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Breaking orbit and sailing off on a tangent: I miss the Palm Pilot's Graffiti text-input system — I'd much rather have that than any of the various keyboards an
by dctoedt 3y ago
Breaking orbit and sailing off on a tangent: I miss the Palm Pilot's Graffiti text-input system — I'd much rather have that than any of the various keyboards and swiping systems on the iPhone / iPad.
- Reason077 3y agoGraffiti was neat for it's time, but quite slow compared to text entry on modern predictive, autocorrecting touch-screen keyboards.
- spiffytech 3y agoBased on my memory of Graffiti input speed, it was faster than modern smartphones once I account for all the time I spend correcting typos on virtual keyboards.
- Reason077 3y agoBack in the Palm era, virtual keyboards were indeed very prone to typos. But now days the autocorrect is so good on modern devices, it’s rare for it to make mistakes. Of course, the same autocorrect tech could be applied to Graffiti on a modern device[1] But fundamentally, making a stroke gesture to enter a character will always be slower than tapping a keyboard. [1] and it is: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.access_company.graffiti_pro&hl=en_GB&gl=US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.access_com...
- vlmutolo 3y agoThe iPad now has handwriting recognition in arbitrary text fields. You can just pick up the Apple Pencil and start writing somewhere. It’ll fill in with text as you write.