Thread: handwriting: why up/downcase distinction?
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2008-03-13 , 15:16
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Originally Posted by Karel Jansens View Post
Edit: Benson, don't forget to try out PenCommander. It's one of the most amazing visual macro systems I've ever come across.

Yes, I know: I can type much faster than I can write (I'm a ten-finger typist), but I can write where I cannot type and I repeat the major advantage HWR has over any keyboard: You're not writing blind! HWR is (aside from speech recognition) the only input method where you can keep your eyes on the screen and still see what your hand is doing.
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Not sure how you mean that; as opposed to big-fat-finger effect, or opposed to looking back and forth between input widget and destination widget?

The former is of course answered by the stylus-board, or even use of stylus on finger-board. (I find myself doing this when I wish to type a lot without getting my BT keyboard; like right now.)

The latter is answered by the old flying-keyboard xterm; a limited use to be sure, but I can't imagine liking any HWR better for running a terminal. Some things are really made for keyboarding.
And writing on paper, I'm hardly ever looking at my hand; yes, my writing's sloppy, but humans can read it anyway, even with the clumsy printed alphabet. (I don't do cursive; I can't even read that.) With an optimized (single-stroke) alphabet, you shouldn't have to look at the writing area.