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Having a pen-dominated UI is also a huge usability mistake. The pen is a great optional peripheral. But UIs that require pens have been rejected time and agai
by roc 17y ago
Having a pen-dominated UI is also a huge usability mistake. The pen is a great optional peripheral. But UIs that require pens have been rejected time and again.
- weaksauce 17y agoProbably because they weren't done well enough to be of use (i.e. too small of a screen, terrible ui, wrong use pattern.) The use case of a book style tablet pc like this would be more akin to a moleskin on steroids. It would have a camera, internet, notes, etc.... Not too many people would use this as their primary device and if they did it would be a different use case than that of a power user.
- litewulf 17y agoAs someone who owns a tablet PC I disagree. I have two convertible tablets, one pen only and one with touch and pen. I almost never use the pen unless I am in note taking mode or doodling in OneNote. There is a certain level of conscious effort required to take out a pen, which limits its overall use. The laptop with touch I find myself tapping the screen to hit links and buttons on a semi-regular basis. Essentially the pen is super comfortable for a very small niche, but is too big for me to want to carry it all the time. (Its the size of a paper notebook...) I am not the type to carry a moleskin around though, for what thats worth.
- xcombinator 17y agoIs not a mistake is design is correct, it seems that we need Apple to rethink what exist to make people realise that other worlds exist. It happened with the touch in Iphone(a phone without keyboard is a huge mistake...), and it will happen with the Apple tablet. Take into account that actual UI are designed for mouses, but there is not such a need. Humans find way more natural to use pens and fingers than keyboards.