write a capital "T" as an L from top-left to bottom-right. A lot of times I also write "E" as a reverse "3". I lost my initial down-stroke on "m" and ending downstroke on "u".... Like you say, if I'm writing longhand with a good pen, I wouldn't write this way; but it definitely shaped my writing. Also, I learned cursive in 1st grade. I got my first Palm Pilot in 6th grade. It peeled back a lot of my writing style... Really the amount of time I spend trying to just stop Android from using the wrong autocomplete words is less than what it took to jot letters out on the Palm...
- ncpa-cpl 5y agoAnother one is how responsive/fast they usually felt.