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chadv
14y ago
This is a nice thought, but I don't think it's realistic. Most of Apple's value comes from refining the work of others. They didn't invent the computer, the music player, or the phone, they just made great versions of each of these things.
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chadv
14y ago
Looks rad. Are you guys thinking about ways to integrate dynamic content?
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chadv
14y ago
Congrats, Chris. Can't wait for the feedback rounds.
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chadv
14y ago
A dongle? I understand why it's necessary for the pressure sensitivity and being able to draw fine lines, but it seems like a drag. I hope they release the app with support for regular touch input, it looks good.
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chadv
14y ago
It's a custom display purpose built for this demo. I believe that it is 1000Hz.
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chadv
14y ago
I don't want to talk for Chris Granger, but my intuition tells me that the features you listed are things he considers to be the baseline for a modern editor and are not the true reason he's building Light Table. I think his goals are more
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chadv
15y ago
Sublime is nice, and would probably be the best choice if you were choosing your first text editor. If you are coming from TextMate, it depends on your situation. Sublime is faster, it has a nice always-on, miniaturized preview of your whol
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15y ago
I think that cmd actually was designed so that it wouldn't collide with ctrl. If you look at the keyboard for the Apple II, it had a ctrl key, and I believe it was used for control characters. On later keyboards, they introduced the open ap