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I'd like to see a laptop with an e-ink display I can code on. That way I can go and sit in the sun.
Exactly what I was thinking when I saw this. I just want to attach a tmux/vi session to that EINK panel, I'll even bring my own wireless keyboard.
I'd like to see a laptop with an e-ink display I can code on. That way I can go and sit in the sun.
I want an e-ink display on which I can read scientific papers. Sadly, this isn't possible unless the whole paper fits on the screen, because scrolling on e-ink quickly becomes a real chore due to the refresh rate.
I'm still consistently enraged at trackpads without physically distinct left and right buttons. No one does them right. Not even Apple.
But the one thing that drives me nuts is the buttonless trackpad. This thing is utterly unusable. I've been trying everything: pushing it down with the finger that's doing the tracking; using another hand to use the trackpoint buttons; using the trackpoint itself... it's no use. Clicking on the odd link is ok, but doing any precision selecting, dragging or drawing is useless.
I used to be able to draw freehand with a good trackpad and a separate button under it. Now I struggle to drag a file over the right folder.
In hindsight, I should have bought an older model with actual buttons. This huge disadvantage trumps all the other benefits.
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On most devices tap-to-click is on by default. It’s always the first thing I turn off. I have always found it completely useless and it turns incidental touches into accidental clicks. “Oops, guess I sent that email.” This isn’t relevant to the parent’s complaint, though. Without dedicated buttons, you’re relying on the driver to distinguish between a one and two finger click. That detection, even on Apple devices, i…
This works amazingly well on Linux with the ancient synaptics driver. I've never had to change the defaults
How is anyone supposed to type on something like that?
The video showing the guy typing and the sound of the haptic feedback gives you a good idea of what it feels like. Watching it I can see how it might work well. I am sure it would take some getting used to. I can also see how some people's initial reaction might be similar to the reaction a lot of people had to the original iPhone. Of course now most people are very comfortable typing on a touchscreen phone keyboard.
Comfortable enough, yeah. But I really don't think the comparison is apt. Phone usage != laptop usage. I don't think you will find more than a handful of people comfortable with the idea of writing, say, a term paper on their iPhone/iPad/Surface/etc. touch keyboard. And those have been around for a long time.
I'm still consistently enraged at trackpads without physically distinct left and right buttons. No one does them right. Not even Apple.
Unfortunately, their first attempt at the magic trackpad worked poorly in that regard. I could never get the right click to engage reliably like I could on the macbook pro.
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Hah yea. Pressure sensitivity and haptic feedback on the touchbar to reduce accidental button presses would go a long way for me.
They already have haptic feedback on their trackpad, which is non mechanical. Merging the touchbar and trackpad would make a lot of sense; it's a lot of real estate to waste. Oled is the way to go here though. That's what they did with the touchbar.
It would take me a while to get used to having to press a button to show the trackpad like on the Yoga Book. I like that it automatically hides when typing, but constantly having to bring it back up, to scroll in a small textarea for example, would be annoying.
Merging the touchbar and trackpad, kind of like that Asus laptop that came out recently would be interesting. I thought it would be awkward at first but a lot of reviewers seem to think it's useful.
How is anyone supposed to type on something like that?
E-ink displays are awesome and Lenovo never stops innovating. I am bit skeptical about the keyboard feel though. I really hope that they will take in consideration a double screen for phones too, something like the YotaPhone.
The eink display is neat and great for navigation especially, handy for visual notifications on a desk, but otherwise not as useful or as cool as I expected. I kind of regretted buying it.