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I've got two points to consider with this: 1) On a proper keyboard, I'm faster typing than writing. But on a "soft" keyboard like a tablet/phone (which I'm mor
by adwf 12y ago
I've got two points to consider with this:
1) On a proper keyboard, I'm faster typing than writing. But on a "soft" keyboard like a tablet/phone (which I'm more likely to have with me), I'm much slower. This is probably due to a combination of inherent response times in the screen, and some increased degree of lag between keystrokes to aid touch detection.
2) When writing, I can easily jot down things like rough graphs to accompany data. Or rough layouts of a webpage to accompany the copy. I can quickly circle a block of text and draw an arrow to another block with a note about why they are linked.
Whilst typing is faster for block text, I have yet to find an app that can even come remotely close to the ease of pen and paper for these quick sketches.
EXTRA: Not to mention the ease with which you can pass a sheet of paper to a colleague for them to read, markup edits, etc...
EXTRA 2: Plus it all works during a power cut ;)
- sumo 12y agoI actually research this kind of thing a lot, Pen and paper is surely great, and passing it physically, and being offline are certainly its benefits. https://collusionapp.com/ https://collusionapp.com/ tries to solve the quick sketches and the sharing, which is the winnable battle, the fact that pen and paper is tangible can be won with tablets, but my company tried that, we made a pen and I thought it was good, but it didn't really stick. That might have been for a variety of confusing reasons though. One thing though is that we are definitely getting closer, and I can at least attest that both hand writing and typing have their place, and the digital and real life hand writing also have their own special places.