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That it works for you is great but I don't understand how it works for you. For me, I can't input fast on a tablet. Fighting with the on screen keyboard or usi

by gernb 4y ago

That it works for you is great but I don't understand how it works for you. For me, I can't input fast on a tablet. Fighting with the on screen keyboard or using the (IMO, crappy magic keyboard) just doesn't compare speed wize to my MBP or MBA. I can open those and just as quickly be taking a note but I'll be done in a 1/10th the time and with zero frustration. Cut/Copy/Paste just work. If you saw a video how often that doesn't work for me on tablet you'd probably feel like the UX designers should be in prison for all the suffering they've put people through. I see that you use sketching apps, but you said below "I have horrible chicken scratch.", has iPad changed that? For my notes, I want to be able to search. I don't actually take many notes though. It mostly add to "todo" lists but not a ton (less than 1 time day) I've owned 3 iPads, most recently got one last January, with keyboard and pencil, but I probably used it less than 12hrs total. After it sat unused for 6+ months I ended up giving to my mom as an upgrade to her 2015 Air. She loves them but she's not trying to be productive. Just as another example, when someone messages me, if I'm near one of my computers, I reply on the computer because it has a keyboard. So much faster and less frustrating for me than trying to reply on a touch device.

birdyrooster 4y ago
Adobe Procreate is great on iPad.
- switch007 4y ago
  Procreate isn’t Adobe just fyi
  - birdyrooster 4y ago
    lmao oops
MarcelOlsz 4y ago
>For me, I can't input fast on a tablet. Fighting with the on screen keyboard or using the (IMO, crappy magic keyboard) just doesn't compare speed wize to my MBP or MBA. I can open those and just as quickly be taking a note but I'll be done in a 1/10th the time and with zero frustration. I don't do anything on it that really requires the onscreen keyboard. If I use a keyboard on it, I do it pretty much only through "link mouse and keyboard" which works brilliantly. Because the keyboard sucks, how did it not come with split keyboard? >I can open those and just as quickly be taking a note but I'll be done in a 1/10th the time and with zero frustration. Right but text doesn't work for me at all. I get lost in a sea of indentation and end up 100 commits deep in a tool that will "finally indent everything for me correctly!!!" that of course I never use nor release. >Cut/Copy/Paste just work. If you saw a video how often that doesn't work for me on tablet you'd probably feel like the UX designers should be in prison for all the suffering they've put people through. I feel you there, luckily copy/paste between my Mac and iPad works perfectly, as I pretty much use it as a glorified note taking device rather than a computer. >I see that you use sketching apps, but you said below "I have horrible chicken scratch.", has iPad changed that? Yes. Not with the default screen. What changed it all was a matte screen protector. I find when I am zoomed in and using the right pencil, my natural writing is quicker than paper and much more legible. Maybe if I found the right gel-pen I'd get the same effect on paper? >For my notes, I want to be able to search. I don't actually take many notes though. It mostly add to "todo" lists but not a ton (less than 1 time day) What kind of stuff do you search? My notes mainly look like this [0] and I'm in goodnotes 99% of the time. If I need to more "free form" get ideas down I use concepts for its infinite canvas then bring it into goodnotes, or ProCreate. It truly is just a glorified note taker for me. Paper, but editable. Sits on my work desk most of the time, rarely used standalone so I agree with everything else that's wrong with it. The keyboard is garbage and it sucks as a computing device and theres roughly 100 other things I wish it did better, but it's so good at notes it's the easiest $1k I've ever spent after using my friends for 5 seconds. [0] https://i.imgur.com/mLdq6mf.jpg https://i.imgur.com/mLdq6mf.jpg (the writing is still quite terrible, so you can imagine what my paper notes look like)

by gernb 4y ago

birdyrooster 4y ago

Adobe Procreate is great on iPad.

switch007 4y ago
Procreate isn’t Adobe just fyi
- birdyrooster 4y ago
  lmao oops

MarcelOlsz 4y ago

>For me, I can't input fast on a tablet. Fighting with the on screen keyboard or using the (IMO, crappy magic keyboard) just doesn't compare speed wize to my MBP or MBA. I can open those and just as quickly be taking a note but I'll be done in a 1/10th the time and with zero frustration. I don't do anything on it that really requires the onscreen keyboard. If I use a keyboard on it, I do it pretty much only through "link mouse and keyboard" which works brilliantly. Because the keyboard sucks, how did it not come with split keyboard? >I can open those and just as quickly be taking a note but I'll be done in a 1/10th the time and with zero frustration. Right but text doesn't work for me at all. I get lost in a sea of indentation and end up 100 commits deep in a tool that will "finally indent everything for me correctly!!!" that of course I never use nor release. >Cut/Copy/Paste just work. If you saw a video how often that doesn't work for me on tablet you'd probably feel like the UX designers should be in prison for all the suffering they've put people through. I feel you there, luckily copy/paste between my Mac and iPad works perfectly, as I pretty much use it as a glorified note taking device rather than a computer. >I see that you use sketching apps, but you said below "I have horrible chicken scratch.", has iPad changed that? Yes. Not with the default screen. What changed it all was a matte screen protector. I find when I am zoomed in and using the right pencil, my natural writing is quicker than paper and much more legible. Maybe if I found the right gel-pen I'd get the same effect on paper? >For my notes, I want to be able to search. I don't actually take many notes though. It mostly add to "todo" lists but not a ton (less than 1 time day) What kind of stuff do you search? My notes mainly look like this [0] and I'm in goodnotes 99% of the time. If I need to more "free form" get ideas down I use concepts for its infinite canvas then bring it into goodnotes, or ProCreate. It truly is just a glorified note taker for me. Paper, but editable. Sits on my work desk most of the time, rarely used standalone so I agree with everything else that's wrong with it. The keyboard is garbage and it sucks as a computing device and theres roughly 100 other things I wish it did better, but it's so good at notes it's the easiest $1k I've ever spent after using my friends for 5 seconds. [0] https://i.imgur.com/mLdq6mf.jpg https://i.imgur.com/mLdq6mf.jpg (the writing is still quite terrible, so you can imagine what my paper notes look like)