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The ultimate indictment here is that Microsoft yielded the UI decisions for the one decisive creative advantage which they have, stylus computing, to Google so
by WillAdams 3y ago
The ultimate indictment here is that Microsoft yielded the UI decisions for the one decisive creative advantage which they have, stylus computing, to Google so as to dumb down styluses to the lowest common denominator of Android styluses.
Why does my digital stylus function as an 11th touch input and scroll since Fall Creator Update?
I handed a stylus to a sales associate at Best Buy and challenged them to select text on a Windows 11 computer and they were unable to do so --- but were instantly successful on my Samsung Galaxy Book 12 running Windows build 1703 which allows this to function as it has since Windows for Pen Computing (and Go Corp.'s PenPoint before that).
I'd give my interest in Hell for someone to make a nice stylus computer running Linux, or for Apple to make a Mac which has touch and support for the Apple Pencil.
- prox 3y agoIs it possible to hack the Apple Pencil to run in Linux?
- lockhouse 3y agoIt’s not exactly what you asked for but Sidecar works very nicely with the Apple Pencil if you have both an iPad and a Mac.
- WillAdams 3y agoI don't need an iPad --- there aren't any apps in the App Store I want to run. I need a tablet computer w/ a file system. My current setup is: - Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 w/ Wacom EMR stylus running Windows 11 --- I have to keep the Settings app open and constantly toggle the option for "Let me use my pen as a mouse when it's available" on and off depending on which app I need to use - Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ w/ Wacom EMR stylus --- on-the-go notetaking and sketching and reference to notebooks from... - Amazon Kindle Scribe w/ Wacom EMR stylus --- ebooks and full-fledged note-taking and free-form sketching - MacBook w/ Wacom One to afford a Wacom EMR stylus --- the screen on the Wacom One is dim and low-resolution, but workable and being able to seamlessly switch from working on the Mac to taking notes on the Kindle Scribe makes it worthwhile --- that said, I'd gladly update to a device w/ a better screen but the same stylus technology The previous high-water mark of my technology usage was a NeXT Cube w/ a Wacom Arz tablet and NCR-3125 pen computer w/ a Wacom digitizer (unfortunately on/off only, not pressure sensitive), but again, being able to work on my Cube, and switch to note-taking was well worth it.