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I have the medium Wacom. I think the small size would be uncomfortable. When I was a prof, I used the Wacom on linux with OpenBoard [1] to teach online for two

I have the medium Wacom. I think the small size would be uncomfortable. When I was a prof, I used the Wacom on linux with OpenBoard [1] to teach online for two years of the pandemic. My work gave me a Macbooks, but OpenBoard has some weird bugs on MacOS. So I am using GoodNotes, which is very annoying, but the best of what I tried. In another life, I would dedicate a few years of my life writing a decent note taking app. [1] https://github.com/OpenBoard-org/OpenBoard https://github.com/OpenBoard-org/OpenBoard Edit: Besides the software, I think it takes a few weeks of writing on it daily where it becomes natural.

quectophoton 3y ago
> I have the medium Wacom. I think the small size would be uncomfortable. I have a Wacom Intuos S. Sample size 1, but I haven't been inconvenienced by its size, even while handwriting or drawing at Krita. On one hand, I don't think a thought like "this would be easier with a bigger tablet" has ever crossed my mind; but on the other hand, it's also true that I haven't tried anything bigger, so my only point of comparison is tablet vs mouse or tablet vs whiteboard/notebook.
- abdullahkhalids 3y ago
  I haven't also tried the S one. But my intuition is the following. The surface of the tablet is mapped to your screen in terms of input. The Intuos M is just a bit smaller than 13 inch laptop screens. So what you see on the screen is roughly the same size as what you draw with your hand. Additionally, while writing at normal pen/paper size, my hand moves comfortably from the left of the tablet to the right as I write across the whole screen. If I had to use a Intuos S, then I imagine, I would have to write a lot smaller with my hand, but then have it appear as bigger on the screen. But my hand would not move a lot, and making tiny characters would tire my hand out faster. I think my brain would get used to it, but it will still be a jump.
  - justinclift 3y ago
    > The surface of the tablet is mapped to your screen in terms of input. Only in absolute mode though. If you switch it to relative mode though, then it's a bit more flexible.

quectophoton 3y ago

> I have the medium Wacom. I think the small size would be uncomfortable. I have a Wacom Intuos S. Sample size 1, but I haven't been inconvenienced by its size, even while handwriting or drawing at Krita. On one hand, I don't think a thought like "this would be easier with a bigger tablet" has ever crossed my mind; but on the other hand, it's also true that I haven't tried anything bigger, so my only point of comparison is tablet vs mouse or tablet vs whiteboard/notebook.

abdullahkhalids 3y ago
I haven't also tried the S one. But my intuition is the following. The surface of the tablet is mapped to your screen in terms of input. The Intuos M is just a bit smaller than 13 inch laptop screens. So what you see on the screen is roughly the same size as what you draw with your hand. Additionally, while writing at normal pen/paper size, my hand moves comfortably from the left of the tablet to the right as I write across the whole screen. If I had to use a Intuos S, then I imagine, I would have to write a lot smaller with my hand, but then have it appear as bigger on the screen. But my hand would not move a lot, and making tiny characters would tire my hand out faster. I think my brain would get used to it, but it will still be a jump.
- justinclift 3y ago
  > The surface of the tablet is mapped to your screen in terms of input. Only in absolute mode though. If you switch it to relative mode though, then it's a bit more flexible.