Good to hear from another old school enthusiast! Perhaps Metro apps were an opportunity to change the behavior and shed legacy compatibility requirements. Ano

Good to hear from another old school enthusiast! Perhaps Metro apps were an opportunity to change the behavior and shed legacy compatibility requirements. Another possibility is to target just the web browser; the web has a defined set of controls which allowed Apple to define touch behavior for just those. I agree tackling compatibility for everything that has ever been created in Windows is not feasible, but I think there are alternatives. Regarding size of input box, remember how small people write on typical ruled paper. It's much smaller than the handwriting recognition area! The reason I thought just letting people wander outside the box might work is that most of the time, it's for letters like 'g' or 'j' where part of the letter hangs 'below the line'. Characters don't typically start below the line. In general, yes, there are many potential usability concerns. However, the bar is low, as most people don't consider the current system usable to start with.