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This reminds me about an idea I had but never really followed: For all you writers out there, do you think a device with an e-ink display and a normal keyboard,
by atomroflbomber 12y ago
This reminds me about an idea I had but never really followed: For all you writers out there, do you think a device with an e-ink display and a normal keyboard, similar to a laptop, but designed for the sole purpose of distraction free writing, is something consumers might want?
I always wondered why this does not exist.
- thu 12y agoThis is something I really want, not for distraction-free writing, but to go in my backyard. I would love to get an SSH terminal in the sun.
- atomroflbomber 12y agoDo you not think the slow refresh rates of e-ink diplays would be a problem when working with an SSH terminal?
- scardine 12y agoI think that depends on your expectations... I lived the days where you would connect to a computer hundreds of miles away through a 1200 bps modem. That was pretty laggy sometimes but always manageable... You kids are spoiled! :-)
- shadeless 12y agoThere was a discussion about e-ink displays the other day that you may find interesting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8327281 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8327281
- atomroflbomber 12y agoThank you, very interesting input!
- nevada_smith 12y agoI would not think so. You would require facilities to review, capture comments, version control etc. A normal laptop would be more appropriate. Also, the market for readers are huge as compared to that of writers.
- joelanders 12y agoCheck out the stuff made by Alphasmart. A larger display would be nice for editing.
- atomroflbomber 12y agoI actually checked them out before, but especially their displays seem to be quite limited for writing long texts.
- thirdtruck 12y agoI rather like the idea, at least in theory. It turns out that nature can actually be rather noisy, not to mention filled with mosquitoes and the like, so I've found it less productive than hoped in practice.
- jkaunisv1 12y agoI'm not even much of a writer, but I want this for general computer use. Battery life and heat generation would be way better. If the Kindle's web browser was a bit better and the device came with a native text editor, I would use it as my general computing device. I want this so badly.