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"I would like to suggest that high-resolution stylus input, equal to or better than what you can do with a pen-to-paper in terms of resolution and responsivenes

"I would like to suggest that high-resolution stylus input, equal to or better than what you can do with a pen-to-paper in terms of resolution and responsiveness, will launch the next round of advances." What would be the point? Using touch is faster and more direct for operating a UI. As for text input, I can type a lot faster on the iPad's onscreen keyboard than I can write with pen and paper. Granted, I rarely write anymore, mostly signatures. But I also don't print documents and I don't keep a paper archive. I think those are all going the way of the dodo.

ghshephard 14y ago
I'm just reflecting on the fact that when I get together with a group of people, and we start sketching out an idea, none of us would ever consider using our iPads (and all of us have them) to do it - iPads are crappy for that sort of quick, on the fly diagraming. We always end up with napkins, notebooks, and pens. If we're in the office, we always go to a whiteboard. Nobody ever uses computers/tablets to sketch out a concept - too slow, too low resolution. A good high resolution, highly responsive tablet/drawing interface would be a revolution.
- Samuel_Michon 14y ago
  I use a Wacom drawing slate for that. It works great, no need to waste dead trees. However, sketching is a very specific use case, I suspect that many people never do it.
- nicholassmith 14y ago
  Oddly I've found that since I've got my iPad I've switched to using Paper over, well, paper. Note, my basic diagrams and workflows and other concept sketches would make most people cringe in horror, so high fidelity is not a big sell for me.
  - Samuel_Michon 14y ago
    Try OmniGraffle for iPad, it's awesome. I use it extensively, and its interface allows me to make diagrams faster than I could on a desktop computer. At $50, it's not the cheapest iOS app, but it's worth every penny. http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnigraffle-ipad/ http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnigraffle-ipad/
    - ghshephard 14y ago
      I use omnigraffle on my ipad extensively - I've got about 20 different diagrams, some of which have turned into real-physical things ( a brick walkway pattern, is one example). It's still about 5x slower for me than a whiteboard or paper napkin + pen, albeit much easier to edit once you've created something.

ghshephard 14y ago

I'm just reflecting on the fact that when I get together with a group of people, and we start sketching out an idea, none of us would ever consider using our iPads (and all of us have them) to do it - iPads are crappy for that sort of quick, on the fly diagraming. We always end up with napkins, notebooks, and pens. If we're in the office, we always go to a whiteboard. Nobody ever uses computers/tablets to sketch out a concept - too slow, too low resolution. A good high resolution, highly responsive tablet/drawing interface would be a revolution.

Samuel_Michon 14y ago
I use a Wacom drawing slate for that. It works great, no need to waste dead trees. However, sketching is a very specific use case, I suspect that many people never do it.
nicholassmith 14y ago
Oddly I've found that since I've got my iPad I've switched to using Paper over, well, paper. Note, my basic diagrams and workflows and other concept sketches would make most people cringe in horror, so high fidelity is not a big sell for me.
- Samuel_Michon 14y ago
  Try OmniGraffle for iPad, it's awesome. I use it extensively, and its interface allows me to make diagrams faster than I could on a desktop computer. At $50, it's not the cheapest iOS app, but it's worth every penny. http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnigraffle-ipad/ http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnigraffle-ipad/
  - ghshephard 14y ago
    I use omnigraffle on my ipad extensively - I've got about 20 different diagrams, some of which have turned into real-physical things ( a brick walkway pattern, is one example). It's still about 5x slower for me than a whiteboard or paper napkin + pen, albeit much easier to edit once you've created something.