Re: liqbase - faster than paper
 

eliagp,
one thing, how big should the lines be?
is your writing size the same as mine?
what about resolution variance?

Re: liqbase - faster than paper
 

^^ awesome prospectives! :)

Notecase is more memory mapping, but tree-based is IMO not UI-friendly on the tablet. So I won't touch Notecase. Thanks.

Re: liqbase - faster than paper
 

That's completely offtopic, but it actually looks like some electrical engineering lecture notes in Russian :)

Re: liqbase - faster than paper
 

Yeah, the guy (Dik), is the admin of the Russian internet tablet forums :)

Re: liqbase - faster than paper
 

I can see myself using it when several screenfulls can be grouped together logically as one note session, and tagged for retrieval, as discussed before. I guess all of that is in the works...

Re: liqbase - faster than paper
 

Luck - thanks for considering the white background option - that is something I have wished since the first time I used liqbase.
For the lines - maybe same as Xournal is fine with me - but again maybe a toggle botton to turn the lines on or toggle it off would be great - since often time someone may wish to used a lined background (for clean writing), and some may not to fit in more writing in one screenful.

Also your consideration of a configuarable startup modules is very welcome. That would make liqbase more useful (considering its fast startup).

One input from me - I know liqbase has great potential as a tool, but I would also like to see the icons and buttons and fonts designed a bit more professional and well designed to give a overall look of a great application. I understand you might be concentrating on the actual implemetation part of the app and its features - but maybe someone could chip in with the graphics design part of it - just a suggestion.

But as a note taking app, even I like liqbase best as a efficient tool (though I like Xournal as a better looking tool).

(I know I am rustling up a hornet's nest here with the design and looks vs functionality debate again). :eek:

Re: liqbase - faster than paper
 

I agree that Liqbase is indeed faster than paper.

But better than Newton, it (sadly) ain't.

Re: liqbase - faster than paper
 

karel,

send me a newton and I'll see if I can extract some of the magic sauce from it :)

I hear great things about that device and would love to get my hands on one. From my reading it was way ahead of its time and everything has been second rate since.

Re: liqbase - faster than paper
 

My main "problem" with liqbase is the small drawing canvas. With paper, I can use the huge 8 by 11 inch surface on both sides, but with liqbase I can't. It would be a lot better if the size of each sketch would dynamically change to become bigger or smaller, like a never ending canvas. And like vi or something, pressing a button would change it from draw to scroll mode. That would make it faster than paper.

Also, the fact that the "edit" and "view" screens are separate makes it slower. On paper, is basically WYSIWYG in a sense, but liqbase not so much.

Re: liqbase - faster than paper
 

nilchak,

regarding the interface elements.
Every UI element in the system is now configurable, and as you can see from this screenshot:

http://liqbase.net/liq.20081031_033416.gary.scr.png
(the icons on the right, the tagging stuff I'm actually using the editor for is not important yet ;) )

It is cleaner and doesn't just have words anymore.

You can adjust these by highlighting any sketch in the graffiti wall and clicking the UI button.
If you specify a UI title the same as the button it should automagically replace the text.

I'm pondering a lot of things for this and hate the unintuitiveness of the interface to changing.

For me personally the interface has to be intuitive enough to work without polish and design.

If I was doing this as a dayjob I am sure my perspectives will change, but such things don't personally concern me.