Collusion - iPad pen productivity solved

Post by prawn » Sat, Jun 02, 2012, 10:19 PM UTC

rob_colluding wrote: post #68

prawn wrote: post #19

Hard to know how far this will go to solving what people want in this type of product. The lag is pretty clear in the video - don't underestimate how much this will frustrate you in reality. Watch the scene where the student is writing very carefully just to form simple letters in a short word. In my experience, two things matter with styluses on the iPad - precision and responsiveness. With a view to replacing all t…

Hey Prawn, You are making some very good points, sounds like you are particularly familiar with the issues at hand. RE the operahouse stuff - the student that did that were going for a 'ken done' look - very scribbly:) I'd say the pen performance when dealing with small detail is very decent - not Wacom Pro decent but not far off. Might org a video to show the performance. By the way we're drawing up a list of intern…

Post by nico_h » Mon, Jun 04, 2012, 6:38 AM UTC

jvdongen wrote: post #61

nico_h wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unless you're left-handed :-( Then you spend your time scratching and pushing against the paper and smudging your handwriting :-( If you're trying to do mirror writing they become awesome again, but that's not a frequent use case:-(

I'm a 'lefty' and write with a fountain pen using Parker's Quink - a fairly fast drying ink. Works remarkably well.