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I understand the desire to mimic an existing tool, but I would find this feature (more specifically if it were limited to that) to be really annoying. To me th

I understand the desire to mimic an existing tool, but I would find this feature (more specifically if it were limited to that) to be really annoying. To me this is an example of skeuomorphism that forces an older experience into the digital one.

nickthegreek 2y ago
But you wouldn't be required to use it, just erase how you do now. I would love for this and for it to be customizable. It could be used to become a highlighter/selector tool or some other concept that we don't know yet. Adding in more features to a pencil and ones that mimic and improve on old analog equivalents sounds exactly like that kind of improvements I would like to see.
ericcholis 2y ago
The pencil for the Remarkable tablet has this feature. I found that it was a great way to ease into digital note taking. Matching a real-world feature felt very natural.
wlesieutre 2y ago
Surface Pro did this ages ago, and while I like the iPad better in most ways for a tablet I would rather have the Surface’s eraser
- hollandheese 2y ago
  Yeah. It's actually one of the main reason I've switched to doing my lectures off a Surface Pro rather than my iPad Pro. Having to constantly change tools in the apps just to erase is a giant pain (Yes, I know about double tap, but it doesn't work half the time).
rebuilder 2y ago
It works great on Wacom pens. Erasing is a pretty fundamental part of drawing and painting workflows.
nijuashi 2y ago
Yes, it’s a bit of skeumorphism, but pencil end eraser is a great design! It makes intuitive sense regardless of existing tool - write on one end, reverse to erase.
baq 2y ago
now that's a variant of 'you're holding it wrong' I haven't seen yet.
hollandheese 2y ago
Why? This is muscle memory that's built into every person who's taught to write. You should reuse that muscle memory if you can to make writing flow easier. Sure if you were teaching people to write exclusively on these devices then coming up with something new would make sense but since we all go back and forth using the real world method makes the most sense.

nickthegreek 2y ago

But you wouldn't be required to use it, just erase how you do now. I would love for this and for it to be customizable. It could be used to become a highlighter/selector tool or some other concept that we don't know yet. Adding in more features to a pencil and ones that mimic and improve on old analog equivalents sounds exactly like that kind of improvements I would like to see.

ericcholis 2y ago

The pencil for the Remarkable tablet has this feature. I found that it was a great way to ease into digital note taking. Matching a real-world feature felt very natural.

wlesieutre 2y ago

Surface Pro did this ages ago, and while I like the iPad better in most ways for a tablet I would rather have the Surface’s eraser

hollandheese 2y ago
Yeah. It's actually one of the main reason I've switched to doing my lectures off a Surface Pro rather than my iPad Pro. Having to constantly change tools in the apps just to erase is a giant pain (Yes, I know about double tap, but it doesn't work half the time).

rebuilder 2y ago

It works great on Wacom pens. Erasing is a pretty fundamental part of drawing and painting workflows.

nijuashi 2y ago

Yes, it’s a bit of skeumorphism, but pencil end eraser is a great design! It makes intuitive sense regardless of existing tool - write on one end, reverse to erase.

baq 2y ago

now that's a variant of 'you're holding it wrong' I haven't seen yet.

hollandheese 2y ago

Why? This is muscle memory that's built into every person who's taught to write. You should reuse that muscle memory if you can to make writing flow easier. Sure if you were teaching people to write exclusively on these devices then coming up with something new would make sense but since we all go back and forth using the real world method makes the most sense.