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Re: PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech

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DanBC wrote: post #17
frozenport wrote: post #12

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Probably won't help. We can be scientific about this: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22762257 RESULTS: Results suggested that reading on the two display types is very similar in terms of both subjective and objective measures. CONCLUSIONS: It is not the technology itself, but rather the image quality that seems crucial for reading. Compared to the visual display units used in the previous few decades, these more…

Please do not use 4 spaces to indicate quoted text. Or, if you do, please make sure you add line-breaks. EDIT: using four spaces to indicate quoted text means mobile users have to horizontally scroll the line of text in order to read it. http://imgur.com/v9gbR6m

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Re: PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech

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Post by wtallis »

detaro wrote: post #19
noblethrasher wrote: post #6

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It could work if IDEs ever get richer typography. I experimented with a monochromatic color scheme for my F# projects. Basically, I wanted the code to look like a page from a beautifully typeset math book. It got pretty close, but for want of italics, which VS does not support.

Can you share a screenshot/mockup of how that was supposed to look?

The CLRS Algorithms textbook typesets its pseudocode with keywords in bold, variables in italics, function names in small caps, and the rest in plain. You could go even further with a bit of grayscale shading or a complementary pair of serif and sans serif typefaces, but like any syntax highlighting scheme it would be very language-specific.

Re: PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech

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Post by noblethrasher »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #25
noblethrasher wrote: post #6

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It could work if IDEs ever get richer typography. I experimented with a monochromatic color scheme for my F# projects. Basically, I wanted the code to look like a page from a beautifully typeset math book. It got pretty close, but for want of italics, which VS does not support.

Fortress? I'm playing around with rich IDE typography right now (but with color ), it especially pops out at higher DPIs. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/liveprogramming...

Thanks… I actually got the idea to start using proportional typefaces from a comment that you made.

Another thing that I tried was to extract each font variant into a separate file, and then to force VS to use those explicitly for different code element types, but that didn't work.

Re: PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech

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Post by ekianjo »

vijucat wrote: post #21

Impressive refresh rate! I'd love to try using an IDE such as Eclipse on such a screen. I suppose IDEs can have an e-ink mode where instead of colors, they use multiple fonts, italics, bold fonts, and other decorators to highlight syntax.

> Impressive refresh rate!

Yeah, and apparently no need to go to the black state required on current e-ink screens?

Re: PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech

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Post by noblethrasher »

detaro wrote: post #19
noblethrasher wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It could work if IDEs ever get richer typography. I experimented with a monochromatic color scheme for my F# projects. Basically, I wanted the code to look like a page from a beautifully typeset math book. It got pretty close, but for want of italics, which VS does not support.

Can you share a screenshot/mockup of how that was supposed to look?

Sure. This is pretty close to what I had: https://github.com/noblethrasher/typography/blob/master/fs-t... (the typeface is Adobe Garamond Pro).

But, it would be nice if VS supported italics, various font weights, and small caps.

Re: PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech

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Post by ekianjo »

sebastianavina wrote: post #20
trurl wrote: post #14

I was first intrigued, but when I saw the price I couldn't really see it being all that useful. It is possible to buy a 4K display with a similar 150dpi resolution for less. So the only advantage I can see here is lower power consumption?

power consumption is enough.

and the portability that goes with it.

Re: PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech

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Post by lhl »

A few years ago I used to pine for an E-Ink (or later, a Mirasol) display so that I could have sunlight-visible portable computing, but sadly the iPad basically wiped that market away.

While the standalone monitor is neat, I think the biggest use-case would still be for a portable/outdoor terminal. That being said, with MEMS-IGZO devices finally coming from Sharp/Qualcomm (Pixtronix) this year (they've been showing it off since 2013 [1], but have announced a 1H 2015 release in JP [2]) that boasts some impressive specs [3]: 220ppi, 120% NTSC color gamut, 8000:1 contrast ratio, 50% power consumption of an LCD. It is also sunlight readable and has switchable low power/low refresh grayscale and color modes.

It's not bistable, but is looking like a really good e-reader/tablet option. Personally, I'm still looking forward to the revamped SMI Mirasol [4] but that's probably years out... (basically, the perennial story of cool display tech)

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGVKRTosykg

[2] http://www.sharp.co.jp/corporate/news/141006-a.html

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBkIRil7f_A

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMDaJB2y4vc

Re: PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech

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technomancy wrote: post #38

It says it connects as a display over USB... I wonder if this requires specialized drivers or if there's a standard?

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayLink, http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort#USB_Type-C, http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_High-Definition_Link. The latter, I think, uses USB connectors but not USB signalling. I also don't know how well OSes support either of these.

It seems video interfacing remains an area of innovation, which means a) getting a new type of connector on every computer you buy, and b) huge confusion in the market for mere mortals (no, I don't know what a HDMI connector looks like, and I don't know either whether it is better or worse than displayport, thunderbolt, etc)

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